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Working holidays

Wake up in a beautiful location, spend the day helping out with conservation activities to keep places special, and make great new friends on one of our working holidays

Volunteers on a working holiday at Bosigran Farm, Cornwall
olunteer taking photographs on a National Trust Working Holiday, during a guided walk around the landscape of Bosigran Farm, Cornwall

Types of holidays 

From archaeology to helping out behind the scenes at one of our houses, cleaning beaches to building walls, you can learn all sorts of new skills while helping keep places special.

Volunteers clearing bracken on a National Trust Working Holiday.

Working Holidays 2017 (PDF) 

Download our information pack on the working holidays taking place in 2017.

Staff and volunteers at Basildon Park, Berkshire

Essential information 

Find out all the essential information you'll need to know about your National Trust working holiday

Book a working holiday

If you would like to book or just find out more about our working holidays, call the Holidays Team on 0344 800 3099

Celebrating 50 years of working holidays

Volunteers on a Working Holiday at Poltesco, The Lizard, Cornwall, resting whilst looking over the bay

150 holidays and counting 

Working holidays leader, Bob Mclaurin did his first working holiday in 1993. 24 years later and he's now taken part in over 150 holidays.

Participant on a National Trust working holiday

The holiday that changed my life 

What makes a working holiday so special? For Sharon Groves, it was the chance to meet new people and make connections to last a lifetime.

Participants on a REMPART working holiday

Overseas working holidays 2017 

Spend some time in the sunshine, while knowing that you're helping conservation causes. We've teamed up with other organisations to provide a selection of overseas working holidays.

Overseas holidays
Volunteers on a National Trust Working Holiday, at Bosigran Farm, Cornwall.

Working Holidays leaders 

Our Working Holidays are run by volunteer leaders, who work with Trust staff to ensure you have the best possible experiences. If you're interested in becoming a leader, find out more about the role.

More about becoming a leader