Wayland Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
About Wayland
Wayland was the first settlement of the Sudbury plantation, established in 1638, and incorporated in 1639. Among the 60 original men, women, and children, were 15 Puritan families who had traveled in the ship Confidence from England. Bringing with them the English pattern of farming, with collective fields and grazing along with individual lots, they named their town Sudbury after the town in Suffolk, where their pastor Edmund Brown and some of their company had lived. The original settlement was clustered one half mile northwest of where the town center is now located. Wayland and Sudbury residents established the Sudbury Valley Trust in 1953 in part to protect these lands. Today Wayland is in the top 5 communities in the state in conservation acreage. The first US census in 1790 showed t
Top Attractions in Wayland
Explore the best things to see and do in Wayland:
- ★Cochituate Baseball Field
- ★Hannah Williams Playground
- ★Lake Cochituate
- ★Tippling Rock
- ★Wayland Community Pool
- ★Wayland Town Beach
Where to Eat in Wayland
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Mels Cafe
- 🍴The Coach Grill
- 🍴The Villa
- 🍴Wayland Pizza House
Where to Stay in Wayland
- 🏨Longfellow's Wayside Inn
Wayland Travel Guide Sections
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