The National Trust is a charity and is completely independent of Government. They rely for income on membership fees, donations and legacies, and revenue raised from their commercial operations.

They now have 3.5 million members and 52,000 volunteers who gave 2.3 million hours in 2007/08. More than 12 million people visit their pay-for-entry properties, while an estimated 50 million visit their open air properties.

They protect and open to the public over 300 historic houses and gardens and 49 industrial monuments and mills.

But it doesn’t stop there. The National Trust also look after forests, woods, fens, beaches, farmland, downs, moorland, islands, archaeological remains, castles, nature reserves, villages – for ever, for everyone.

Join the National Trust today and you’ll enjoy:

FREE entry and parking at more than 300 historic houses and gardens.
FREE parking at their countryside and coastline locations.
Your Members’ Handbook – the complete guide to all of the places you can visit.
Regional Newsletters packed with details of special events at locations near you.
Three editions of their magazine, featuring news, views, gardening and letters, exclusively for members.
Information on local Supporter Groups and how to get involved.

Plus…

Your membership will get you FREE admission to properties cared for by the National Trust for Scotland.
They also have agreements with a number of other countries. If you’re visiting any of these places and have a valid membership card, you could visit their National Trust facilities for FREE or at a concessionary rate.

Join online today, and The National Trust will email you a temporary admission card so you can make the most of your membership and start visiting National Trust properties straight away.

*Please note that your full membership pack could take up to four weeks to be delivered.

Best of all you’ll know that you are helping to protect the places you enjoy for ever, for everyone!

Editor, Third Age.