 Stockwood Discovery Centre housed in the 18th century stables of the former Stockwood House has displays of rural crafts and trades which give visitors a flavour of life in Bedfordshire before the Industrial Revolution.The collection of rural crafts and trades on display at Stockwood Discovery Centre was amassed by T. W. Bagshawe and is one of the finest regionally based collections in the country.The park was originally the estate and grounds to Stockwood House, which was demolished in 1964.