It is located 2 miles from the town of Pershore in the Vale of Evesham, and nestles in a large bend in the River Avon.

It is bounded by areas of parkland listed by the Wychavon District Council as Locally Important Parks and Gardens.

The manor of Wike Burnell was a substantial country house, known to have been in existence at 1500 with extensive parkland.

After Parr's death in 1548, the house went to Sir Anthony Babington who was executed in 1588 for his part in the plot to kill Queen Elizabeth I.

In 2008, Charles Hudson bought at auction which featured a lock of hair supposedly belonging to the late queen consort Catherine Parr.