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Choose car-free travel to Gibside for 10% discount in the café

Girl enjoying hot chocolate with marshmallows
Enjoying a hot chocolate in the café | © National Trust Images/John Millar

To encourage travelling by sustainable transport, we're offering visitors who choose car-free travel to Gibside, 10% discount in the café.

Why choose care-free travel?

National Trust visitors drove a staggering 3.3 billion miles to properties around the UK in 2022. Our aim is to reduce this number by 1% (33 million) visits a year. By changing travel habits and mindset around car-free travel, National Trust visitors can work towards achieving our climate action ambition.

Planning your travel

We’re working with Good Journey to help plan your travel to Gibside with ease. Searching for bus timetables and walking routes can take time, but with the Good Journey Planner tool visitors can use their starting point to see the quickest and cheapest ways of getting to their destination.

Receiving your discount

When you arrive at Visitor Reception, present your train or bus ticket, cycle helmet or an app that shows your journey and steps, to receive a 10% voucher which can be redeemed in any of our 3 food and beverage outlets.

Ts&Cs

Offer valid at National Trust Gibside only and cannot be redeemed at any other National Trust café. Includes any purchase of food and drink. Offer only redeemable on the same day of travel. The voucher is single use only. Offer is non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash. Not valid in conjunction with any other offer.

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