Residents of EX1–EX11 are invited to enjoy a free day out at National Trust A la Ronde on Thursday 28 May , with a special Locals Go Free Day designed to welcome the community to this unique 16‑sided house and its beautiful grounds.
From 10.30am to 5pm (last entry to the house at 4pm), visitors living in postcode areas EX1–EX11 can explore A la Ronde free of charge. Each adult will...
Visitors can now experience the past at National Trust A la Ronde, nr Exmouth, Devon, in new ways this summer with the launch of a virtual reality experience allowing access to the Shell Gallery and a new archaeology exhibition called Digging Deeper.
For the first time, visitors can step virtually into one of A la Ronde’s most delicate and intriguing spaces: the Shell Gallery, as...
The two-year project ‘A la Ronde – Conserving the Past, Creating the Future’ is now complete.
Designed to reimagine A la Ronde and engage new audiences, the project has included partnerships with local community groups, significant conservation work, the development of exciting digital offers and virtual tours, creation of work experience placements for students, and the delivery of...
A key part of the A la Ronde: Conserving the Past, Creating the Future project, ‘The Compendium’ is a newly created digital space for online visitors to experience. A ‘one stop shop’ of all things A la Ronde-related, ‘The Compendium’ is a collection of stories to delight and surprise. For the first time, we have created a central place where in-depth information about the house, the grounds,...
A la Ronde is hosting a five day ‘Summer Festival’ to celebrate the culmination of its two year-long project: ‘A la Ronde: Conserving the Past, Creating the Future’. This five-day festival will run from Tuesday 16 July to Saturday 20 July 2024.
Visitors can see A la Ronde in an exciting new light, with special offers such as:
A new ‘Room of Discovery’ is now open to visitors at A la Ronde, cared for by the National Trust near Exmouth, Devon. The Room of Discovery contains an immersive re-interpretation of A la Ronde’s intricate 200-year-old Shell Gallery, offering visitors a sense of the original space, which is too fragile to enter, to ensure its survival.
It has been designed to provide a similar sense...
A new exhibition is opening at A la Ronde, near Exmouth in Devon, focused on the information and discoveries brought to light by a recent major conservation project.
The exhibition follows the conservation journey of the rare and unusual decorative interiors created at A la Ronde at the end of the eighteenth century, including the delicate Shell Gallery, Grotto Staircase, Feather...
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 guided art tours and much more.
What’s more, every time you experience a National Trust day out, you...
An exciting new partnership between family history company Findmypast and the National Trust has uncovered stories from the 1921 Census – all relating to National Trust sites and including the tale of scandalous A la Ronde resident Reverend Oswald Reichel.
The 1921 Census was digitised and published online exclusively by Findmypast last year and offers a unique snapshot in time of...
The National Trust’s A la Ronde, in Exmouth, Devon is hosting a volunteer recruitment day on Thursday 13 July, 10.30am-1.00pm.
Budding volunteers are invited to come along to A la Ronde to chat with staff and volunteers and learn about the multiple ways to get involved with the National Trust’s team.
There are many great ways to volunteer at A la Ronde, whether it is re-...
