Use our free house tour booklets, children's quizzes, purchase an official guide book or audio tour to ensure you will make the most of your experience. No photography by visitors in House. Suitability for the Disabled: Limited access in the house. Good access in the gardens. Restaurant: Licensed. Guided Tours: By arrangement, max groups of Tours in French available. Guide book and audio guide available. Suitability for Dogs: Guide dogs only.
The nearest railway station is Flitwick, which is What's Nearby. Click here to view the map. From the A5, follow signs to Woburn village. Woburn Safari Park is signposted from here. Skip To Main Content. Follow Us Facebook Twitter Instagram. Newsletter Get Listed. Site Search. Woburn Abbey. About Woburn Abbey will undergo its biggest refurbishment since it first opened to the public in as the Duke and Duchess of Bedford announce plans for significant investment.
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First Last. I consent to allow my details to be sent to Historic Houses and understand that they will only be used in accordance with the privacy policy. Member Login Looking to login? Email Address. Register your online account. By Mapp of the Mannor of WoburnY, a series of enclosed gardens had been laid out to the west of the house, within a park enclosing various areas of woodland with straight rides cut through.
Charles Bridgeman d was consulted in the s, his work including the removal of much of the formal C17 gardens surrounding the house. In the fourth Duke employed Henry Flitcroft to rebuild the great west range of the house, the fifth Duke employing Henry Holland to build the south wing in the s to s, together with the Chinese Dairy, Sculpture Gallery and great London Entrance, at the same time as the informal gardens to the east and south were enclosed and developed.
The sixth Duke employed Humphry Repton in , who produced his most splendid Red Book for Woburn in January , with suggestions covering both park and gardens.
Repton was employed until at least , although some of his suggested features were not executed or were implemented later in the C19, Woburn being probably his largest and most complete work. The sixth Duke was a keen plant collector, as is reflected in the publication between and of several catalogues with extensive lists of plants in cultivation at Woburn, and he also extended the park to its current extent. The gardens were further developed by Percy Cane c , and in the house and grounds were opened to the public, with the subsequent development of the safari park in the north park although a collection of exotic animals has been kept since at least the C19 , and other visitor facilities close to the house.
The estate remains in private ownership. Introduction Woburn Abbey is a country mansion surrounded by a medieval deer park and 18th-century landscape park, part of which is now used as wildlife park.
Visitor Facilities Visitor centre, parking, WCs, shop, refreshments, some disabled access. Clairvoie Description: One length of wall is of reduced height, the upper portion being replaced with an iron fence and gates in the form of a clairvoie. Access Contact Details The grounds are open daily except 24, 25 and 26 December, 10am to 4. Directions Off the A, south of M1 junction
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