Life membership

Walking among autumn leaves — Enjoying the autumn leaves at Dyffryn Gardens, Vale of Glamorgan

With National Trust life membership there are more than 500 special places to explore. Although right now you may not be able to enjoy all that we have to offer, you can look forward to a lifetime of benefits.

Green gardens bursting with colour, historical castles and houses with stories to tell and cycle trails that lead you down an undiscovered path – you never know which place will win your heart.

And, thanks to the money from your membership we’ll be able to keep these places special for everyone, for ever.

National Trust life membership benefits:

Free entry to over 500 places in our care
Free parking at most National Trust car parks
National Trust Handbook, full of information about our places
National Trust Magazine three times a year, packed with inspiration, interviews and news
Access to our online Members’ Area, full of first look previews and behind-the-scenes features

Visitor taking photographs in the garden in autumn at Stowe, Buckinghamshire

Individual life membership

Includes free admission for one accompanying guest:

Individual life: £1,730

For an individual aged 60 or over:

Individual senior life: £1,295

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Visitors in the garden at Antony, Cornwall

Joint life membership

Two people, who are lifetime partners, living at the same address:

Joint life: £2,160

Where one of whom is aged 60 or over.

Joint senior life: £1,620

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Collecting apples in autumn — Joining in Apple Day activities in the orchard at Barrington Court, Somerset

Family life membership

Two adults and all their children or grandchildren up to the age of 18. Adults must be lifetime partners, living at the same address. Under 5s go free.

Joint family life: £2,265

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