Brownsea Island (No Comments)

Posted in Church, chapel,Coastline,Countryside,Dorset,Family facilities/activities,Holiday cottages,Nature reserve,South West England,The National Trust

An island wildlife haven of woodland, wetland and heath. Brownsea Island is a beautiful setting for walks, picnics and exploring this sanctuary for red squirrels in the south.
The island was also the first ‘test’ camp for Robert Baden-Powell’s Scouts in 1907.

Facilities

National Trust Shop, Vilano Cafe selling hot and cold food as well as children’s lunch boxes, Baby-changing facilities, Pushchairs and baby back-carriers permitted, Baby buggies available to loan.

Photos

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Address

Brownsea Island, Poole, Dorset, BH13 7EE

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01202 707744
Email: brownseaisland@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"]Brownsea Island, Poole, Dorset[/googleMap]

Buckland Abbey (No Comments)

Posted in Abbeys,Countryside,Devon,Family facilities/activities,Gardens,Historic Houses,Other buidlings,South West England,The National Trust

Buckland Abbey dates back over 700 years and was once a monastery and later a home to Grenville and Drake who were seafarers from Elizabethan times.

Facilities

Craft fairs, Medieval re-enactments, Family activities, Walks, National Trust shop and plant sales, Guesthouse restaurant/tea-room, Baby-changing facilities, Children’s quiz/trail, Parent and baby room.

Photos

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Address

Buckland Abbey, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6EY

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01822 853607
Email: bucklandabbey@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"]Buckland Abbey, Devon, UK[/googleMap]

Castle Drogo (No Comments)

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

Castle Drogo, famously known as being the last castle to be built in England by self-made millionaire Julius Drewe. With views over Dartmoor and set above the Teign Gorge, Castle Drogo is an impressive home designed by architect Sir Edwin Lutyens.

Facilities

National Trust shop and plant sales, Castle tea-room with children’s menu as well as a tea-room at the visitor centre, Baby-changing and feeding facilities, Children’s play area, Children’s quiz/trail, Dogs on leads in car park and estate walks 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

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01647 433306
Email: castledrogo@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"]Castle Drogo, Devon, UK[/googleMap]

Clumber Park (No Comments)

Posted in Church, chapel,Countryside,East Midlands,Family facilities/activities,Gardens,Historic Britain,Nottinghamshire,Other buidlings,Park,The National Trust

Extensive parkland including open heath, woods and farmland in total 3,800 acres.

Facilities

Shop including plant sales, Restaurant with Children’s menu during holidays, Baby-changing facilities, Cycle hire with child carriers, Dogs welcome in park but must be on leads in grazing areas and Pleasure Ground.

Photos

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Address

The Estate Office, Clumber Park, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 3AZ

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01909 544917 (information line)
Tel: 01909 476592
Email: clumberpark@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"]Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, UK[/googleMap]

Cotehele (No Comments)

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

Turdor house set in extensive grounds. Cotehele has an amazing collection of armour, textiles and furniture.

Facilities

Plant sales, Arts & Crafts, Barn Restaurant with Children’s menu, Baby-changing and feeding facilties, Baby hip-carriers for loan, Children’s quiz/trail, Dogs permitted under close control on woodland walks.

Photos

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Address

Cotehele, St Dominick, Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 6TA

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01579 351346
Tel: 01579 352713 (shop/plant sales)
Email: cotehele@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"]Cotehele, Cornwall,UK[/googleMap]

Cotehele Mill (No Comments)

Posted in Cornwall,Countryside,Family facilities/activities,Holiday cottages,South West England,The National Trust

Cotehele Mill is a working watermill.

Facilities

Pushchairs and baby carriers permitted, Children’s quiz/trail, Dogs permitted under close control on woodland walk to mill.

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

Cotehele Mill, St Dominick, Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 6TA

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01579 350606
Email: cotehele@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"]Cotehele, Cornwall, UK[/googleMap]

George Stephenson’s Birthplace (No Comments)

Posted in Countryside,Family facilities/activities,Historic Houses,North East,Northumberland,The National Trust

Birthplace of the famous railway engineer.

Small stone tenement that was built in 1760 to house mining families. Whole families would live in one room. The furnishings reflecting the year of Stephenson’s birth (1781).

Facilities

Tea-room, Pushchairs permitted, Children’s quiz/trail, Suitable for school groups.

Photos

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Address

Wylam, Northumberland, NE41 8BP

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01661 853457
Email: georgestephensons@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"]Wylam, Northumberland, NE41 8BP[/googleMap]

Gibside (No Comments)

Posted in Church, chapel,Countryside,Family facilities/activities,Nature reserve,Newcastle/Tyne & Wear,North East,Other buidlings,Park,The National Trust

400 acres of stunning 18th-century landscape garden.

Facilities

Gift shop, Tea-room serving light lunches with Children’s menu, Baby-changing facilities, Pushchairs permitted, Dogs permitted on leads only in the grounds.

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

address

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01207 541820
Email: gibside@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"]Rowlands Gill, UK[/googleMap]

Hadrian’s Wall and Housesteads Fort (No Comments)

Posted in Archaeological,Countryside,English Heritage,Family facilities/activities,North East,Northumberland,Ruins,The National Trust

World famous Hadrian’s Wall runs across what was the most northerly point of the Roman Empire within Britain.

It has 16 permanent bases of which Housesteads Fort is best preserved. Hadrian’s Wall was built around AD122.

The National Trust owns 6 miles of the Wall, running west from Housesteads Fort to Cawfields Quarry.
Housesteads Fort is owned by the National Trust and maintained and managed by English Heritage.

Facilities

Shop and Information at Housesteads car park, Kiosk, Baby-changing facilities, Dogs permitted on leads only due to sheep and ground-nesting birds.

Potos

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Address

Bardon Mill, Hexham, Northumberland, NE47 6NN

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01434 344363

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"]Bardon Mill, NE47 6NN[/googleMap]

Hardcastle Crags (No Comments)

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

Wooded valley with 19th-century Mill.

Facilities

Muddy Boots Cafe, Baby-changing facilities, Pushchairs and back-carriers permitted, Dogs permitted under control at all times.

Photos

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Address

Hollin Hall, Crimsworth Dean, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX7 7AP

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01422 844518
Email: hardcastlecrags@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"]Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, UK[/googleMap]