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Wrest Park’s Rangoli Design Competition Terms and Conditions
These terms and conditions apply to the Wrest Park’s Rangoli prize draw (‘the Prize Draw’), running on Wrest Park’s Facebook account (@WrestPark) from 9am, 10th Jan until 12pm, 31st Jan 2025.
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Exclusive Evening Garden Tour at Wrest Park
English Heritage in partnership with the National Garden Scheme is delighted to be offering you the chance to experience the beautiful gardens of Wrest Park in the early evening when the site is closed to the public.
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English Heritage Calls for Help in Tracing Forgotten First World War Nurses
Researchers at English Heritage are calling for the public’s help in tracing the identities of First World War nurses who worked at England’s first wartime country house hospital - Wrest Park in Bedfordshire, the charity announced today (6 September) ahead of the anniversary of the hospital opening.
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A brief history of Wrest Park, a magnificent 1830s house set in an outstanding restored garden landscape with 17th-century origins
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Wrest Park country house was transformed into a hospital during the First World War. Find out how it was run and what life was like for the soldiers recovering from their injuries.
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English Heritage Restores 18th Century Statues Adorning the Gardens at Wrest Park
Expert conservators have begun work to restore a series of 18th century statues which can be found among the colourful flower beds in the French style parterre garden at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire. The 90-acre gardens, in the care of English Heritage, showcase three centuries of garden design, and the restoration of two statues – each over 3 metres tall, marks the start of a wider conservation project restoring statues in the famous parterre gardens which make up some of the 70 plus statues in the garden estate.
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Could this Mysterious Portrait be Lady Jane Grey?
Her eyes, mouth and ears deliberately scratched out, her dress altered to plain black and white, and her identity denied for many years – is this the face of Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554)?
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First World War Nurse Identified
A First World War nurse who cared for injured soldiers at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire, the first wartime country house hospital, has been identified for the first time.