The National Trust is committed to creating safe and healthy places for nature and wildlife to thrive. To help safeguard nature for the future, we're phasing out single use plastics at the places we care for. Find out our plan to go plastic free.
The A303 divides the Stonehenge World Heritage Site - one of the most important prehistoric landscapes in Europe. We believe the proposed road improvement could provide an overall benefit to the whole World Heritage Site, providing it is well designed and delivered with the utmost care.
As the UK’s biggest land owner, we strive to maintain our land as an environment that supports a rich diversity of life. Read our positions on nature, our work on reconnecting children with nature, and conservation stories from our places.
We love sustainably produced, local and seasonal food because it's better for the special places we look after, better for the environment and tastes better too. Read about our views on food and farming.
One of our founding beliefs is that places matter to people. Land-use planning is a key tool to help us look after special places. Read about our views on the planning system, transport infrastructure, and protecting our nation’s beautiful landscapes.
We’re going greener. Find out about how we’re meeting our pledge to reduce our use of fossil fuels by 50 per cent by 2020, and our views on how climate change is affecting our places.
Water is essential to our role in caring for and promoting the importance of nature and heritage. Working with nature is really important to how we protect and look after 780 miles of coastline and manage water on our land.
The places that matter most are often those closest to home where we spend our time living and working. Find out more about our work in local places special to you, such as celebrating regional heritage through Heritage Open Days.
Keep up to date with what’s going on behind the scenes at the National Trust and hear first hand what’s happening at our places as Director-General Hilary McGrady shares her insights in the Director’s blog.
