Coast campaign appeal

When you think of something as magnificent and elemental as the coast, it’s difficult to imagine that it is under constant threat. Help us care for your coast, for ever, for everyone

White Park Bay, County Antrim in Northern Ireland

Our coast is at risk

Our members and supporters of the Neptune Coastline Campaign helped us protect the coast for 50 years. But membership fees only cover a third of the cost of caring for this precious landscape – each coastal mile costs £3,000 a year to maintain. Give to our appeal today and make a lasting impact to our great coast.

How the appeal adds up

Over the past 50 years, your donations enabled us to buy 574 miles of coastline
Today we look after 775 miles of coastline around England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Each coastal mile costs £3k a year to maintain

'I'm your coast, look after me'

Looking across Rhossili Bay, Gower peninsula

Love the coast by giving today

Breathing the salty sea air, feeling sand on your toes, rock-pooling for weird and wonderful marine creatures or being awed by dramatic views. We love the coast and want to care for it.

Support our coastal vision with a donation

For the coast to flourish, it must be healthy and rich in wildlife. Your support will allow us to ensure its beauty and cultural heritage are protected and that it remains accessible for all to enjoy.

Help us work with nature

We can't stop coastal erosion and it’s not our job to try. But with your help we can carefully manage it to maintain access and nurture wildlife, keeping the coast healthy and beautiful for all.

Give today to safeguard your shores

Whatever makes the coast special to you, your support can have a lasting impact in ensuring our great coastline can continue to inspire us all.

Leave a lasting legacy to the coast

You could help us protect our coastline and coastal habitats with a gift in your will and leave a lasting legacy for future generations. Find out more in our Gifts in Wills guide or contact our Gifts in Wills team. You can call us in confidence on 01793 817699.

Find out more about your gifts to the coastline

Managing our ever-changing shores

Fifty years of Neptune Coastline Campaign

We have achieved so much over the past 50 years of the people-powered Neptune Coastline Campaign thanks to you.

Family walking along the dunes, part of a National Trust coastal path

Caring for coastal footpaths

Looking after coastal footpaths is an important part of the work we do to safeguard our shorelines. Discover how coastal regions have been working together.

A stretch of the Great Orme coastline in Wales

Our coastal vision

Looking forward to the next 50 years and beyond, find out what we envisage for managing the coastline and coastal wildlife. We have ambitious plans.

Donate to Coast campaign appeal

Please select an amount

£10 could buy 25 marram grass plants to stabilise natural dune defences

£25 could enable us to create a metre of flower-rich wildlife trail

Footpath to Godolphin hill in the summer

£50 could build a metre of wear-resistant footpath or repair a storm damaged walkway

Or enter your own amount

Why give to the National Trust?

As a charity, we rely on the generosity of supporters to look after the coastline in our care. Not only do our supporters help to conserve wild beaches and protect the precious plants and wildlife that live there. They also ensure that future generations have the chance to witness the might of a stormy sea, explore the secrets of rugged rockpools, dive into stories of the past and make memories to treasure. With your support, we can continue to protect the irreplaceable. For ever, for everyone.

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