Puffins on the Farne Islands, Northumberland

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Greylag geese on Orford Ness

Our plan to restore nature at our places 

Find out more about our ambitious plans to restore nature at our places, creating 25,000 hectares of new wildlife habitats by 2025.

Playing our part
A view of Great Gable from Lingmell Summit in Wasdale Cumbria

Looking after the Lake District 

We've been looking after special places in the Lake District for the past 120 years. Learn how we're playing our part in looking after this changing landscape for nature, for society, for now and for the future.

Learn how we're playing our part
Wicken Fen - Lapwing close up

Where have all the lapwings gone? 

Our wildlife and the lives of future generations are at risk unless we change the way we farm our land. Peter Nixon, our director of land, landscape and nature, explains why.

Find out why nature is in trouble
" The need of quiet, the need of air, the need of exercise, and, I believe, the sight of sky and of things growing, seem human needs, common to all..."
- Octavia Hill, National Trust founder, 1888
Our walled garden supervisor, Ceridwen, working in the gardens

Go behind the scenes at our gardens 

What do our gardeners do? What does it take to look after one of the most important historic gardens in the country? We’re back behind the scenes at Dyffryn in Wales to discover what the gardeners get up to in early summer.

Find out more
Roisin Black, ranger at Malham Tarn Estate

Plants and wildlife helped to thrive 

Roísín, National Trust Ranger in the Yorkshire Dales, recently helped to re-introduce endangered water voles to Malham Tarn. With your support, we can do whatever is needed to protect natural habitats and help wildlife to flourish.

Dan Jones and his sheepdogs on the Great Orme

Wildlife and farming on the Great Orme 

We're working with farmer Dan Jones and his flock of sheep to look after rare wildlife at Parc Farm on the Great Orme.

Discover more about this Snowdonia farm
Dolaucothi Farmhouse on the Estate, seen in the morning, Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire

Living with the Trust 

Find out from one of our tenant farmers what it's like having the Trust as a landlord.

Volunteers serching under the floorboards at Knole

Digging deep at Knole 

A volunteer at Knole for around six years, Jim Parker is an experienced member of our Premises team. More recently, Jim has turned his long-term interest in archaeology into hands-on practical experience.

Staff and volunteers gardening at Basildon Park, Berkshire.

About us 

We are a charity and rely for income on membership fees, donations and legacies, and revenue raised from our commercial operations.

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Ranger dry stone walling

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