This meta bucket list is where I want to visit every National Trust property in England. The National Trust is a charity in the United Kingdom who’s aim is to conserve places of historic interest or natural beauty forever. It was founded in 1895 by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley.
The trust gains its land and properties from gifts from the public, and from purchases with cash. It is actually one of the largest landowners in the United Kingdom with 2,500 sq/km or 970 sq miles. It is possible to visit most of their properties by paying a small entrance fee. The trust also has a membership scheme where members gain free access to the trusts properties. The National Trust has a great many properties in England, with close to 450 now.
I needed a way to break down visiting every one into more manageable amounts. I have decided to split the task down into visiting trust properties by county. This way rather than an enormous list that is over four hundred long, it will be split down into smaller county sized ones of around ten to twenty. Counties that are a long way from where I live I will try to visit a few over a few days and then travel back home.
Bedfordshire
- Dunstable Downs – Incomplete
- Whipsnade Tree Cathedral – Incomplete
- Willington Dovecote & Stables – Incomplete
Berkshire
- Basildon Park – Incomplete
- Cock Marsh – Incomplete
- Lardon Chase, the Holies and Lough Down – Incomplete
Bristol
- Blaise Hamlet – Incomplete
- Westbury College Gatehouse – Incomplete
Buckinghamshire
- Ascott House – Incomplete
- Ashridge Estate – Incomplete
- Boarstall Duck Decoy – Incomplete
- Boarstall Tower – Incomplete
- Bradenham Village – Incomplete
- Buckingham Chantry Chapel – Incomplete
- Claydon House – Incomplete
- Cliveden – Incomplete
- Coombe Hill – Incomplete
- Dorneywood Garden – Incomplete
- Hartwell House – Incomplete
- Hughenden Manor – Incomplete
- The King’s Head Inn, Aylesbury – Incomplete
- Long Crendon Courthouse – Incomplete
- Pitstone Windmill – Incomplete
- Princes Risborough Manor House – Incomplete
- Stowe Landscape Gardens – Incomplete
- Waddesdon Manor – Incomplete
- West Wycombe Park – Incomplete
- West Wycombe Village – Incomplete
Cambridgeshire properties
I have chosen to start with the National Trust properties in Cambridgeshire for a couple of reasons. I live in the country so travel with be easy and fast while I get used to how National Trust properties work. Another reason is that one of the founders of the National Trust, Octovia Hill was actually born in one of the towns in this county.
- Anglesey Abbey, garden and Lode Mill – Complete
- Houghton Mill – Complete
- Peckover House and garden – Complete
- Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse – Complete
- Wicken Fen – Incomplete
- Wimpole Hall – Complete
- Wimpole Home Farm – Complete
Cheshire
- Alderley Edge – Incomplete
- Helsby Hill – Incomplete
- Hare Hill – Incomplete
- Little Moreton Hall – Incomplete
- Lyme Park – Incomplete
- Nether Alderley Mill – Incomplete
- Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate – Incomplete
- Tatton Park – Incomplete
- Dunham Massey – Incomplete
Cornwall
- Antony House – Incomplete
- Boscastle – Incomplete
- Carnewas & Bedruthan Steps – Incomplete
- Cornish Mines & Engines – Incomplete
- Cotehele – Incomplete
- Glendurgan Garden – Incomplete
- Godolphin Estate – Incomplete
- Godrevy – Incomplete
- Hawker’s Hut – Incomplete
- Lanhydrock House – Incomplete
- Lawrence House – Incomplete
- Levant Mine & Beam Engine – Incomplete
- St Anthony Head – Incomplete
- St Michael’s Mount – Incomplete
- Tintagel Old Post Office – Incomplete
- Trelissick Garden – Incomplete
- Trengwainton Garden – Incomplete
- Trerice – Incomplete
Cumbria
- Acorn Bank Garden & Watermill – Incomplete
- Aira Force – Incomplete
- Allan Bank – Incomplete
- Beatrix Potter Gallery – Incomplete
- Borrowdale – Incomplete
- Bowder Stone – Incomplete
- Buttermere and Ennerdale – Incomplete
- Cartmel Priory Gatehouse – Incomplete
- Cross Keys Inn, Sedbergh – Incomplete
- Dalton Castle – Incomplete
- Derwent Island House – Incomplete
- Fell Foot Park – Incomplete
- Gondola, Coniston Water – Incomplete
- Grasmere and Great Langdale – Incomplete
- Hawkshead and Claife – Incomplete
- Hill Top – Incomplete
- Keld Chapel, Shap – Incomplete
- Old Dungeon Ghyll – Incomplete
- Sizergh Castle & Garden – Incomplete
- Stagshaw Garden – Incomplete
- Tarn Hows – Incomplete
- Townend – Incomplete
- Ullswater – Incomplete
- Wasdale, Eskdale and Duddon – Incomplete
- Windermere and Troutbeck – Incomplete
- Wordsworth House – Incomplete
- Wray Castle – Incomplete
Derbyshire
- Calke Abbey – Incomplete
- Duffield Castle – Incomplete
- Hardwick Hall – Incomplete
- High Peak Estate – Incomplete
- Ilam Park – Incomplete
- Kedleston Hall – Incomplete
- Longshaw Estate – Incomplete
- South Peak Estate – Incomplete
- Stainsby Mill – Incomplete
- Sudbury Hall – Incomplete
- The Old Manor – Incomplete
- Winster Market House – Incomplete
Devon
- A La Ronde – Incomplete
- Arlington Court – Incomplete
- Bolberry Down – Incomplete
- Bradley – Incomplete
- Branscombe — The Old Bakery, Manor Mill & Forge – Incomplete
- Buckland Abbey – Incomplete
- Castle Drogo – Incomplete
- The Church House – Incomplete
- Coleton Fishacre – Incomplete
- Compton Castle – Incomplete
- Finch Foundry – Incomplete
- Greenway – Incomplete
- Heddon Valley Shop – Incomplete
- Killerton – Incomplete
- Knightshayes Court – Incomplete
- Loughwood Meeting House – Incomplete
- Lundy – Incomplete
- Lydford Gorge – Incomplete
- Morte Point – Incomplete
- The Old Mill, Wembury – Incomplete
- Overbeck’s – Incomplete
- Parke – Incomplete
- Saltram – Incomplete
- Shute Barton – Incomplete
- Watersmeet House – Incomplete
Dorset
- Ballard Down – Incomplete
- Brownsea Island – Incomplete
- Cerne Giant – Incomplete
- Clouds Hill – Incomplete
- Corfe Castle – Incomplete
- Eggardon Hill – Incomplete
- Hambledon Hill – Incomplete
- Hardy Monument – Incomplete
- Hardy’s Cottage – Incomplete
- Hod Hill – Incomplete
- Kingston Lacy – Incomplete
- Lambert’s Castle – Incomplete
- Lewesdon Hill – Incomplete
- Max Gate – Incomplete
- Old Harry Rocks – Incomplete
- Pilsdon Pen – Incomplete
- Portland House – Incomplete
- Studland Beach – Incomplete
- White Mill – Incomplete
Essex
- Bourne Mill – Incomplete
- Coggeshall Grange Barn – Incomplete
- Danbury Commons and Blakes Wood – Incomplete
- Hatfield Forest – Incomplete
- Northey Island – Incomplete
- Paycocke’s – Incomplete
- Ray Island – Incomplete
- Rayleigh Mount – Incomplete
Gloucestershire
- Ashleworth Tithe Barn – Incomplete
- Bibury – Incomplete
- Chedworth Roman Villa – Incomplete
- Dyrham Park – Incomplete
- Hailes Abbey – Incomplete
- Haresfield Beacon and Standish Wood – Incomplete
- Hidcote Manor Garden – Incomplete
- Horton Court – Incomplete
- Little Fleece Bookshop – Incomplete
- Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate – Incomplete
- May Hill – Incomplete
- Newark Park – Incomplete
- Snowshill Manor – Incomplete
- Westbury Court Garden – Incomplete
- Woodchester Park – Incomplete
Hampshire
- Hinton Ampner – Incomplete
- Mottisfont Abbey – Incomplete
- Sandham Memorial Chapel – Incomplete
- The Vyne – Incomplete
- West Green House – Incomplete
- Winchester City Mill – Incomplete
Herefordshire
- Berrington Hall – Incomplete
- Croft Castle – Incomplete
- Cwmmau Farmhouse – Incomplete
- Brockhampton Estate – Incomplete
- The Weir Garden – Incomplete
Hertfordshire
- Ashridge Estate – Incomplete
- Shaw’s Corner – Incomplete
Isle of White
- Bembridge Fort – Incomplete
- Bembridge Windmill – Incomplete
- Brighstone Shop – Incomplete
- Mottistone Manor – Incomplete
- The Needles Batteries – Incomplete
- Newtown Old Town Hall – Incomplete
- St. Catherine’s Oratory – Incomplete
- Rosetta Cottage – Incomplete
Kent
- Chartwell – Incomplete
- Chiddingstone – Incomplete
- Cobham Wood and Mausoleum – Incomplete
- Emmetts Garden – Incomplete
- Ightham Mote – Incomplete
- Knole – Incomplete
- Old Soar Manor – Incomplete
- Owletts – Incomplete
- Quebec House – Incomplete
- Scotney Castle – Incomplete
- Sissinghurst Castle Garden – Incomplete
- Smallhythe Place – Incomplete
- South Foreland Lighthouse – Incomplete
- Sprivers Garden – Incomplete
- St. John’s Jerusalem – Incomplete
- Stoneacre – Incomplete
- The White Cliffs of Dover – Incomplete
Lancashire
- Gawthorpe Hall – Incomplete
- Rufford Old Hall – Incomplete
- Heysham Head – Incomplete
Leicestershire
- Stoneywell – Incomplete
- Staunton Harold Church – Incomplete
- Ulverscroft Nature Reserve – Incomplete
Lincolnshire
- Belton House – Incomplete
- Grantham House – Incomplete
- Gunby Hall and Monksthorpe chapel – Incomplete
- Tattershall Castle near Sleaford – Incomplete
- Woolsthorpe Manor – Incomplete
Greater London
- 2 Willow Road – Incomplete
- Blewcoat School – Incomplete
- Carlyle’s House – Incomplete
- Eastbury Manor House – Incomplete
- East Sheen Common – Incomplete
- Fenton House – Incomplete
- George Inn – Incomplete
- Ham House – Incomplete
- Lindsey House – Incomplete
- Morden Hall Park – Incomplete
- Osterley Park – Incomplete
- Petts Wood & Hawkwood – Incomplete
- Red House – Incomplete
- Rainham Hall – Incomplete
- Roman Baths, Strand Lane – Incomplete
- Selsdon Wood – Incomplete
- Sutton House – Incomplete
- Watermeads – Incomplete
Mersyside
- Formby – Incomplete
- Speke Hall – Incomplete
- 20 Forthlin Road – Incomplete
- 251 Menlove Avenue – Incomplete
- 59 Rodney Street – Incomplete
Norfolk
- Blakeney Point – Incomplete
- Blickling Hall – Incomplete
- Brancaster – Incomplete
- Felbrigg Hall – Incomplete
- Horsey Windpump – Incomplete
- Oxburgh Hall – Incomplete
- Sheringham Park – Incomplete
Northamptonshire
- Canons Ashby House – Incomplete
- Lyveden New Bield – Incomplete
- Priest’s House, Easton on the Hill – Incomplete
Northumberland
- Allen Banks & Staward Gorge – Incomplete
- Cherryburn – Incomplete
- Cragside – Incomplete
- Dunstanburgh Castle – Incomplete
- Farne Islands – Incomplete
- George Stephenson’s Birthplace – Incomplete
- Hadrian’s Wall and Housesteads Roman Fort – Incomplete
- Lindisfarne Castle – Incomplete
- Northumberland Coast – Incomplete
- Ros Castle – Incomplete
- St Cuthbert’s Cave – Incomplete
- Seaton Delaval Hall – Incomplete
- Wallington Hall – Incomplete
- Clumber Park – Incomplete
- Mr. Straw’s House – Incomplete
- The Workhouse, Southwell – Incomplete
Oxfordshire
- Ashdown House – Incomplete
- Buscot Park – Incomplete
- Chastleton House – Incomplete
- Great Coxwell Barn – Incomplete
- Greys Court – Incomplete
- Lock Cottage, Buscot – Incomplete
- Nuffield Place – Incomplete
- Priory Cottages – Incomplete
Shropshire
- Attingham Park – Incomplete
- Benthall Hall – Incomplete
- Carding Mill Valley – Incomplete
- Cronkhill – Incomplete
- Dudmaston Hall – Incomplete
- Morville Hall – Incomplete
- Sunnycroft – Incomplete
- Town Walls Tower Shrewsbury – Incomplete
- Wilderhope Manor – Incomplete
Somerset
- Barrington Court – Incomplete
- Bath Assembly Rooms – Incomplete
- Burrow Mump – Incomplete
- Brean Down – Incomplete
- Brean Down Fort – Incomplete
- Cadbury Camp – Incomplete
- Cheddar Gorge – Incomplete
- Clevedon Court – Incomplete
- Coleridge Cottage – Incomplete
- Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill – Incomplete
- Dolebury Warren – Incomplete
- Dunster Castle – Incomplete
- Dunster Working Watermill – Incomplete
- Ebbor Gorge – Incomplete
- Fyne Court – Incomplete
- Glastonbury Tor – Incomplete
- Holnicote Estate – Incomplete
- King Alfred’s Tower – Incomplete
- King John’s Hunting Lodge – Incomplete
- Leigh Woods – Incomplete
- Lytes Cary Manor – Incomplete
- Montacute House – Incomplete
- The Priest’s House, Muchelney – Incomplete
- Prior Park Landscape Garden – Incomplete
- Sand Point – Incomplete
- Solsbury Hill – Incomplete
- Stembridge Tower Mill – Incomplete
- Stoke sub Hamdon Priory – Incomplete
- Tintinhull Garden – Incomplete
- Treasurer’s House – Incomplete
- Tyntesfield – Incomplete
- Walton and Ivythorn Hills – Incomplete
- West Pennard Court Barn – Incomplete
- Yarn Market, Dunster – Incomplete
Staffordshire
- Biddulph Grange – Incomplete
- Downs Banks – Incomplete
- Ilam Hall – Incomplete
- Kinver Edge – Incomplete
- Mow Cop Castle – Incomplete
- Moseley Old Hall – Incomplete
- South Peak Estate – Incomplete
- Shugborough Hall – Incomplete
- Letocetum – Incomplete
Suffolk
- Bridge Cottage, Flatford – Incomplete
- Dunwich Heath – Incomplete
- Ickworth House – Incomplete
- Lavenham: The Guildhall Of Corpus Christi – Incomplete
- Melford Hall – Incomplete
- Orford Ness – Incomplete
- Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds – Incomplete
- Sutton Hoo – Incomplete
- Thorington Hall – Incomplete
Surrey
- Box Hill – Incomplete
- Clandon House – Incomplete
- Claremont Landscape Garden – Incomplete
- Dapdune Wharf – Incomplete
- Hatchlands Park – Incomplete
- Hindhead Common – Incomplete
- The Homewood – Incomplete
- Hydon’s Ball – Incomplete
- Leith Hill – Incomplete
- Oakhurst Cottage – Incomplete
- Polesden Lacey – Incomplete
- River Wey and Godalming Navigations – Incomplete
- Runnymede – Incomplete
- Shalford Mill – Incomplete
- Winkworth Arboretum – Incomplete
- The Witley Centre – Incomplete
Sussex
- Alfriston Clergy House – Incomplete
- Bateman’s – Incomplete
- Birling Gap – Incomplete
- Bodiam Castle – Incomplete
- Lamb House – Incomplete
- Monk’s House – Incomplete
- Sheffield Park and Garden – Incomplete
- Litlington White Horse – Incomplete
- Cissbury Ring – Incomplete
- Harting Down – Incomplete
- Nymans – Incomplete
- Petworth House – Incomplete
- Standen – Incomplete
- Uppark – Incomplete
- Wakehurst Place Garden – Incomplete
- Woolbeding Gardens – Incomplete
Teeside / Tyne and Wear
- Ormesby Hall – Incomplete
- Gibside – Incomplete
- Penshaw Monument – Incomplete
- Souter Lighthouse – Incomplete
- Washington Old Hall – Incomplete
Warickshire
- Baddesley Clinton – Incomplete
- Charlecote Park – Incomplete
- Coughton Court – Incomplete
- Farnborough Hall – Incomplete
- Kinwarton Dovecote – Incomplete
- Packwood House – Incomplete
- Upton House – Incomplete
West Midlands
- Birmingham Back to Backs – Incomplete
- Roundhouse, Birmingham – Incomplete
- Wightwick Manor – Incomplete
Wiltshire
- Avebury Manor & Garden- Incomplete
- The Courts Garden- Incomplete
- Figsbury Ring- Incomplete
- Great Chalfield Manor- Incomplete
- Heelis- Incomplete
- Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum- Incomplete
- Little Clarendon, Dinton- Incomplete
- Mompesson House- Incomplete
- Pepperbox Hill- Incomplete
- Philipps House and Dinton Park- Incomplete
- Stonehenge Landscape- Incomplete
- Stourhead- Incomplete
- Westwood Manor- Incomplete
- White Barrow- Incomplete
Worcestershire
- Bredon Barn- Incomplete
- Croome Park- Incomplete
- The Firs (Elgar Birthplace Museum)- Incomplete
- The Fleece Inn- Incomplete
- The Greyfriars- Incomplete
- Hanbury Hall- Incomplete
- Hawford Dovecote- Incomplete
- Knowles Mill, Bewdley- Incomplete
- Middle Littleton Tythe Barn- Incomplete
- Rosedene, Chartist cottage- Incomplete
- Wichenford Dovecote- Incomplete
Yorkshire
- Beningbrough Hall and gardens- Incomplete
- Braithwaite Hall- Incomplete
- Bridestones, Crosscliff and Blakey Topping- Incomplete
- Brimham Rocks- Incomplete
- Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden- Incomplete
- Goddards House and Garden- Incomplete
- Malham Tarn Estate- Incomplete
- Middlethorpe Hall- Incomplete
- Moulton Hall- Incomplete
- Nunnington Hall- Incomplete
- Rievaulx Terrace & Temples- Incomplete
- Robin Hood’s Bay, Old Coastguard Station- Incomplete
- Roseberry Topping- Incomplete
- Treasurer’s House- Incomplete
- Upper Wharfedale- Incomplete
- Yorkshire Coast- Incomplete
- Wentworth Castle Gardens- Incomplete
- Wentworth Woodhouse- Incomplete
- East Riddlesden Hall- Incomplete
- Hardcastle Crags- Incomplete
- Longshaw Estate- Incomplete
- Marsden Moor Estate- Incomplete
- Nostell Priory- Incomplete
Useful websites
Here are some websites that I found useful while working on the meta bucket list.