After decades behind virtually closed doors, its treasures overgrown and largely unknown, English Heritage is reviving one of Britain's largest and most important 'secret gardens' - Wrest Park.
This is a wonderful 90-acre historic landscape and French-style mansion which will take its rightful place among the country's great garden attractions - and give locals and visitors to Bedfordshire a superb new day-out. Stroll in the recently restored Italian and Rose Gardens.
Enjoy miles of reinstated historic pathways as you discover the garden buildings, pavilion and statues. Find out more about the garden, and the people that shaped it, in our new exhibitions in the house and garden buildings.
Chinese and French Wallpaper Room Tours
First Sunday of each month
Join us for a guided tour of the spectacular, and usually unseen Chinese and French Wallpaper Rooms
Georgian Picnic Party
Sun 3 - Tue 5 Jun 2012
Come to our Georgian Picnic Party this Jubilee weekend and celebrate with a whole host of costumed characters. Enjoy music and dance from the period, hear tales of rogue Highwaymen and take part in variety of fun activities for all the family.
Time Travellers Go... Ugly Bug Safari
Wed 6 - Sun 10 Jun 2012
Grab a magnifying glass and join our Victorian explorer for a hunt through the gardens to find a mass of fascinating minibeasts. Then create your own creepy crawly to take home.
Prices and opening times
Silsoe, Luton, Bedfordshire - MK45 4HR (Directions)
For just £47 a year, English Heritage members get free entry to our properties and exclusive discounts.
Suitable for weddings and corporate functions
