Country houses
Wrest Park: a chauffeured day
Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. Wrest Park is Grade I listed and has a Grade I listed park and garden. The house is looked after by the English Heritage. By road, the closest National Rail station is Flitwick (FLT), about 15 minutes' drive. Opening: open daily (currently 10am-4pm).
How the day runs
From Mayfair it is about an hour and 9 minutes via the A41, M1 and A6; from Heathrow about 55 minutes; from Oxford about an hour and a half. For lunch or an overnight stay, The Bull Hotel is about 10 minutes away, and Ascott House is about 38 minutes further on if you want a second house in the day. The chauffeur waits on the estate or nearby while you walk the house and gardens.
- Mayfair, London to Wrest Park1 hr 9 min, 44.1 miles, in clear traffic
- Heathrow Airport to Wrest Park55 min, 46.4 miles, in clear traffic
- Oxford to Wrest Park1 hr 30 min, 77.6 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
19th-century mansion in French chateau style; richly decorated but unfurnished state rooms open
Source: english-heritage.org.ukGardens span around 300 years of design, including the Long Water, Archer Pavilion, Bath House and Chinese Temple
Source: english-heritage.org.ukCafe in the Walled Garden overlooking a children's play area
Source: english-heritage.org.ukBooking online in advance is encouraged and discounted
Source: english-heritage.org.ukOpening: Open daily (currently 10am-4pm).
Source: english-heritage.org.ukWrest Park is Grade I listed and has a Grade I listed park and garden.
Source: wikidata.orgWrest Park is looked after by the English Heritage.
Source: wikidata.orgWrest Park lies in Bedfordshire.
Source: wikidata.org
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Journeys to and from Wrest Park
- London 1 hr 9 min
- Heathrow 55 min
- Oxford 1 hr 30 min
- Ampthill 16 min
- Flitwick 16 min
- Shefford 16 min
- Kempston 20 min
- Luton 22 min
- Bedford 22 min
- Houghton Regis 26 min
- Hitchin 26 min
- Arlesey 26 min
- Dunstable 28 min
- Woburn Sands 29 min
- Letchworth 31 min
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Questions
Is Wrest Park open to visitors?
Opening: open daily (currently 10am-4pm).
Can you combine Wrest Park with another house?
Ascott House is about 38 minutes away by road.
Which station is nearest?
Flitwick, about 15 minutes by road.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
is added after the quote unless you ask for more on the day. Airport fees, parking and tolls are in it.
- 24 hrs
before collection, cancel or move the journey at no cost.
- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.