Historic Britain

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]

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]

Built in 1785, Attingham Park is an elegant house set within a deer park.

Facilities

National Trust shop and plant sales, Licensed tea-room with Children’s menu, baby-changing facilities, Baby slings and hip carriers for loan, Children’s play area and quiz/trail, Dogs on leads on estate.

Photos

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Address

Attingham Park, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 4TP

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01743 708123 (information line)
Tel: 01743 708162
Email: attingham@nationaltrust.org.uk

Tickets

You can visit this site through the National Trust Membership scheme

Aerial and Satellite View

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John Nash’s first example of his Italianate villa designs. Cronkhill was built in 1805.

Facilities

Photos

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Address

Cronkhill, Atcham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY5 6JP

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01743 708123 (informationline)
Tel: 01743 708162
Email: cronkhill@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"]Atcham, Shrewsbury, SY5 6JP[/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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Basildon Park featured in the film Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen’s famous book. Dating back to the 18th-century, this beautiful mansion is set in extensive parkland.
Basildon Park was built in 1776 by John Carr for Francis Sykes and took 7 years to complete. It was rescued by Lord and Lady Iliffe after it had fallen into hard times during the last century.

Facilities

Restaurant with Children’s menu, Baby-changing facilities, Baby slings and hip carriers for loan, Children’s quiz/trail, Dogs on leads permitted in park and woodland only.

Photos

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Address

Basildon Park, Lower Basildon, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 9NR

Contact Numbers

Tel: 0118 984 3040
Email: basildonpark@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"]Basildon Park, UK[/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]

Wonderful 17th-century house set in extensive parkland with beautiful gardens. Belton House featured in the BBC’s adaptation of Jane Eyre.

Facilities

Plant shop, The Stables Restaurant, Children’s menu between 12-2, Baby-changing facilities, Children’s play area including extensive outdoor adventure playground, miniature train rides, Pushchairs permitted, Baby slings and hip-carriers for loan, Dogs on leads in parkland only.

Photos

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Address

Belton House, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 2LS

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01476 566116
Email: belton@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"]Belton House, Lincolnshire, UK[/googleMap]