We recently bought a family pass for the National Trust and I am now possibly a little obsessed with visiting different places, leafing through the brochure, planning trips and reading reviews trying to find the best places. So I figured if this is what I’m doing then maybe other people do this too and although the National Trust website is brilliant all the blurbs are written from a PR stance to encourage you to visit and what I wanted was reviews by parents, real experiences, and top tips, so I decided to collate as many as possible and put them all into one place to make it easier to find.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!All the below reviews have been written by parent bloggers based on their real experiences after family days out. The following reviews and this post have not been written in collaboration with the National Trust is a full of honest opinions and own personal photographs. So whether you are going walking in Ireland, chasing waterfalls in Wales, or exploring the coast line in the UK you are bound to find the perfect National Trust place to enhance your trip.
Devon and Dorset
Arlington Court and National Trust Carriage Museum
Somerset and Wiltshire
Barrington Court
Westwood Manor
The Cotswolds, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Boarstall Tower
Chastleton House
Dyrham Park
Hidcote
Hughenden
Snowshill Manor and Gardens
Berkshire, Hampshire and the Isle of White
Basildon Park
Mottisfont
Pepperbox Hill
Stockbridge Down
Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Bodiam Castle
Emmetts Garden
Hindhead Commons and Devils Punch Bowl
Ightham Mote
Nymans
Petworth
Polesden Lacey
Sissinghurst Castle
Wakehurst
London
Morden Hall Park
East of England
Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill
Ashridge Estate
Felbrigg Hall, Gardens and Estate
East Midlands
West Midlands
Croome
Coughton Court
Upton House and Gardens
North West
Rufford Old Hall
Tatton Park
The Lakes
Yorkshire
Beningbrough Hall, Gallery and Gardens
Fountains Abbey and Studley Water Garden
Nostell
North East
Cherryburn
Gibside
Penshaw Monument
Seaton Delaval Hall
Wallington
Washington Old Hall
Wales
Aberdulais Tin Works and Waterfall
Bondant Gardens
Chirk Castle
Erddig
Powis Castle and Gardens
Northern Ireland
Florence Court
Mount Stewart
(These reviews have been collected from a variety of bloggers and written independently of the National Trust to help people choose which ones to visit.)