Sailor and Penny love an English Heritage site. Today we started with Houghton House in Bedfordshire. A short walk down to the ruin, through a tree lined walkway. We wandered through the ruin for a little bit and then back to the car to visit Wrest Park which has over 300 acres! It's very much a garden visit, with a fantastic audio guide tour through the different buildings, sculptures, lakes, ponds and woods. I'm still raving about how good the audio guide is. It talked through the Dukes garden with statues dedicated to the children he outlived, one was his heir. We look in the orangery and the bathhouse. I loved the stories of how the Duke of Kent, Jemima Marchioness Grey and the Earl de Grey put their own stamps on the garden. There is a Capability Brown statue to thank him for designing some of the gardens, a Chinese bridge and a dog cemetery. We loved it and will be back soon.
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