Fortunately the noble owner of Woburn Abbey, who takes a great interest in animals of all kinds, is endeavouring to get together as complete a collection as possible of these beautiful and ...

For early risers, Pestell recommends a frosty morning walk through nearby Woburn Estate deer park, or bird lovers can stroll the wetlands of Felmersham Gravel Pits nature reserve.

Now, Woburn boasts a mix of Georgian and Victorian architecture, with red brick townhouses replete with sash windows and decorative mouldings. At the village’s heart lies Woburn Abbey, a 12th-century ...

Britain has more than 3,000 stately homes, and many are open to us hoi polloi. Indeed, visiting a stately home has become a ...

One of the most prolific designers of orangeries in this period was Sir Jeffry Wyatville, who created the examples at Chatsworth, Woburn Abbey and Longleat, alongside many others.

Woburn, meaning twisted or crooked stream, is best known as the location of Woburn Abbey, a stately home founded by Cistercian monks in 1145. A Furniturebox spokesperson said: “Woburn is the most ...

Where: Woburn Park, Bedfordshire. Why: Set in a beautiful 3,000-acre deer park, where more than ten species of deer roam free, Woburn Abbey has been the home of the Dukes of Bedford for 400 years.

It is in the desirable village of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, bordering the Duke of Bedford's Woburn Abbey estate Ms Bowes-Lyon was born in 1862 at the historic property, which was the vicarage for ...

When I told my friends I was going to Woburn, most of them immediately thought of the Safari Park. It seems reasonable as the park covers 360 acres and is one of the biggest parks in the country.

Chatsworth, which before the war might have attracted a few hundred visitors, welcomed 205,000 cash customers in 1954. By 1972, Britain’s privately owned stately homes admitted 6.5 million customers – ...