This year our new Special Interest Tours Guide has been improved to help you plan the very best days out. With lots of new tours to choose from there is something to interest everyone.
These tours cover a variety of subjects - you can discover colourful costume collections, the secrets of a deep-rooted castle or even get some top landscaping tips from one of our Head Gardeners.
Our tours take place at a wide selection of National Trust houses and gardens throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland and are all listed in the Special Interest Tours Guide.
You can order your free copy of the Special Interest Tours Guide online, or you can telephone the Travel Trade Team on +44 (0) 844 800 2329* or email us direct.
Highlights from each region:
Devon & Cornwall
Discover a garden rooted in the Victorian age, but still growing flowers and shrubs for a new century, with the help of Lanhydrock's Head Gardener.
Wessex
Join us on a ghoulish guided walk around the reportedly haunted parts of Dunster Castle, where staff, volunteers and visitors have experienced supernatural goings-on.
Thames and Solent
Come behind the scenes at Ham House and journey around the areas of this majestic house not normally open to the public.
South East
Join us on a tour of the finest Arts & Crafts property in the care of the National Trust at Standen. Throughout you'll see fine examples, such as the Morris carpets, fabrics and wallpapers.
East of England
Join us for a gorgeous guided tour of the pretty Walled Garden at Wimpole Hall, before sampling the delights of the working vegetable garden in the Old Rectory Restaurant.
East Midlands
Step back in time to the late 17th century to discover what life would have been like above and below stairs at Sudbury Hall.
West Midlands
Join Wightwick Manor's Head Gardener on a charming guided tour around the rose garden, herbaceous borders, orchards and woodland of this beautiful seven hectare Edwardian/Victorian garden.
North West
Float back to Victorian times as you indulge in a luxurious cruise on captivating Coniston Water aboard the carefully rebuilt steam-powered yacht, Gondola.
Yorkshire and North East
Those with an appetite for great art will certainly enjoy this enthralling one-hour tour that showcases the three most important paintings at Nostell Priory.
Wales
At Chirk Castle you can join our costumed imterpreters for a tour of the historic laundries and a fun peek behind the scenes at the life and times of Laundry Maids in the early 1900s.
Northern Ireland
Time to unravel a little more about the very fabric of 19th-century society on a lively tour that shows you the different processes involved in the cottage industry of linen making at Wellbrook Beetling Mill.
Also available...
If you haven't already received the Groups Guide which includes comprehensive information on group admission prices, catering information, opening times and much more, you can order a free copy today.
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