The following Bedford Estates properties are currently available to let on assured shorthold terms, unfurnished, for a minimum period of 12 months.
Ref: WE644 A newly refurbished and extended 4-bedroom detached Grade II Listed property, surrounded by garden and with a gated drive, has become available to let in the popular village of Woburn. The house has been sympathetically renovated to meet stringent ‘Listed’ requirements and extended to make the accommodation more attractive. The house enjoys two downstairs reception rooms, one with double patio doors, a newly fitted kitchen/dining room, also with double patio doors, a utility area on the ground floor, and upstairs there are 4 bedrooms, one with ensuite shower room, and family bathroom. There are also a shed and concrete parking area to the rear of the house.
WE644 Rent in the region of £16,000 per annum
Estate houses are conveniently placed for easy access to the M1 and A5, and only minutes from extensive rail links to London and Birmingham i.e. Flitwick-King’s Cross-Thames-link (38mins): Milton Keynes Central-Birmingham New Street-Silverlink (63mins): and Leighton Buzzard-Euston-Silverlink (43mins).
Please contact the Bedford Estate Property Office and ask for Mrs. Ginny Street in the first instance for further details and to request an application form be sent in order for you to be included on the current waiting list.
The Woburn Park Woods Department manage:
The commercial blocks: (1430 ha/3,500 acres) - the productive areas are split approximately 50/50 conifers and broadleaf trees.
The Evergreens: (67 ha/165 acres) - this area contains a commercial component of timber but is essentially a private area and contains many specimen and champion trees from around the world.
The woods are very varied and complex in nature and make up 20% of Bedfordshire's tree cover.
The Woburn Woods also contain two sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSI's), one major archaeological feature and a significant area classified as an 'ancient semi-mature woodland'. Woburn itself is also classified as a Conservation Area, with associated restrictions. The Woods are also a recreational facility of considerable importance. All of these factors need to be balanced when managing the Woodlands.
Quality firewood can be ordered from Bedford Estates (Ash, Oak, Beech)
- £100 per load*
- £60 per half load*
*delivery within 15 mile radius of Wourn. A half load fits in the back of a standard pick up
Firewood from Woburn is from a sustainable source. We plant 10 trees for every one that we fell.
To place an order telephone 01525 290333 or e mail dwillison@woburnabbey.co.uk
The Woburn Park Farms is spread across 4,000 acres and also has contract farms of over 500 acres nearby.
The farms are running on an arable rotation, growing cereals and combinable break crops plus an area of sugar beet. There is a small herd of 40 suckler cows kept for grazing surplus grass in the Bloomsbury Stud paddocks during the summer. Calves are sold at weaning.
The Woburn Park London Estate in Bloomsbury, WC1, came into the family's ownership through the marriage of Lord William Russell, the son of the 5th Earl of Bedford, to the daughter of the Earl of Southampton in 1669 . The majority of the Estate was developed by the 4th and 5th Dukes of Bedford between the 1770's and the 1830's as Bloomsbury became a fashionable new residential district. In the late 19th century and early part of the 20th century the area lost popularity and many of the buildings were converted into office or hotel use. With reinvestment by the Estate the area is once again becoming a dynamic area of London.
The London Estate is run from the Estate office in Montague Street, built for the purpose in the 1840's overlooking the British Museum. The office is manned by a small team of chartered surveyors and support staff.
For further information please contact Mark de Rivaz:
| Tel : | 0207 636 2885 |
| Email: | mderivaz@bedfordestates.com |
| Web: | www.bedfordestates.com |
The name Bloomsbury Stud was registered in 1966, after the area of London owned and built by the Bedford family.
The 5th Duke was the originator of the family's interest in racing. He bred and raced three Derby winners, Skyscraper (1785), Eager (1791) and the only unnamed horse to win the Derby, known as Son of Fidget (1797).
In 1975, Lord and Lady Tavistock bought a mare called Mrs Moss (a bronze life-size statue of her by Philip Blacker stands in front of the house). She had fifteen foals, twelve of whom were winners, including Pushy (winner of the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot), Precocious (the unbeaten winner of six races, including the Gimcrack Stakes) and Jupiter Island (winner of fourteen races, including the Japan Cup, in which he broke the track record and became the first British-bred horse in the world to run one and a half miles in 2 minutes and 25 seconds).
To find out more about the 3,000 acre deer park please click here