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Claydon House, set in peaceful parkland, bears testament to the tenacity and resilience of the Verney family. A simple Georgian exterior hides lavish interiors containing every 18th-century style imaginable; Palladian, Chinoiserie & Gothick fantasy.

Explore a former Tudor powerhouse turned 17th-century family home, set in gardens, woodlands and wetlands. Visit the shop selling locally sourced goods and the cosy Brewhouse tea-room serving light refreshments and beverages.

Newark Park will be offering free entry on 13 September as part of Heritage Open Days 2025.

Step back this Heritage Open Day to 1912 where the story of Horsey Windpump began.

Enjoy a free day out at Trerice on Saturday 20 September and explore its Elizabethan manor house and beautiful gardens. Local folk group, Ryp an Mor, will be performing a selection of folk music outside to accompany your visit.

Discover the architectural history of Nostell, and the people that helped create it, including Robert Adam, James Paine, and Thomas Chippendale. Join the Language of Buildings tours, or pick up the family Architecture Detectives trail.

Join a member of the National Trust team for a free guided walk to see some of the historic and natural highlights of this stunning and iconic valley.

Join us and learn about the building of Allan Bank - Grasmere’s first villa. This is a unique opportunity to hear about the fascinating architectural history of Allan Bank - the different phases of the house and all its surprises.

Join a member of our team on a free guided walk.

Explore the charm of Horsey Barns during Heritage Open Day. Discover their unique history, see what holiday stays are available across the UK, and get inspired for a countryside escape!

Join a member of the National Trust team and discover Fell Foot's fascinating history with a guided walk around the grounds.

Full of hidden meaning, classical references and visual trickery, there are picture-perfect views, temples, lakeside walks and a monumental landscape that changes with the seasons.

The birthplace cottage of Sir Edward Elgar, this small family home is set in the midst of a delightful cottage garden. A modern visitor centre contains two Elgar exhibitions, Little Al's café and toilets.

Backbarrow Ironworks is one of the first built [1711] in the North of England continuing for over 250 years until 1965. This amazingly long period of iron production represents the best illustration of iron smelting technology develoment nationally.

The Goodwin Sands Conservation Trust's key aim is to raise public awareness of the importance and significance of the Sands, not only as part of our national maritime heritage and marine environment but also as a natural sea defence.

Join Jelly and the Mills Archive Trust for a hands-on, drop-in arts workshop exploring renewable energy through creativity, history, and imagination.

Free entry to Antony House National Trust for Heritage Open Days.

Celebrate Townend being opened by the National Trust in 1948 with two 1940s themed days.

Explore over 1,000 years of history at Horton Court – the oldest inhabited roofed structure the National Trust cares for.

A welcome desk at the main entrance of the Memorial Gardens, staffed by volunteers from The Stoke Poges Society. National Trust presentation near the Welcome Desk. Heritage Map of the landscape and the architecture of national importance.

Explore Petworth House, a magnificent Treasure House displaying one of the finest art collections in the care of the National Trust, nestled in a 700-acre deer park.

Maister House is the only property in East Yorkshire owned by the National Trust and is not normally open to the public

Formerly an office of Haltemprice Urban District Council and now run by Cottingham Village Trust

Enjoy free entry to National Trust Knightshayes and discover how history and nature influenced the architecture of the Victorian Gothic house, and what you can find in the gardens and parkland today.

Walk in the footsteps of James and Maria Bateman, creators of Biddulph Grange Garden. Enter either from the National Trust entrance, Bateman walk behind the adjacent St Lawrence church or mile walk from the adjacent country park.

Heelis, the central office for the National Trust, is an award winning, sustainable office building with ingenious features. A must see for anyone with an interest in modern architecture or just to see what’s behind the glass doors.

Landscape Architect Ollie Pike will talk about some of his latest projects that connect people, place and heritage including the Percy Cane Heritage Garden and National Trust garden at Lyveden Manor.

Walpole Old Chapel is undergoing major repairs this year, which reveal exactly how it was built, just when the National Trust chooses ‘Architecture’ as its theme for Heritage Open Days!

Join us to explore this nationally significant, water-powered steel and scythe works after hours and hear our most recent discoveries about this remarkable historic site.

Discover the connections we make with the items in the care of the National Trust's Textile Conservation Team. The conservation process gives a unique opportunity to get up close to uncover hidden stories

Discover 500 years of history at Nunnington Hall across three free entry days. With a range of talks, tours and have-a-go activities, you can get a glimpse behind the curtain at how the National Trust continues to care for historic homes and gardens.

A charming medieval manor house set within the largest orchard cared for by the National Trust, Brockhampton boasts over 600 years of history and 1,700 acres of woodland, parkland and farmland, making for the perfect day out this Heritage Open Day.

An exciting opportunity to explore Elizabethan House for free as part of Heritage Open Days.

Discover over 10,000 years of history at Brean Down on a free guided walk with one of our knowledgeable guides.

Nestling in the forest, The Banqueting House stands in a grassy clearing looking down towards an octagonal pool and the Derwent Valley, in the highest part of Gibside Park, near the Column of British Liberty and Gibside chapel.

Matt Champion is the recognised expert on the extraordinary graffiti to be found in Norwich cathedral. In his talk he will point us all in the direction of where we can find it - and maybe some in St Peter Mancroft too!

This is a 72ft monument to Vice-Admiral Hardy, built in 1844 stands on an exposed location above the village of Portesham, near Dorchester. Climb to the 120 steps to the top of the monument and enjoy breathtaking views across Dorset.

An illustrated talk on the life and work of Liskeard Architect Richard Coad by Paul Holden.

Mill Voices is an immersive oral history and art exhibition celebrating the lived experiences of women who worked at Cam Mills, Gloucestershire.

80 years after the end of WWII, a war predominantly no longer remembered within living memory, a new project comes to Norfolk honouring the history of our local community, and the influence of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during the war.

Visit Disley to see a stunning 500 year old carved ceiling with angels and a ram's head. Discover the historic connections with Lyme and links to wartime Guernsey. View a rare Geneva (Breeches) Bible, amazing stained glass windows and a Renn organ.

Lounging elegantly at the top of a slope overlooking Portland Harbour, this extraordinary, 1930s, art-deco house, surrounded by a huge garden and terraces invokes the sophistication and luxury of old-school Hollywood.

Guided tour of Sheffield's only Victorian Bath House with a spring-fed plunge pool. Learn about its colourful history, its importance in our city's working-class heritage and the wildlife that call it home.

Di Landon and Jerry Green will talk on the history and redevelopment of the gardens created by the Colchester Wemyss family who were significant local landowners particularly around Mitcheldean.

A chance to visit to the architect George Pace's finest parish church with its stained glass by John Piper and Patrick Reyntiens and Gillian Rees-Thomas and Harry Stammers. Celebrating St Mark's role as an eco-congregation.

Charlecote Park, a family home for more than 900 years, was transformed in the 1800s into one of the finest examples of Elizabethan Revival style by its owners Mary Elizabeth and George Hammond Lucy. Welcome to Charlecote Park!

Thorington Hall is a stunning timber framed farmhouse in the heart of the Dedham Vale.

A castle that's not a castle, on an island that's not an island.

Experience a guided tour of our natural heritage, enjoy the bio and geodiversity of colourful, fragrant, buzzing and singing Chalk Grassland plants and animals as we walk along the White Cliffs of Dover stopping to look at spectacular coastal views,

Explore Hughenden: Country home of the Victorian statesman Benjamin Disraeli. Discover our art exhibition in partnership with Buckinghamshire's Visual Images Group.