Parks and Gardens UK

This site is NOT open to public.

Loading...

Brief description of site

Bagshot Park has mid-Victorian gardens and pleasure grounds, set within parkland.

Brief history of site

The first known reference to a royal park at Bagshot dates from 1486 when the office of the keeper of the Park of Bagshot was granted. The site was re-emparked in the late-17th century. The gardens were laid out for the the Duke of Connaught in the 19th century, and the pleasure grounds for the Duchess of Gloucester in the early-19th century.

Location information:

Address: Bagshot Park, Bagshot, GU19 5PJ

Locality: Woking

Local Authorities:

Surrey; Surrey Heath; Windlesham

Historical County: Surrey

OS Landranger Map Sheet Number: 186 Grid Ref: SU909640
Latitude: 51.3678 Longitude: -0.6956174

Key information:

Form of site: landscape park

Purpose of site: Ornamental

Context or principal building: house

Site first created: Before 1486

Main period of development: Mid 19th century

Survival: Extant

Site Size (Hectares): 175

Print preview