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Building bridges at Trelissick
A voyage up the National Trust at Trelissick’s Lamouth Creek by oyster punt has led to a new bridge being built for walkers setting out towards Roundwood Quay. Eighteen months ago the Trust’s Area...
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Penzance visitor centre opens its doors
Today (Friday 27th April 2012) marks the official opening of the Welcome to West Cornwall centre in Penzance. This groundbreaking project for the National Trust see’s the organisation focussing on...
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Dorset smugglers trail on smartphone app
A new iPhone app and audio guide will take walkers along a new Smugglers trail along part of the Dorset coast near Charmouth. Aimed at families, the new trail explores the often turbulent darker...
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Have an ‘Active August’ this summer with the National Trust in Bath
An ‘Active August’ drive to encourage families to get out and about over the summer holidays and enjoy their local green spaces is being organised by the National Trust in Bath. Alongside a range of...
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How much would you pay for a body like the Cerne Giant?
A novel way to let visitors contribute to the care of the country’s most famous chalk giant has been set up by the National Trust. The Cerne Giant Visitors snapping photos of themselves near the Cerne...
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Minchinhampton Commons mark 100 years of National Trust care
Minchinhampton An evening celebrating the centenary of Minchinhampton Common in Stroud being cared for by the National Trust will bring together commoners, conservationists and archaeologists to...
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Trust survey confirms South West as a region of walkers
The South West is known as a top walking region, and new research confirms that the region’s residents are making full use of what’s on offer with 81 per cent of adults in the South West regularly...
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Government planning policy puts England’s Green Belts at risk, suggests new...
Half of the councils in England with Green Belt land are preparing to allocate some of it for development whilst brownfield sites throughout the country are overlooked, suggests research published...
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Tiptoe through the snowdrops at Fyne Court
The unusually mild winter has brought out snowdrops earlier than normal at Fyne Court, the National Trust property nestling in the Quantock Hills. The mild weather has led to early snowdrops being...
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Commitment of Volunteer Rangers Appreciated by Rohan UK
In recognition of the outstanding contribution that volunteers have made to the conservation, maintenance and presentation of the Holnicote Estate, the Rohan Country Store in Dunster have once again...
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Glastonbury Tor named ideal place to take a date
Glastonbury Tor in evening light, Somerset (c) National Trust Images / Fay Godwin Glastonbury Tor has been named as the ideal place to take a date, after a survey by users of eHarmony.co.uk. The...
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Flood Management Project shortlisted at the 2014 Climate Week Awards
Holnicote – looking towards the lower bund A flood management demonstration project delivered by the National Trust, JBA Consulting and Penny Anderson Associates has been shortlisted at the 2014...
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Paradise at Tyntesfield and Leigh Woods
The Green Room (c) Paul Blakemore As part of PARADISE, the contemporary art exhibition at Tyntesfield and Leigh Woods, an exciting and diverse programme of events, talks and workshops delivered by...
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First trip of Brownsea Seahorse
Dennis Medlycott wanted to visit Brownsea Island. It was a simple ambition but, since he depends on his electric wheelchair to get about, he could not get onto the boats taking visitors to the island....
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Horse power at Tyntesfield
A heavy horse has been drafted in to help with the extension of a National Trust woodland play area at Tyntesfield, near Bristol. The building work has already begun, but Tuppence, a 14 hand Welsh Cob,...
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Beacons will light up the sky for The Queen’s 90th Birthday
One of the beacon locations at St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall In celebration of Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th Birthday celebrations, beacons will be lit throughout the land at from 7.30 – 8.30pm on...
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National Trust supports Wellington Monument petition
The National Trust supports a petition being created by Taunton Deane MP Rebecca Pow to raise awareness of Wellington Monument’s current need for repairs. She has started the petition to ‘make the...
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Dormice discovery at Tyntesfield
Endangered dormice have been discovered at Tyntesfield, near Bristol, for the first time by National Trust rangers and volunteers. The team have been surveying and monitoring wildlife on the estate for...
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Capability Brown 300 anniversary month at Prior Park – June 2016
The Palladian Bridge at Prior Park Landscape Garden, Bath, Somerset. A celebration of the 300th anniversary of landscape gardener Capability Brown, is being held at Prior Park Landscape Garden in Bath....
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Ship shape and Tyntesfield fashion
Tyntesfield’s new play area artists impression (c) Touchwood An extensive new woodland play area, with a nautical theme, will be opened by the National Trust at Tyntesfield on 31 May. A play trail...
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