List of National Trust land in England facts for kids

This is a list of National Trust land in England. This is land that is looked after by the National Trust and includes coast, countryside and heritage landscapes. This does not include NT properties, unless they contain significant estate land.

The list is subdivided using the National Trust's own system which divides England into nine regions. These are not the same as the official Regions of England.

The counties of England are divided up as follows:

• Devon & Cornwall
• East of England
  • Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, part of Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
• East Midlands
  • Derbyshire, Leicestershire, S Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland
• North West
  • Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside

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• South East
  • East Sussex, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex
• Thames & Solent
  • Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Greater London, Oxfordshire
• West Midlands
  • Birmingham, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire
• Wessex
  • Bristol / Bath, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire
• Yorkshire & North East
  • County Durham, N Lincolnshire, Newcastle & Tyneside, Northumberland, Teesside, Yorkshire

Devon & Cornwall

Devon and Cornwall [1] offer a complete spectrum of places of historic importance and outstanding natural beauty cared for by the National Trust including:-

• Much of the Devon and Cornwall coastline
• 3000 hectares of woodland
• 15000 hectares of farmland
• 4000 hectares of within Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks

East of England

East Midlands

In the East Midlands you can explore magnificent stretches of countryside ranging from the dramatic Peak District to the parkland, heaths and woods of Clumber Park. [2]

North West

South East

The National Trust owns and cares for 29,000 hectares within this region. [3]

Land Area	County	General Description	Area		Grid reference	Car park	National Trust Entry
			Hectares	Acres
Abinger Roughs, Piney Copse and Netley Park	Sussex	Woodland, heathland, scrubland				Y	[4]
Black Down and Marley Common	Sussex	Woodland, heathland, scrubland	391	965		Y	[5] [6]
Blackcap	Sussex	Grass downland, woodland				Y	[7]
Bookham Commons	Surrey	Grassland, meadows, woodland, scrub, ponds				Y	[8]
Box Hill	Surrey	Woodland, chalk escarpment	490	1200		Y	[9]
Cissbury Ring	Sussex	Chalk downland, hill fort				Y	[10]
Cuckmere Valley	Sussex	River estuary, farmland and woodland				Y	[11]
Denbies Hillside and White Down	Surrey	Woodland, chalk escarpment				Y	[12]
The Devil's Dyke and Fulking	Sussex	Woodland, chalkland				Y	[13]
The Ditchling Beacon and Ditchling Down	Sussex	Grass downland				Y	[14]
Drovers Estate	Sussex	Farmland, woodland, bridge				N	[15]
East Head	Sussex	Sand and shingle spit				Y	[16]
Frensham Little Pond	Surrey	Heathland, woodland, pond	372	922		Y	[17]
Harting Down	Sussex	Chalk downland, Iron Age hill fort, ponds				Y	[18]
Headley Heath	Surrey	Heathland, woods				Y	[19]
Hindhead Commons and the Devil's Punch Bowl	Surrey	Woodland, heathland, springs	647.5	1600		Y	[20]
Holmwood Common	Surrey	Woodland, common, ponds				Y	[21]
Hydon's Ball and Heath	Surrey	Woodland, heathland	51	126		Y	[22]
Leith Hill	Surrey	Woodland, parkland, farmland, heath, tower				Y	[23]
Limpsfield Common and Harewoods	Surrey	Woodland, heath	137	240		Y	[24] [25]
Reigate Hill and Gatton Park	Surrey	Escarpment				Y	[26]
Seven Sisters: Cuckmere Haven, Crowlink and Birling Gap	Sussex	Chalk downland			-	Y	[27] [28]
Slindon Estate	Sussex	Downland, village, woodland, grassland				Y	[29]
Witley Common and Milford Common	Surrey	Woodland, heathland				Y	[30]

Thames & Solent

The National Trust looks after lots of unspoilt countryside in the Thames & Solent region, including miles of beautiful coastline on the Isle of Wight. 4

Land Area	County	General Description	Area		Grid reference	Car park	National Trust Entry
			Hectares	Acres
Afton Down, Compton Down and Brook Down	Isle of Wight	Chalk downland				Y	[31]
Ashdown Park & the Uffington White Horse	Oxfordshire	Gardens, parkland, woodland/Chalk downland, Iron Age hill fort	95+202	235+499		Y	[32] [33]
The Ashridge Estate and Ivinghoe Beacon	Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire	Woodland, commons, chalk downland	1821	4500		Y	[34]
Bembridge Down and Culver Down	Isle of Wight	Chalk downland	42	104		Y	[35]
Borthwood Copse	Isle of Wight	Woodland				N	[36]
Bradenham	Buckinghamshire	Beech woodland, farmland, chalk grassland	449.5	1111		Y	[37]
Bramshaw Commons	Hampshire	Heathland, commons	568	1404		Y
Brookgreen	Isle of Wight	Village, chine, green				Y
The Buscot and Coleshill Estates	Oxfordshire	Villages, farms, woodland	3035	7500		Y	[38]
Chillerton Down	Isle of Wight	Chalk downland				N	[39]
Compton Bay	Isle of Wight	Beach, cliffs, chine				Y	[40]
Coombe Hill and Low Scrubs	Buckingham	Chalk downland/wooded common	68	213		Y	[41]
Finchampstead Ridges and Simon’s Wood	Berkshire	Heathland, woodland	24	60		Y	[42]
Hale Purlieu	Hampshire	Heathland, Forestry Commission plantation	207	512		Y	[43]
The Hughenden Estate	Buckinghamshire	Parkland, woodland	270	668		Near High Wycombe	[44]
Lardon Chase, the Holies and Lough Down	Berkshire	Chalk grassland, Iron Age hill forts	27	67		Y	[45]
Luccombe Chine, Luccombe Cliffs and Haddon's Pits	Isle of Wight	Chine, woodland, cliffs				N
Ludshott Common and Waggoners’ Wells	Hampshire	Heathland, ponds, woodland	285	705		Y	[46] [47]
Maidenhead Commons and Cock Marsh	Berkshire	Woodland, grassland, ponds, riverside, meadows	341	843		Y	[48]
Newtown Estuary	Isle of Wight	River estuary, woodland, meadows, beach				Y	[49]
Nodes Point	Isle of Wight	Woodland, beach				N
Pulpit Wood	Buckinghamshire	Woodland, chalk grassland	26	65		Near Whiteleaf Cross	[50]
Runnymede	Surrey	Meadows, pastures, river, pond	74	183		Y	[51]
St Catherine’s: St. Catherine's Down and Knowles Farm	Isle of Wight	Scrubland, cliffs, chalk downland	109	270		Y	[52]
St Helens Duver	Isle of Wight	Scrubland, grassland, woodland				Y	[53]
Selborne Hill	Hampshire	Beech woodland	101	250		N	[54][55]
Stockbridge Down	Hampshire	Chalk downland, Iron Age camp	65	165		Y	[56]
Ventnor Downs: Bonchurch Down, Luccombe Down, St Boniface Down and Wroxall Down	Isle of Wight	Chalk downland, heathland	231	570		Y	[57]
Watlington Hill	Oxfordshire	Chalk downland, woodland	45	112		Y	[58]
West Wight: Headon Warren, the Needles and Tennyson Down	Isle of Wight	Chalk downland, heathland, cliffs	186	459		Y	[59]
West Wycombe Hill	Buckinghamshire	Chalk grassland, woodland, cave, Iron Age hill fort, village	22	55		Y	[60]

West Midlands

Based in the heart of England, the National Trust protects over 8,000 hectares of land in Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Herefordshire and the West Midlands.

Wessex

The National Trust cares for and protects large areas of countryside throughout Wessex. [61]

Yorkshire & North East