Find out more about the National Trust.
National Trust
Find out more about the National Trust. |
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A few facts about the National Trust:
| The Trust's houses contain 12,000 oil paintings, 100,000 drawings, water-colours and prints, and over half a million books. | The National Trust owns over 245,000 hectares (605,000 acres) of land in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including 32 National Nature Reserves, 40,000 archaeological sites and 443 sites of Special Scientific Interest. | In 1998/9, 39,771 volunteers worked a total of 2.4 million hours for the National Trust. | ||
| In 1965 the Trust launched Enterprise Neptune, a campaign to save the coastline. Today the Trust owns and protects 600 miles of coastline. | The Trust cares for thousands of buildings including 300 historic houses, 60 villages, 39 dovecotes, 25 mills, 9 lighthouses and 37 pubs. | |||
| The Trust employs 4,500 staff, ranging from building managers, curators and education officers to countryside wardens, foresters, gardeners and specialist advisers. | The Trust's first property was Dinas Oleu, 45 acres of cliffland near Barmouth, given in February 1895. It's first building was Alfriston Clergy House in East Sussex, given in 1896. | |||
| When the Trust was founded in 1895 it had just 100 members. Today it has over 2.7 million and is the largest nature conservation charity in Britain. | ||||
| In 1999/2000 the cost of caring for the National Trust properties was £148.5 million. | ||||
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