Large house in the background with a designed garden in the foreground — Wrest Park design garden aerial photograph © Historic England

Wrest Park design garden aerial photograph © Historic England

Wrest Park, Bedfordshire

At Wrest Park we combined aerial survey, geophysical survey, landscape analysis and excavation techniques to study the landscape of the house, park and surrounding area.

English Heritage used the new information we provided on the development of the designed landscape to repair and restore the damaged and missing elements of the garden design - paths, planting beds and the French Parterre.

Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. Parch-marks in the lawns show the foundations of the old house and the lines of buried paths and other garden features

Aerial view of Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. Parch-marks in the lawns show the earlier house and garden features. © Historic England

You can download the research report on this project from our research reports database.