Some of the places National Trust look after in and around Plymouth, Tavistock and Saltash have put on a programme of festive craft and food fairs for the month of November to help locals get ready for the festive season. The historical houses will be the backdrop for a series of events that will showcase some of the best local food, drink, arts and crafts.
Families can kick off their Easter holidays on Saturday 1 April with free nature spotting and beach activities guided by National Trust Rangers and Devon Wildlife Trust Wardens.
Wembury Spring Fun Day runs from 11am – 4pm at the seaside haven just outside Plymouth and visitors can drop in whenever they like to join the outdoor family activities lined up throughout the day
Little by little the Tudor estate of Cotehele, near Saltash, is emerging from its winter break.
While the garden and wider estate are open all year round and the Edgcumbe tea-room on Cotehele Quay has been open since the New Year, the beginning of half-term on Saturday 11 February marks the re-opening of the National Trust shop and Barn Restaurant as well as the launch of a new...
The National Trust is working with Cotswold Outdoor to give families in England the chance to try something different this winter. Thousands are expected to take part in the conservation charity’s exciting Night Run series.
This is the third year of the National Trust’s Night Run series, with the family-friendly events taking place between October 2016 and March 2017.
There’s no better way to experience the secret coves of the Salcombe estuary than by taking to the water.
That’s why National Trust ambassador Dave Halsall, from Singing Paddles, is leading an exclusive tour on Sunday 4 September through the meandering creeks around Salcombe.
People of all abilities can have a go in the Canadian style canoes, with expert guide David sharing a...
National Trust rangers are helping to promote a citizen science project for marine conservation on Wembury beach and hope that visitors will get involved.
In collaboration with the Shark Trust, local resident John Hepburn has been adding tags to catshark egg cases that he has encountered in the Wembury area since April 2014.
The aim of the project is to collect information on...
National Trust’s Wembury Beach will be host to lots of family activities to start off the summer holidays.
On 23 July from 10am to 3pm families can come down to Wembury Beach and take part in a variety of activities such as rock pool rambling, flying a kite, or trying stream dipping.
The beach is only a 15 minute drive or short bus ride from the city centre.
Destination: Saltram is a new pop-up exhibition exploring the world through the collections of the eighteenth century National Trust house near Plymouth. Opening on Saturday 7 May, the temporary exhibition will run until Sunday 26 June.
A two-hundred year old vase from misty Japanese mountains, tales of heroism and tragedy from Ancient Greece, and risqué painted mirrors imported from...
The Cotehele gardening volunteers have won the Cornwall Today Volunteers’ Cup 2016’ at the spring flower show in Boconnac, Cornwall. The show and award ceremony took place over the weekend of 2/3 April.
‘The award is thoroughly deserved for the volunteers’ tremendous efforts in creating the dried flower garland here at Cotehele last Christmas’, says Chris Groves, Senior Gardener at the...
Springtime is in full blossom and with new flowers opening up every day, At Cotehele, the National Trust Estate in South East Cornwall, the magnolias, daffodils, camellias, tulips, wood anemones, snakes head fritillaries and primroses are just a few of the amazing plants you can see right now.
The garden at Cotehele is open every day from dawn to dusk. Visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/...
