Historic Britain

Acquired by the National Trust in 1991. A La Ronde is an amazing 18th century house with unique interior decoration. The house is also interesting due to being sixteen-sided.

Facilities

Family Activities, Exhibitions, Shop, Plant Sales, Tea Room, Hip-carrying infant seats for loan, Children’s quiz/trail. Suitable for school groups.

Photos

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Address

A La Ronde, Summer Lane, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 5BD

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01395 265514
Tel Shop: 01395 255918
Tel Tea Room: 01395 255912

Email: alaronde@nationaltrust.org.uk

Tickets

You can visit this site through the National Trust Membership scheme

Aerial and Satellite View

[googleMap name="A La Ronde" width="100%" height="350px"]Summer Lane, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 5BD[/googleMap]

Acquired by the National Trust in 1961. Antony is a wonderful 18th century mansion set within parkland with its fine gardens. Situated near the coast in Cornwall, it has been a family home to the Carew Pole family for generations.

Facilities

Restaurant with Children’s Menu, Baby-changing facilities, Hip-carrying infant seats for loan.

Photos

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Address

Antony, Torpoint, Cornwall, PL11 2QA

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01752 812191

Email: antony@nationaltrust.org.uk

Tickets

You can visit this site through the National Trust Membership scheme

Aerial and Satellite View

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Regency house set within a 2,700 acre estate full of wildlife including deer park and renowned for its rare lichens, bats, dormice, hares, otters and owls. The estate also accommodates the National Trust’s internationally important collection of 50 horse-drawn carriages within the Stable Block.

You will also find the 30 acres of informal gardens including the formal Victorian garden to picnic or play in as well as restored walled kitchen garden.

Facilities

Carriage rides weather permitting, Open-air theatre, Activity workshops for children during school holidays, Shop including plant sales, Licensed tea-room serving hot and cold meals as well as picnic food, Children’s menu, Baby-changing facilities, Baby slings and hip carrying infant seats for loan, Children’s play area as well as quiz and Tracker packs, Dogs are welcome on short leads in gardens, grounds and Carriage Collection.

Photos

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Address

Arlington Court, Arlington, nr Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 4LP

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01271 850296
Email: arlingtoncourt@nationaltrust.org.uk

Tickets

You can visit this site through the National Trust Membership scheme

Aerial and Satellite View

[googleMap width="100%" height="350px" directions_to="false" directions_from="false"]Arlington, Devon, UK[/googleMap]

Acquired by the National Trust in 1956. Tithe Barn dates from the 15th-century. The barn it located on the banks of the River Severn and has a large stone-tiled roof.

Facilities

No WC

Photos

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Address

Ashleworth, Gloucestershire, GL19 4JA

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01452 814213
Email: ashleworth@nationaltrust.org.uk

Tickets

You can visit this site through the National Trust Membership scheme

Aerial and Satellite View

[googleMap width="100%" height="350px" directions_to="false" directions_from="false"] Tithe Barn, Ashleworth, Gloucestershire [/googleMap]

Managed by the National Trust and under guardianship of English Heritage, Avebury stone circle is a world heritage site. Some of the stones were re-erected in the 1930s by the archaeologist Alexander Keiller.

You are able to walk up to the stones and touch them as well as watch audio-visual displays bringing the history of this important site to life.

Also within this area are other important buildings: the 16th-century dovecote, 17th-century thatched threshing barn and stables, nearby is Windmill Hill which was once the site of an important Neolithic settlement which has many well-preserved Bronze Age burial mounds.

Facilities

Family fun trails and activities, Living history craft workshops, Museum shop, Licensed restaurant which specialises in vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes using local and organic produce, Baby-changing facilities, Pushchairs and baby carriers admitted, Suitable for school groups, Dogs on leads welcome in stone circle and estate.

Photos

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Address

Avebury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1RF

Contact Numbers

Tel:01672 539250
Email: avebury@nationaltrust.org.uk

Tickets

You can visit this site through the National Trust Membership scheme

Aerial and Satellite View

[googleMap width="100%" height="350px" directions_to="false" directions_from="false"]Avebury, Wiltshire, UK[/googleMap]

Acquired by the National Trust in 1991, Avebury Manor is a 16th-century manor house with beautiful Edwardian gardens.

Facilities

Museum shop, Circle restaurant specialising in vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes using local and organic produce. (please note that house is not suitable for young children)

Photos

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Address

Avebury Manor and Gardens, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1RF

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01672 539250
Email: avebury@nationaltrust.org.uk

Tickets

You can visit this site through the National Trust Membership scheme

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[googleMap width="100%" height="350px" directions_to="false" directions_from="false"]Avebury, Wiltshire, SN8 1RF[/googleMap]

Acquired by the National Trust in 1907, Barrington Court is wonderful Tudor manor house with working kitchen garden and beautiful Gertrude Jekyll-inspired gardens. The visits here can be a unique experience with the opportunity to purchase antique or reproduction furniture.

Facilities

Shop with plants and kitchen garden produce, Strode House Restaurant, Beagles Cafe, Baby-changing facilities, Pushchairs and back-carriers permitted, Hip-carrying infant seats for loan, Family activity packs and children’s quiz/trail.

Photos

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Address

Barrington Court, Barrington, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0NQ

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01460 242614 (information line)
Tel: 01460 241938
Email: barringtoncourt@nationaltrust.org.uk

Tickets

You can visit this site through the National Trust Membership scheme

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[googleMap width="100%" height="350px" directions_to="false" directions_from="false"]Barrington court, Ilminster, Somerset [/googleMap]

Public rooms in the heart of Bath. These rooms were part of Georgian society and were perfect for fashionably entertaining during the 18th-century.

Facilities

Assembly Rooms Cafe, Baby-changing facilities, Pushchairs permitted.

Photos

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Address

Bath Assembly Rooms, Bennett Street, Bath, Somerset

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01225 477789

Email: bathassemblyrooms@nationaltrust.org.uk

Tickets

You can visit this site through the National Trust Membership scheme

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[googleMap width="100%" height="350px" directions_to="false" directions_from="false"]Bennett Street, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2QH[/googleMap]

Blaise Hamlet was acquired by the National Trust in 1943 and consists of nine beautiful cottages surrounding a green. The setting is picturesque and was designed by John Nash in 1809.

Facilities

No WC, Pushchairs permitted.

Photos

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Address

Blaise Hamlet, Henbury, Bristol, BS10 7QY

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01275 461900
Email: blaisehamlet@nationaltrust.org.uk

Tickets

You can visit this site through the National Trust Membership scheme

Aerial and Satellite View

[googleMap width="100%" height="350px" directions_to="false" directions_from="false"]Henbury, Bristol, BS10 7QY[/googleMap]

Harbour and village on the north Cornish coast with surrounding land owned by the National Trust.

Facilities

National Trust Shop, Cafe in the lower harbour with sheltered courtyard and outdoor tables, Children’s quiz/trail.

Photos

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Address

Boscatle, Cornwall

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01840 250353
Email: boscastle@nationaltrust.org.uk

Tickets

You can visit this site through the National Trust Membership scheme

Aerial and Satellite View

[googleMap width="100%" height="350px" directions_to="false" directions_from="false"]Boscastle, Cornwall, UK[/googleMap]