Historic Britain

This haven for wildlife is renowned for its medicinal and culinary herbs.

Facilities

National Trust shop and plant sales, Restaurant with Children’s menu, Baby-changing facilities, Pushchairs permitted, Dongs with leads allowed on woodland walk.

Photos

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Address

Acorn Bank Garden and Watermill, Temple Sowerby, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 1SP

Contact Numbers

Tel: 017683 61893
Email: acornbank@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"]Acorn Bank Garden, Cumbria, CA10 1SP[/googleMap]

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

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

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[googleMap width="100%" height="350px" directions_to="false" directions_from="false"]Avebury, Wiltshire, UK[/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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The National Portrait Gallery work in partnership with Beningbrough. This grand 18th-century house has an impressive baroque interior surrounded by gardens and parkland.

Facilities

National Trust shop and plant centre, Walled Garden Restaurant with hot lunches served between 12-2. Gluten-free and vegan lunch options available, Children’s menu, Baby-changing facilities, Hip carrier infant seats for loan, Wilderness play area for children including the large fort, Children’s art activities.

Photos

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Address

Beningbrough Hall and Gardens, Beningbrough, York, North Yorkshire, YO30 1DD

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01904 472027
Email: beningbrough@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"]Beningbrough Hall, York, YO30 1DD[/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

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

Extensive salt marsh and dunes, Blakeney National Nature Reserve is famously known for the important seabirds, waders and overwintering wildfowl. The reserve covers some 2711 acres.

Facilities

WCs at Blakeney Point (closed for winter months), WCs at Blakeney Quay and Morston Quay, Tea-room at Morston Quay.

Photos

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Address

Blakeney National Nature Reserve, Norfolk Coast Office, Friary Farm, Cley Road, Blakeney, Norfolk, NR25 7NW

Contact Numbers

Tel: 01263 740241
Email: blakeneypoint@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"]Cley Road, Blakeney, Norfolk, NR25 7NW[/googleMap]

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

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[googleMap width="100%" height="350px" directions_to="false" directions_from="false"]Blickling Hall, Norfolk, UK[/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

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

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

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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

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[googleMap width="100%" height="350px" directions_to="false" directions_from="false"]Branscombe, Seaton, Devon, EX12 3DB[/googleMap]