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Woburn Abbey and Woburn Safari Park

United Kingdom Central Bedfordshire Woburn

Woburn Abbey and Woburn Safari Park
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Woburn Abbey has been the home of the Dukes of Bedford for nearly 400 years. The house holds a fine art collection, including Canalettos and the famous Armada portrait of Elizabeth I, and stands in a 3,000-acre deer park with nine kinds of deer. Afternoon tea is said to have been invented here by Anna, Duchess of Bedford.


Next door, Woburn Safari Park lets you drive past rhinos, lions, tigers and giraffes, and walk through areas with lemurs and wallabies. The village of Woburn has antique shops and cafés.

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