Across Devon, National Trust places are full of warmth, magic and sparkle as the festive season approaches. Wrap up and embrace the chilly days with a family walk around a country estate, or get into the Christmas spirit with carols, open fires and mince pies. There’s lots on offer this season, from Christmas crafts to festive family trails and choirs to visits from Father Christmas. ...
On weekends in November, the National Trust’s Buckland Abbey will be holding a series of weekend Mini Winter Markets selling wares from local businesses and artists.
Each weekend, 15 stalls will fill Buckland Abbey’s small barn and visitor welcome area. The vendors will change each weekend providing a wide variety of seasonal treats and gift ideas. The Great Barn will remain closed...
Visitors can enjoy a new Halloween experience at National Trust Knightshayes Court, in Devon, this October Half Term.
From now until 3 November, the house and gardens have been transformed. The estate is bursting with illusion and folklore, celebrating local legends and the Victorian obsession with the paranormal.
Built at the height of the Gothic Revival, Knightshayes, with...
The two-year project ‘A la Ronde – Conserving the Past, Creating the Future’ is now complete.
Designed to reimagine A la Ronde and engage new audiences, the project has included partnerships with local community groups, significant conservation work, the development of exciting digital offers and virtual tours, creation of work experience placements for students, and the delivery of...
Arlington Court is celebrating autumn with its annual Community Scarecrow Trail, running from 5 October to 3 November.
This family-friendly event invites visitors to explore the grounds and discover scarecrows created by local schools, groups, and volunteers with this year’s theme being children’s book characters.
September is a great time to visit National Trust’s Castle Drogo, in Devon, where new areas and objects are available for visitors to view for the first time. There are also opportunities to get involved with a volunteer open day on Friday 6 September.
For the first time ever, the Study at Castle Drogo has been opened as an exhibition space. Julius Drewe’s desk, recently returned...
Calling all outdoor explorers, as part of the ‘A la Ronde: Conserving the Past, Creating the Future’ project, there are lots of new things to see and do in the meadow and grounds.
An accessible, multi-user pathway has been installed, emulating the original historic pathway around the edge of the estate. Perfect for wheelchairs and prams, the pathway is punctuated by delightful and...
A key part of the A la Ronde: Conserving the Past, Creating the Future project, ‘The Compendium’ is a newly created digital space for online visitors to experience. A ‘one stop shop’ of all things A la Ronde-related, ‘The Compendium’ is a collection of stories to delight and surprise. For the first time, we have created a central place where in-depth information about the house, the grounds,...
Visitors to the National Trust’s Saltram estate in Plymouth will be able to celebrate summer in style as the property announces extended opening hours on Friday evenings throughout the summer.
From Friday 19 July to 30 August, visitors to the historic National Trust estate in Devon can enjoy the beauty of Saltram under the evening sun as the garden stays open until 7pm.
A new ‘Room of Discovery’ is now open to visitors at A la Ronde, cared for by the National Trust near Exmouth, Devon. The Room of Discovery contains an immersive re-interpretation of A la Ronde’s intricate 200-year-old Shell Gallery, offering visitors a sense of the original space, which is too fragile to enter, to ensure its survival.
It has been designed to provide a similar sense...
