How to guides

Fancy learning a new skill from the comfort of your living room? Now you can, with our handy video guides.

How to guide of the month: Climb trees

As part of our nationwide campaign to encourage sofa-bound children to take to the great outdoors and enjoy classic adventures, our Elite Rangers are sharing their tips on all sorts of fun activities from building dens to climbing trees.

Cook up a storm

Cakes © National Trust

We love food, and we've got some great recipes to prove it. We've put together some of our favourites and made some short videos taking you step by step through the process of cooking up some delicious treats.

Greener gardening

compost bins © NTPL/NTPL

Know going green is the right thing to do, but not really sure how to go about it? Feel guilty you're not doing more to help the environment? Well help is at hand with our new series of greener gardening videos.

Watch & learn

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From creepy crawlies to plastic cows, from adventures with trees to kitchen creations, from saving precious moorland to conserving unique books, you can find a video on nearly everything we do on our YouTube channel.

The Outdoor Gym

An example of one of the exercises you can do in the great outdoors at our places

Spending as little as five minutes exercising in one of our places can improve your all round well being as well as your physical fitness.