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Spring 2016

See inside for your 2016 handbook

As the first snowdrops appear, I can’t help but get excited about all the special places and activities there are for you to enjoy during the year ahead.

To make it easier than ever to plan all your visits, trips and excursions from now on, we’ve updated the Handbook with some great new features.

Your magazine is full of inspiration too. This year, the Lake District comes alive with the celebrations of Beatrix Potter’s 150th birthday – find out more about her remarkable legacy on p27.

Thank you for your continued support and I hope you have a great 2016.

Sharon Pickford Members and Donors Director

Get your year off to a great start with 10% off a National Trust Holiday Cottage breakTo get you prepared for all your holiday adventures, our partner, Cotswold Outdoor are also offering you a 10% discount.*

More details overleaf

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Parke

Fingle Bridge

Brownstone and Coleton Camp

BranscombeGoldenCap

Little Dartmouth

RingsteadBay

BurtonBradstock

HardyMonument Studland Beach

Spyway

AshclystForest

Mill BayEast Soar

Bolberry DownSouth Milton Sands

Wembury

Plymbridge Woods

Shaugh Bridge Cadover Bridge

HeddonValley Watersmeet

Woolacombe

Mortehoe

Ba  Point

Clouds Hill

Hardy’sCottage

MaxGate Corfe

Castle

White MillFinchFoundry

A la Ronde

Bradley

ComptonCastle

LoughwoodMeeting House Kingston Lacy

Arlington Court and NT Carriage Museum

Buckland Abbey

Killerton Estate: Budlake Post Office, Marker’s and Clyston Mill

Killerton

Knightshayes

Coleton FishacreSaltram

Overbeck’s

Greenway

CastleDrogo Brownsea Island

Lundy

Lydford Gorge

Shute Barton

Dorchester

Weymouth

Bridport

PooleBOURNEMOUTH

Okehampton

Dartmouth

Tiverton

Barnstaple

Bideford

Salcombe

Newton Abbot

EXETER

PLYMOUTH

Sidmouth

Paignton

Torquay

Exmouth

Taunton

Yeovil

Salisbury

Honiton

Bude

Launceston

Ilfracombe

Cotehele

Antony

Sandymouth

Morwenstow

HolnicoteEstate

Stourhead

Tintinhull Garden

MompessonHouse

BarringtonCourt

Lytes Cary Manor

MontacuteHouse

Lanhydrock

DunsterCastle

Your new look Handbook is here

Top: Trees, Lake District, CumbriaAbove: Paddling at the lake’s edge, Ullswater, Cumbria

New mapsSimpler maps let you see where all our special places are at a glance.

Clearer colour-coded sectionsEach area has a colour-coded section so you can find your way around easily.

ABC listings All our special places are now listed alphabetically within each section.

New themed indexGot a special interest? You can now search for places by theme as well as name.

We asked members for their feedback on the Handbook, resulting in some exciting changes and a fresh new look for 2016. It’s now quicker and easier to find new places to explore.

Holiday Cottage offer is valid on new bookings only, made by the 10 March 2016 for holidays taken between 24 February and 15 March 2016, and cannot be used with any other offer or added to an existing booking. To claim your discount, please quote NTF2016 when booking, either by phone on 0344 335 1287, or online. For more information see nationaltrustholidays.org.uk/t&cs or ask the team when booking.

Cotswold Outdoor 10% discount.* This discount cannot be used with any other offer or discount and is valid from 01/01/16 until 31/03/16. To claim your discount, please quote NTMSF16 when ordering at cotswoldoutdoor.com or show your National Trust membership card when shopping in store.

Getting Here guideFor detailed maps, travel information and grid references, our free Getting Here guide is the perfect Handbook companion. Download it from our website at nationaltrust.org.uk/gettinghere2016 or request a copy by calling 0344 800 1895.

Make yourselves at home in one of over 400 carefully restored holiday cottages and experience our special places in a whole new way.

Each cottage has its own character and charm and is the perfect base for fun and exploring. Whether you choose to escape to a coastal cabin hideaway, a cosy farmhouse in the hills, a grand manor house or the quirky surroundings of a lighthouse, your stay helps to support vital conservation work across the UK.

Our members get priority booking on select new cottages so keep an eye out for them in your monthly email newsletters. If you haven’t already signed up, register today at nationaltrust.org.uk/email

Book a National Trust Holiday Cottage family break with 10% off

Enjoy 10% off all National Trust Holiday Cottage breaks taken between 24 February and 15 March 2016nationaltrustholidays.org.uk