Stories

Did you know that the National Trust owns hundreds of hotels, cottages, and other types of accommodations. Below is a list of some of our favorite National Trust cottages.

Get a taste of life below stairs by visiting these kitchens on your next trip to the U.K.

Get a taste of life below stairs by visiting these kitchens on your next trip to the U.K.

Planted in the form of a medieval cathedral, a grove of trees becomes a memorial

Celebrate this ground-breaking law by doing some bird-watching in the coming months.

Royal Oak mourns the loss of acclaimed interior designer Mario Buatta who died this week in Manhattan.

Last month, the Royal Oak board was hosted by the Matthews family for a tour and tea at their home, Rayrigg Hall, in the Lake District.

The Royal Oak Foundation recently presented the National Trust with a grant in the amount of $1,525,000 raised from its 2016-2017 appeal: “Keep Churchill at Chartwell.”

Who doesn’t love a great topiary garden? It just brings a smile to your face—well at least it does to ours. However, not everyone feels the same way: as some anonymous wag once described a topiary garden in England: “The monstrosities doth multiply…” Given the range of reaction it inspires, topiary has gone in and out of fashion over the centuries. We think it’s all good fun.

In November 2017, the Royal Oak Foundation and the Princeton Club hosted an exclusive program about the Netflix hit miniseries, The Crown. Scandal, intrigue, marital strife--The Crown had it all and turned the British monarch into a television phenomenon.