Alderley Edge (No Comments)

Posted in Cheshire,Countryside,Family facilities/activities,North West,The National Trust

Countryside with impressive views across Cheshire and the Peak District.

Facilities

Tea-room, Mines open days, Children’s quiz/trail, Dogs permitted under close control and on leads in fields.

Photos

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Address

Alderley Edge, Cheshire Countryside Office, Nether Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 4UB

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01625 584412
Email: alderleyedge@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"]Alderley Edge, Maclesfield, UK[/googleMap]

Arlington Court and The National Trust’s Carriage Collection (No Comments)

Posted in Church, chapel,Countryside,Devon,Family facilities/activities,Gardens,Historic Houses,Holiday cottages,Other buidlings,Park,South West England,The National Trust

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]

Ashdown House (No Comments)

Posted in Berkshire,Countryside,Gardens,Historic Houses,South and South East England,The National Trust

Dutch style house with spectacular views.

Facilities

No WC, Dogs on leads in woodland only.

Photos

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Address

Ashdown House, Lambourn, Newbury, berkshire, RG17 8RE

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01494 755569 (information line)
Tel: 01793 762209
Email: ashdownhouse@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"]Ashdown House, RG17 8RE[/googleMap]

Ashridge Estate (No Comments)

Posted in Countryside,Family facilities/activities,Hertfordshire,Other buidlings,South and South East England,The National Trust

Chalk downs and woodland available to walk around covering a vast area of over 5000 acres.

Facilities

WC not always open, Tea-room with Children’s menu in visitors centre, Baby-changing facilities, Children’s workshops and activity days as well as activity packs, Dogs permitted under close control.

Photos

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Address

Ashridge Estate, Visitor Centre, Moneybury Hill, Ringshall, Berkhamsted, Hertforshire, HP4 1LX

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01494 755557 (information line)
Tel: 01442 851227
Email: ashridge@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"]Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire, HP4 1LX[/googleMap]

Avebury (No Comments)

Posted in Archaeological,Countryside,English Heritage,Family facilities/activities,Holiday cottages,Monuments,Other buidlings,South West England,The National Trust,Wiltshire

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]

Blickling Hall, Gardens and Park (No Comments)

Posted in Countryside,East of England,Family facilities/activities,Gardens,Historic Houses,Holiday cottages,Norfolk,Other buidlings,Park,The National Trust

Blickling Hall is a magnificent Jacobean house dating back to the beginning of the 17th-century. This impressive home is set within wonderful gardens which are delightful all year round and also the parkland.

Facilities

Open air concerts and theatre, National Trust shop with plant sales, Restaurant with Children’s menu, Baby-changing facilities, Baby slings and hip carriers for loan, Children’s play area and quiz/trail, Dogs permitted on leads in the park and woods.

Photos

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Address

Blickling Hall, Blickling, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 6NF

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01263 738030
Email: blickling@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"]Blickling Hall, Norfolk, UK[/googleMap]

Bradley (No Comments)

Posted in Church, chapel,Countryside,Devon,Family facilities/activities,Historic Houses,South West England,The National Trust

Bradley, a manor house set in woodland and meadows. The building has parts dating back to the 13th-century with the majority dating from the 15th-century.

Facilities

Shakespeare in the park, Crafts, Woodland walks, Hip-carrying infant seats for loan, Children’s quiz/trail, Dogs permitted in surrounding meadows and woodland only.

Photos

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Address

Bradley, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6BN

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01803 843235
Email: bradley@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"]Bradley, Newton Abbot, UK [/googleMap]

Branscombe – The Old Bakery, Manor Mill and Forge (No Comments)

Posted in Coastline,Countryside,Devon,Family facilities/activities,Holiday cottages,Other buidlings,South West England,The National Trust

Restored buildings in working order.

Facilities

WC at bakery and village hall, Tea-room, Pushchairs and baby back-carriers permitted, Dogs on leads permitted in garden and Old Bakery information room only.

Photos

If you have any photos of this site we’d be very grateful if you could email them to us at photos@historicbritain.org

Address

Branscombe, Seaton, Devon, EX12 3DB

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01392 881691
Email: branscombe@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"]Branscombe, Seaton, Devon, EX12 3DB[/googleMap]

Bridestones, Crosscliff and Blakey Topping (No Comments)

Posted in Countryside,Family facilities/activities,Nature reserve,The National Trust,Yorkshire,Yorkshire County

Moorland nature reserve of approximately 1205 acres.

Facilities

WC at Staindale Lake car park, Children’s events during the summer holidays, Dogs permitted on leads only.

Photos

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Address

Peakside, Ravenscar, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO13 0NE

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01723 870423
Email: bridestones@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"]Staindale Lake, North Yorkshire, UK[/googleMap]

Brimham Rocks (No Comments)

Posted in Countryside,Family facilities/activities,The National Trust,Yorkshire,Yorkshire County

Moorland Rock formations. An area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Facilities

Kiosk near Brimham House, Baby-changing facilities, Suitable for school groups, Dogs permitted on leads under strict control (ground nesting birds) .

Photos

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Address

Brimham Rocks, Summerbridge, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 4DW

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01423 780688
Email: brimhamrocks@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"]Summerbridge, North Yorkshire, UK[/googleMap]