Heritage Open Days Festival returns from 6 – 15 September 2024 National Trust places across the South West will take part Heritage Open Days provides everyone with free access to experiences and events across England at participating places England’s largest festival of history and culture…
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Two portraits of Theresa Parker, who lived at Saltram in the 18 th century, by leading artists Sir Joshua Reynolds and Angelica Kauffman are on display together for the first at Saltram until the end of June. Images: Reynolds portrait of Saltram's Teresa Parker being worked on at the Royal Oak…
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Across Devon, National Trust gardens are filling with colourful spring blooms, and houses are looking tip-top after their intensive winter cleans. Loads is going on this season from Easter adventures and family trails to tree planting and learning about veteran trees to guided art tours and much…
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On Saturday, 2nd December, the medieval Great Barn at the National Trust’s Buckland Abbey, near Plymouth opens its doors for Christmas 2023 with an immersive Tudor Frost Fair display. The Great Tudor Frost Fair in the Great Barn has been inspired by the incredibly cold winters in the 16 th and 17 th…
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The Rose Garden at Buckland Abbey was only put in around the turn of the millennium as an Elizabethan-style Garden. Over the years, it has undergone several different planting designs and has now developed into a very modern rose garden. Find out more about the historic rose garden at Buckland Abbey…
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Across Devon, National Trust places are alive with the promise of warm summer days, lazy weekend picnics and trips out with family and friends. There are loads on offer this season, from wildflower walks to garden and art tours and garden theatre performances to family trails. What’s more, every…
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Image: Chris Lacey Across Devon, National Trust gardens are filling with colourful spring blooms, and houses are looking tip-top after their intensive winter cleans. There’s loads going on this season from Easter adventures and family trails to tree planting and learning about veteran trees to…
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The halls have been decked and trees trimmed, Christmastime is here. Gather your loved ones and step in from the cold this December for joy-filled days out with the National Trust in Torbay. A Winter’s Tide at Coleton Fishacre Weekends from 3-18 December, daily 27-31 December 2022 and 7-8 January…
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On select dates throughout December, visitors to Castle Drogo on Dartmoor will get to experience a 1920s Christmas party inspired by the festive traditions of the former owner, Julius Drewe and his family. Open every Friday to Sunday up to 18 Dec and then daily from 19 to 23 December, this is the…
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The National Trust has announced its largest ever wildflower grassland project as part of its efforts to help save this threatened habitat and tackle the nature and climate crises. In a project which will eventually create pockets of species rich grassland across 70 miles of the north Devon…
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