National Trust

National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
Abbreviation	National Trust
Motto	For ever, for everyone
Formation	1895
Legal status	Trust
Purpose/focus	To look after places of historic interest or natural beauty permanently for the benefit of the nation across England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Headquarters	Swindon, United Kingdom
Location	United Kingdom
Official languages	English
Leader/s	None; Board of Trustees
Main organ	Board of Trustees
Affiliations	Various Organisations in the Council
Staff	14,000
Volunteers	53,000
Website	www.nationaltrust.org.uk

The National Trust, more fully the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Trust does not work in Scotland, as they have a different National Trust.

The trust owns many historic houses and gardens, as land such as beauty spots. To visit the place the National Trust owns, there is often a entry charge, but most beauty spots are free. The National Trust is one of the largest charities in the United Kingdom, and also one of the largest UK land owners.

National Trust Media

The first building the Trust acquired was Alfriston Clergy House in 1896.
Bodiam Castle was acquired by the Trust in 1926.
Stourhead House. Owned by the National Trust, Stourhead House is close by the famous gardens.
Cotehele National Trust property, house from courtyard.
In 2002 the Trust acquired Tyntesfield, a Victorian Gothic mansion.
The early 18th-century ornamental sundial in front of Dunham Massey Hall, depicting a black slave clad in leaves, carrying the sundial above his head. It is Grade II listed.
National Trust headquarters, Swindon
Barrington Court, Somerset
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