Stories

NT Head Gardner, Alan Power visits Sissinghurst in Kent, previously home to poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West and her husband, diplomat Harold Nicolson. Working from ruins, the couple’s personalities collided and combined to create this dramatic, world-renowned garden.

A brooding, lonely building lost in the quiet of the far North of England near the sea is a fitting place to discover a large winter roost of bats

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With still a few days left to dream about an English summer, we encourage you to try out a few recipes from a new book on jam-making from the National Trust. From Gooseberry Curd to Rose Petal Jelly to a Traditional Red Berry Jam, National Trust Book of Jam by Sara Lewis has something for everyone.

Now a romantic ruin, Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire was a thriving industrial hub for the Cistercian order of monks in the 12th Century. Here Bettany meets archaeologist Mark Newman to bring the Abbey to life once more and to explore the impact of the Cistercians, the first truly pan-European movement, on Britain’s economy.

Cradled in a beautiful Cotswold valley rest the remains of one of the grandest Roman villas in Britain.

Join John Sargent of the National Trust in this episode, The Black Beaches of Durham.

It is with mixed emotions that I announce the retirement of our longtime employee Winifred E. Cyrus, Director of Member Services, effective July 31, 2020.

Songbirds and wildflowers flourish after meadow transformation

In this episode of the National Trust Podcast we’re at Cliveden, Berkshire. Set high above the Thames, the grounds of Cliveden House are home to a world famous parterre, Japanese Garden and topiary-lined long walk. Around every corner you’ll find stories of mystery, decadence and the fame and misfortune of Britain’s political elite.