Since 2011, Steph and I have been enthusiastic members of the National Trust (NT)
In 2015, we also became members of English Heritage (EH)
We visit as many of their properties as we can each year, always a good reason for an outing.
For obvious reasons, we have visited more properties closer to home (north Worcestershire) in the Midlands than elsewhere. And, as we tick off these local ‘low hanging fruits’, so to speak, we have to travel further afield to experience somewhere new.
In 2015, we toured Scotland, and with our reciprocal membership in the National Trust for Scotland, we visited four sites.
In 2017, we spent just over a week in Northern Ireland, touring National Trust sites all around the Province.
Last year, we spent a week in Cornwall, taking in properties in Somerset and Devon on the journey south, and on the return.
And, as I write this (late April 2019), we are getting set for a week in East Sussex and Kent, and have already planned a long list of places we want to visit.
Here are the NT and EH places we have visited and, for most, I have written a story on this blog. Each property is shown on a region map as either a NT or EH logo.
Click on a logo to open links to a blog post, the NT or EH web sites, and a photo album of my own photos, although I haven’t yet completed uploading all the photo albums, and I still have to blog about a few places.
In any case, here is an alphabetical list (with links), by region, of the properties we have visited:
- The Midlands and Wales (region map)
Attingham Park
Back-to-Backs, Birmingham
Baddesley Clinton
Benthall Hall
Berrington Hall
Biddulph Grange
Bolsover Castle (EH)
Boscobel House and the Royal Oak (EH)
Bredon tithe barn
Brockhampton Estate
Buildwas Abbey (EH)
Calke Abbey
Canons Ashby
Charlecote Park
Chastleton House
Chedworth Roman Villa
Chirk Castle
Claydon House
Clent Hills
Coughton Court
Croft Castle
Croome Court
Dovedale
Dudmaston
Erddig
Farnborough Hall
Goodrich Castle (EH)
Greyfriars
Hailes Abbey
Hanbury Hall
Hardwick Hall
Hardwick Old Hall (EH)
Hawford Dovecote
Hidcote Manor and Garden
Ironbridge (EH)
Kedleston Hall
Kenilworth Castle (EH)
Kinver Rock Houses
Kinwarton Dovecote
Knowles Mill
Langley Chapel (EH)
Lilleshall Abbey (EH)
Little Moreton Hall
Littleton tithe barn
Lyveden
Moseley Old Hall
Packwood House
Plas Newydd
Powis Castle
Rosedene
Rushton Triangular Lodge (EH)
Shugborough
Snowshill Manor
Southwell Workhouse
St Mary’s Church, Kempley (EH)
Stokesay Castle (EH)
Stowe
Sudbury Hall
The Firs
The Kymin
The Weir Garden
Tredegar House
Upton House
Waddesdon Manor
Wenlock Priory (EH)
Westbury Water Garden
White Ladies Priory (EH)
Wichenford Dovecote
Wightwick Manor
Witley Court (EH)
Wroxeter Roman City (EH)
- Southwest England (region map)
Avebury Manor and Stone Circle
Barrington Court
Cape Cornwall
Chysauster Ancient Village (EH)
Corfe Castle
Cotehele
Dyrham Park
Glendurgan Garden
Godolphin
Kingston Lacy
Knightshayes
Lanhydrock
Levant Mine and Beam Engine
Lizard Point
Newark Park
Pendennis Castle (EH)
Restormel Castle (EH)
St Michael’s Mount
Tintagel Castle (EH)
Tintagel Old Post Office
Trelissick
Trengwainton Garden
Trerice
- The South and Southeast England (region map)
Bateman’s
Battle Abbey and 1066 Battlefield (EH)
Bayham Old Abbey (EH)
Birling Gap and Seven Sisters
Bodiam Castle
Calshot Castle (EH)
Chartwell
Dover Castle (EH)
Down House (EH)
Emmetts Garden
Greys Court
Hughenden Manor
Ightham Mote
Knole
Monk’s House
Quebec House
Scotney Castle
Sissinghurst
Standen House and Garden
White Cliffs of Dover
- Eastern England (region map)
Belton House
Bolingbroke Castle (EH)
Gunby Hall
Peckover House
Tattershall Castle
Woolsthorpe Manor
- The North (region map)
Belsay Hall (EH)
Beningbrough House
Brimham Rocks
Cragside
Dunstanburgh Castle
Farne Islands
Fountains Abbey
Gibside
Hadrian’s Wall (EH – also NT)
Lindisfarne Priory (EH)
Lyme
Mount Grace Priory (EH)
Nunnington Hall
Penshaw Monument
Rievaulx Abbey (EH)
Rievaulx Terrace
Rufford Old Hall
Seaton Delaval Hall
The Beatles Childhood Homes
Wallington Hall
Warkworth Castle (EH)
Washington Old Hall
- Northern Ireland (region map)
Ardress House
Castle Coole
Castle Ward
Crom Castle
Derrymore House
Florence Court
Giant’s Causeway
Mount Stewart
Rowallane Garden
Springhill House
The Argory
- National Trust for Scotland (region map)
Arduaine Garden
Brodie Castle
Culloden Battlefield
Inverewe Garden