List of National Trust land in England facts for kids

This is a list of National Trust land in England. This is the land that is looked after by the National Trust and includes coast, countryside and heritage landscapes. This does not include National Trust 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
• 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 offer 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

Clumber Park

North West

Greenhalgh Castle (Garstang Castle), Garstang.

South East

The National Trust owns and looks after 29,000 hectares within this region. [1]

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			TQ135470	Y	[2]
Black Down and Marley Common	Sussex	Woodland, heathland, scrubland	391	965	SU919296	Y	[3] [4]
Blackcap	Sussex	Grass downland, woodland			TQ375124	Y	[5]
Bookham Commons	Surrey	Grassland, meadows, woodland, scrub, ponds			TQ125565	Y	[6]
Box Hill	Surrey	Woodland, chalk escarpment	490	1200	TQ179511	Y	[7]
Cissbury Ring	Sussex	Chalk downland, hill fort			TQ141079	Y	[8]
Cuckmere Valley	Sussex	River estuary, farmland and woodland			TQ510009	Y	[9]
Denbies Hillside and White Down	Surrey	Woodland, chalk escarpment			TQ140502	Y	[10]
The Devil's Dyke and Fulking	Sussex	Woodland, chalkland			TQ263110	Y	[11]
The Ditchling Beacon and Ditchling Down	Sussex	Grass downland			TQ333131	Y	[12]
Drovers Estate	Sussex	Farmland, woodland, bridge			SU874142	N	[13]
East Head	Sussex	Sand and shingle spit			SZ767989	Y	[14]
Frensham Little Pond	Surrey	Heathland, woodland, pond	372	922	SU860415	Y	[15]
Harting Down	Sussex	Chalk downland, Iron Age hill fort, ponds			SU804177	Y	[16]
Headley Heath	Surrey	Heathland, woods			TQ200530	Y	[17]
Hindhead Commons and the Devil's Punch Bowl	Surrey	Woodland, heathland, springs	647.5	1600	SU895365	Y	[18]
Holmwood Common	Surrey	Woodland, common, ponds			TQ175455	Y	[19]
Hydon's Ball and Heath	Surrey	Woodland, heathland	51	126	SU977395	Y	[20]
Leith Hill	Surrey	Woodland, parkland, farmland, heath, tower			TQ140430	Y	[21]
Limpsfield Common and Harewoods	Surrey	Woodland, heath	137	240	TQ410525	Y	[22] [23]
Reigate Hill and Gatton Park	Surrey	Escarpment			TQ260522	Y	[24]
Seven Sisters: Cuckmere Haven, Crowlink and Birling Gap	Sussex	Chalk downland			TV514980- TV551958	Y	[25] [26]
Slindon Estate	Sussex	Downland, village, woodland, grassland			SU959071	Y	[27]
Witley Common and Milford Common	Surrey	Woodland, heathland			SU930410	Y	[28]

Thames & Solent

The National Trust looks after countryside in the Thames & Solent region, including 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			SZ370856	Y	[29]
Ashdown Park & the Uffington White Horse	Oxfordshire	Gardens, parkland, woodland/Chalk downland, Iron Age hill fort	95+202	235+499	SU284823 SU293866	Y	[30] [31]
The Ashridge Estate and Ivinghoe Beacon	Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire	Woodland, commons, chalk downland	1821	4500	SP970131	Y	[32]
Bembridge Down and Culver Down	Isle of Wight	Chalk downland	42	104	SZ624860	Y	[33]
Borthwood Copse	Isle of Wight	Woodland			SZ570843	N	[34]
Bradenham	Buckinghamshire	Beech woodland, farmland, chalk grassland	449.5	1111	SU825970	Y	[35]
Bramshaw Commons	Hampshire	Heathland, commons	568	1404	SU285165	Y
Brookgreen	Isle of Wight	Village, chine, green			SZ386835	Y
The Buscot and Coleshill Estates	Oxfordshire	Villages, farms, woodland	3035	7500	SU266940 SU237972	Y	[36]
Chillerton Down	Isle of Wight	Chalk downland			SZ479835	N	[37]
Compton Bay	Isle of Wight	Beach, cliffs, chine			SZ370850	Y	[38]
Coombe Hill and Low Scrubs	Buckingham	Chalk downland/wooded common	68	213	SP849066	Y	[39]
Finchampstead Ridges and Simon’s Wood	Berkshire	Heathland, woodland	24	60	SU808634	Y	[40]
Hale Purlieu	Hampshire	Heathland, Forestry Commission plantation	207	512	SU200180	Y	[41]
The Hughenden Estate	Buckinghamshire	Parkland, woodland	270	668	SU866955	Near High Wycombe	[42]
Lardon Chase, the Holies and Lough Down	Berkshire	Chalk grassland, Iron Age hill forts	27	67	SU588810	Y	[43]
Luccombe Chine, Luccombe Cliffs and Haddon's Pits	Isle of Wight	Chine, woodland, cliffs			SZ584797	N
Ludshott Common and Waggoners’ Wells	Hampshire	Heathland, ponds, woodland	285	705	SU855350	Y	[44] [45]
Maidenhead Commons and Cock Marsh	Berkshire	Woodland, grassland, ponds, riverside, meadows	341	843	SU880860	Y	[46]
Newtown Estuary	Isle of Wight	River estuary, woodland, meadows, beach			SZ415910	Y	[47]
Nodes Point	Isle of Wight	Woodland, beach			SZ634906	N
Pulpit Wood	Buckinghamshire	Woodland, chalk grassland	26	65	SP832048	Near Whiteleaf Cross	[48]
Runnymede	Surrey	Meadows, pastures, river, pond	74	183	TQ007720	Y	[49]
St Catherine’s: St. Catherine's Down and Knowles Farm	Isle of Wight	Scrubland, cliffs, chalk downland	109	270	SZ495755	Y	[50]
St Helens Duver	Isle of Wight	Scrubland, grassland, woodland			SZ636892	Y	[51]
Selborne Hill	Hampshire	Beech woodland	101	250	SU735333	N	[52][53]
Stockbridge Down	Hampshire	Chalk downland, Iron Age camp	65	165	SU379349	Y	[54]
Ventnor Downs: Bonchurch Down, Luccombe Down, St Boniface Down and Wroxall Down	Isle of Wight	Chalk downland, heathland	231	570	SZ570782	Y	[55]
Watlington Hill	Oxfordshire	Chalk downland, woodland	45	112	SU702935	Y	[56]
West Wight: Headon Warren, the Needles and Tennyson Down	Isle of Wight	Chalk downland, heathland, cliffs	186	459	SZ310851	Y	[57]
West Wycombe Hill	Buckinghamshire	Chalk grassland, woodland, cave, Iron Age hill fort, village	22	55	SU828947	Y	[58]

West Midlands

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

Land Area	County	General Description	Area		Grid reference	Car park	National Trust Entry
			Hectares	Acres
Downs Banks	Staffordshire	Grassland and Woodland	67	166	SJ900364	Y	[59]
Hawksmoor	Staffordshire	Woodland	121	300	SK039442	Y	[60]
Toothill Woods	Staffordshire	Woodland	4	10	SK067425	Y	[61]

Wessex

The National Trust cares for and protects large areas of countryside throughout Wessex. [62]

Yorkshire & North East

See also

• List of National Trust properties in England
• List of National Trust properties in Wales
• List of National Trust properties in Northern Ireland
• List of National Trust for Scotland properties
• List of Conservation topics