The National Trust will be trialling the use of a pioneering navigational app for partially sighted visitors at Saltram in Plymouth this summer to improve access to heritage and nature.
NaviLens is a free navigation app which can help give greater independence and freedom for users to navigate their way around places with less or even no aid.
Forgotten tales of Saltram’s historic workforce have been uncovered by a team of passionate volunteers, illuminating the lives and legacies of those who once walked its grounds.
The National Trust’s Saltram, in Devon, has received support amounting to £238,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, which will be used to help connect people to nature and heritage.
The National Trust is looking for volunteers with an interest in historic buildings to help care for Loughwood Meeting House, near Kilmington. This very special place of worship is a hidden gem that has remained virtually unchanged since the 18th century. Founded in secret during a time of great persecution towards non-conformists, Loughwood Meeting House is one of the earliest surviving...
Anyone faithful to the traditional nineteenth-century Beatrix Potter storybooks will love the Peter Rabbit™ winter activity trail that has opened in the gardens of Buckland Abbey near Plymouth.
The adventure trail at Buckland Abbey has been inspired by Beatrix Potter’s iconic tales. With a sprinkle of festive magic, Peter Rabbit fans step through Buckland’s Kitchen Garden gate...
An achingly cold, grey day in February may not seem the optimum time to appreciate Plymouth's old town coastal treasures but sometimes a lonely out of season weekday wander can prove rather inspiring.
Once through the sprawl of Plymouth's ever-buzzing city centre shopping district, the cultural hub and historic quarter is but a pedestrian crossing away. On this working Monday, it...
