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Home / Competitions / 8 literary National Trust properties and a Family Pass giveaway

8 literary National Trust properties and a Family Pass giveaway

April 7, 2017 by Gretta Schifano 340 Comments

Children in the garden at Hill Top, Near Sawrey, Lake District. ©National Trust Images:Paul Harris

Children in the garden at Hill Top, Near Sawrey, Lake District. ©National Trust Images:Paul Harris

The National Trust looks after hundreds of properties throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland, preserving them for all of us to enjoy. If you’re looking for inspiration for a family day out, check out the National Trust website. The charity cares for everything from historic houses, castles and villages to forests, gardens and beaches, and offers many activities for families, particularly during the school holidays.

The National Trust have given me four Family Admission Passes to give away to Mums do travel readers. As this is Visit England’s Year of Literary Heroes, and many of the National Trust’s properties have literary connections, I’ve picked out eight great National Trust places for you to visit for a family day out with a bookish twist.

Hill Top

Hill Top is in the Lake District and is author Beatrix Potter’s former cottage. Beatrix Potter used the royalties which she earned from her Peter Rabbit story to buy Hill Top, and the garden layout reflects Peter’s famous adventures with Mr McGregor. Tom Kitten, Samuel Whiskers and Jemima Puddleduck were all written at Hill Top.

Bateman’s

Bateman’s is a Jacobean house in East Sussex, in the South of England, and was home to writer Rudyard Kipling. Kipling’s works include The Jungle Book and Just So Stories, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.

Bateman's, the Jacobean house that was the home of Rudyard Kipling from 1902 to 1936, set in its garden in the countryside at Burwash, East Sussex ©National Trust Images:John Miller

Bateman’s, the Jacobean house that was the home of Rudyard Kipling from 1902 to 1936, set in its garden in the countryside at Burwash, East Sussex ©National Trust Images:John Miller

Coniston Water

Arthur Ransome took inspiration from Coniston Water for his book Swallows and Amazons. The Lake District location was used for filming for the 2016 adaptation of the book.

Knole

Knole House in Sevenoaks, Kent, was used as a film location for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, released in 2011. The Stone Court at Knole became the courtyard of a Swiss castle in the film following the famous detective in pursuit of Professor Moriarty.

Antony House

Antony House in Cornwall is a beautiful Queen Anne building, with sweeping landscaped gardens. It is the home of the Carew Pole family and was used as a film location for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, released in 2010.

Lavenham Guildhall

Lavenham Guldhall in Suffolk is a timber-framed Tudor building, and it was used as Harry Potter’s derelict childhood home in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, which was released in 2010.

Lavenham Guildhall. Copyright Jane Gosling :National Trust

Lavenham Guildhall. Copyright Jane Gosling :National Trust

Brownsea Island

Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, Dorset, was Enid Blyton’s inspiration for Whispering Island which features in her Famous Five books.

The Vyne

The history of The Vyne, Hampshire, starts with royal Tudor beginnings – its chapel was once visited by Henry VIII. Its gardens and woodlands are great to explore, and one of its exhibits is a solid-gold ring dating from the fourth or fifth century which is said to have inspired J. R. R. Tolkein’s ring in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books.

Close view of a gold ring at The Vyne, Basingstoke, Hampshire ©National Trust Images:David Levenson

Close view of a gold ring at The Vyne, Basingstoke, Hampshire ©National Trust Images:David Levenson

National Trust Family Admission Pass

A National Trust Family Admission Pass gives you, two children and one other, one free entry to any National Trust place during normal opening times – except for certain properties which are listed on the pass. The passes are valid until 31st December, 2017, and the National Trust has sent me four of them to give away.

How to enter

If you’d like to enter to win a National Trust Family Admission Pass, this is what you need to do.

  1. In the comments section below, tell me which of the places (either from the list above or from the National Trust website) you’d most like to visit.
  2. Enter via the Rafflecopter widget below.
  3. The closing date for entry is Monday 15th May, 2017.
  4. That’s it – good luck!

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Categories: Competitions
Tags: National Trust Family Pass, Year of Literary Heroes

About Gretta Schifano

I'm a freelance journalist and blogger specialising in family travel with teenagers, trips when parents manage to travel without their kids, and 50+ travel. I also write about vegetarian travel, parenting teenagers, adoption, SEN, ADHD and anxiety. My work's been published by the Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, National Geographic Traveller, Lonely Planet and others. I've lived and worked in Italy and Spain and am now based in rural south-east England with my husband, adoptive and birth kids and our dog. I previously worked as a social action radio producer for the BBC.

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Comments

  1. Julie says

    May 16, 2017 at 8:07 am

    Gibside is our favourite lots of space to run about

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  2. Sarahw says

    May 15, 2017 at 10:54 pm

    I love Stourhead! So I’d go there much more often!

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  3. Natalie Crossan says

    May 15, 2017 at 10:52 pm

    Belton House xxx

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  4. Sarah Taylor says

    May 15, 2017 at 10:49 pm

    BrownSea Island

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  5. Debbie Preston says

    May 15, 2017 at 10:32 pm

    Would love to visit Hill Top but a long way from me so locally Woolsthorpe Manor is a great family day out.

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  6. SUSAN L HALL says

    May 15, 2017 at 10:15 pm

    I’ve always wanted to go to the Lake district so visiting there and especially Hill Top would satisfy both my Adult and childhood urges ..BTW Jemima Puddleduck is my favourite character always

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  7. aimee leedham says

    May 15, 2017 at 10:06 pm

    would love this!

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  8. Dominique Clarke says

    May 15, 2017 at 9:21 pm

    Would love to visit Lacock Abbey. I’m a big Harry Potter Fan.

    Reply
  9. Kelly says

    May 15, 2017 at 9:17 pm

    Brimham Rocks – I went once years ago and would love to go back!

    Reply
  10. emma dunn says

    May 15, 2017 at 9:06 pm

    Brownsy Island, Altho i live in poole never been :O

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  11. kellie mcintyre says

    May 15, 2017 at 9:02 pm

    Blicking hall for me

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  12. philip underwood says

    May 15, 2017 at 8:50 pm

    Brownsea Island

    Reply
  13. Adrian Bold says

    May 15, 2017 at 8:39 pm

    The Lake District area

    Reply
  14. Karen Scott says

    May 15, 2017 at 8:21 pm

    Chartwell 🙂

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  15. Su Brett says

    May 15, 2017 at 8:09 pm

    Would love to take the grandkids to Dunham Massey

    Reply
  16. esther james says

    May 15, 2017 at 7:54 pm

    I really like the sound of Brownsea island

    Reply
  17. sharon martin says

    May 15, 2017 at 7:43 pm

    i’d like to visit the colby woodland gardens

    Reply
  18. Catherine Gregory says

    May 15, 2017 at 7:27 pm

    Quarry Bank Mill in Styal, Cheshire. I went last year for my birthday and I loved it. Would love to go back and do the nature walks too

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  19. jackie talbot says

    May 15, 2017 at 7:10 pm

    Lavenham Guildhall looks imposing

    Reply
  20. Cathryn Crawshaw says

    May 15, 2017 at 6:47 pm

    Attingham Park – Shrewsbury

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  21. Tracey F says

    May 15, 2017 at 6:42 pm

    I’d love to take my children to Blickling Hall

    Reply
  22. Sammie Hodges says

    May 15, 2017 at 6:39 pm

    Lanhydrock in Cornwall! I love the place, its magical!

    Reply
  23. Sasha Williams says

    May 15, 2017 at 6:39 pm

    Brownsea!

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  24. GEORGE WILLIAMSON says

    May 15, 2017 at 6:03 pm

    Culloden

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  25. nat says

    May 15, 2017 at 3:32 pm

    Brownsea Island looks incredible, to be honest they all look amazing and Id love to go to them all!! What a decent prize!

    Reply
  26. Jo Bryan says

    May 15, 2017 at 3:03 pm

    Hill Top would be so lovely to visit and the garden looks gorgeous!

    Reply
  27. theresa cooke says

    May 15, 2017 at 3:01 pm

    I would go to Sudbury Hall in Staffordshire – museum of childhood. show my Children the old style toys etc, et they wouldn’t believe it!

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  28. Ruth Davies says

    May 15, 2017 at 2:43 pm

    Brownsea Island – grew up on the famous five.

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  29. Diana says

    May 15, 2017 at 2:15 pm

    Sudbury Hall 🙂

    Reply
  30. Paula T says

    May 15, 2017 at 2:06 pm

    The butterfly conservation in Heddon Valley looks fab x

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  31. Lynn Evans says

    May 15, 2017 at 1:59 pm

    We would love to visit Antony House, the gardens look delightful.

    Reply
  32. Claire Matthews-curtis says

    May 15, 2017 at 1:43 pm

    I would love to visit Dunstanburgh castle, looked it up and omg it looks beautiful. Fab prize Xx

    Reply
  33. Kay Lou Smith says

    May 15, 2017 at 12:28 pm

    Bateman’s – it looks stunning 🙂

    Reply
  34. hayley cooper says

    May 15, 2017 at 12:04 pm

    Belton House it’s just up the road from us and have heard amazing things!!

    Reply
  35. Ruth lee says

    May 15, 2017 at 11:39 am

    Blickling hall

    Reply
  36. Jacqueline Roberts says

    May 15, 2017 at 10:35 am

    Hughenden looks really interesting would love to go there

    Reply
  37. Marie Rule says

    May 15, 2017 at 10:20 am

    Belton House. It has beautiful gardens and so I would love to visit.

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  38. elaine stokes says

    May 15, 2017 at 10:13 am

    craigside in Northumberland, been a couple of times before but always something new to see there, the gardens are amazing and the dog loves it to

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  39. Sandra Port says

    May 15, 2017 at 9:59 am

    I’ve always wanted to visit Killerton House and Gardens which isn’t too far away from me, just never had the time or money for a visit really so i’d love to win

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  40. Vicky Allum says

    May 15, 2017 at 9:43 am

    I visited quite a few of the stately homes in and around Cornwall when I was a child but haven’t ever visited St. Michaels Mount so would like to go there. This would also be a really useful prize for all the parking in national trust car parks at certain beaches we visit. Great prize, thanks for the chance to win.

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  41. Samantha Atherton says

    May 15, 2017 at 9:08 am

    I’d like to visit Speke Hall with my Daughter as I remember visiting when I was a child.

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  42. Alison Macdonald says

    May 15, 2017 at 9:07 am

    Love Gibside! Dogs allowed too so don’t have to leave her home alone x

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  43. Vicky Varley says

    May 15, 2017 at 8:53 am

    Delaval Hall in Seaton Delaval 🙂

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  44. amanda greensmith says

    May 15, 2017 at 8:48 am

    chalke abbey

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  45. Rebecca Miller says

    May 15, 2017 at 8:32 am

    The vyne looks fabulous! I’m fascinated by everything Tudor!

    Reply
  46. Elena Kase says

    May 15, 2017 at 8:21 am

    I would love to visit Scotney Castle as it looks so beautiful.Of course it is one of place which I would love to visit as we recently moved to Kent and it is amazing beautiful place to explore!

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  47. Simon Dunn says

    May 15, 2017 at 8:08 am

    We would love to visit Anthony House amongst so many other amazing National Trust properties. We have a 3 year old and a 1 year old so we need somewhere for the children to use their energy up! We are hoping to take them to Cornwall this summer hence my choice – Anthony House. It would be brilliant to win this amazing prize to help keeping our little ones entertained this summer and autumn. ?

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  48. gill says

    May 15, 2017 at 6:03 am

    I would love to visit Nunnington Hall in beautiful North Yorkshire

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  49. Michaela B says

    May 15, 2017 at 2:27 am

    I’d love to visit Knole as it’s my closest venue

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  50. claire little says

    May 15, 2017 at 12:40 am

    Brownsea island

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  51. Amanda Bailey says

    May 14, 2017 at 11:32 pm

    Hill Top – my children love Beatrix Potter and it would bring the books to life.

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  52. Petra Hora says

    May 14, 2017 at 10:21 pm

    We love Claremont Landscape Garden

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  53. lindsey bluff says

    May 14, 2017 at 9:43 pm

    Brimham Rocks, we have holidayed near there loads and always say we will go but we’ve never got round to it. Family members have been and love it so I would take my children there

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  54. Kathy Bond says

    May 14, 2017 at 9:35 pm

    I would love to visit the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire – the house and grounds look fantastic!

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  55. James Travis says

    May 14, 2017 at 9:22 pm

    Attingham Park

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  56. Janet Roskell says

    May 14, 2017 at 8:58 pm

    Speke Hall is a beautiful place to visit, I have taken my kids many times. I would love to visit Lacock Abbey and see where they filmed some of the Harry Potter scenes.

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  57. Naomi Marsden says

    May 14, 2017 at 8:02 pm

    As a military family of 7 moving around the UK we would absolutely love to win this wonderful prize ? my 3 year old and I would love to see where Beatrix Potter spent her time relaxing in the idyllic countryside in between writing. Thank you x

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  58. Naomi Marsden says

    May 14, 2017 at 7:59 pm

    As a military family of 7 we are always moving around the country and the National Trust Family admission would be an absolute wonderful prize to our family ? As avid readers and lovers of history there are so many places to visit. My 3 year old would love to visit the hilltop where we could enjoy the idyllic countryside where Beatrix Potter drew inspiration for her writings. Thank you xx

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  59. Jocelyn says

    May 14, 2017 at 7:49 pm

    Tyntesfield

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  60. Joanna S says

    May 14, 2017 at 7:03 pm

    Bembridge windmill

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  61. Nancy Bradford says

    May 14, 2017 at 7:01 pm

    Stowe Landscape Gardens. It is such a beautiful place and I would love to share it with my family.

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  62. James Holyland says

    May 14, 2017 at 6:50 pm

    Sudbury Hall

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  63. Cerys John says

    May 14, 2017 at 5:49 pm

    Lyme Park- I’ve always wanted to go since watching the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice! It looks beautiful!

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  64. Allan Fullarton says

    May 14, 2017 at 5:30 pm

    Love Lyme Park.

    Reply
  65. Stuart Dunlop says

    May 14, 2017 at 4:47 pm

    Colby woodland garden in Pembrokeshire

    Reply
  66. Mel Evans says

    May 14, 2017 at 4:20 pm

    I’d really like to visit Sudbury Hall

    Reply
  67. Caroline Blaza says

    May 14, 2017 at 4:17 pm

    I would love to visit Hill Top. Went years ago but would love to visit again x

    Reply
  68. Victoria B says

    May 14, 2017 at 3:32 pm

    I’d like to go to Bateman’s – it’s only up the road so I don’t really have any excuse not to have gone!

    Reply
  69. Sharron Page says

    May 14, 2017 at 3:30 pm

    Either Waddesdon manor or chatsworth house

    Reply
  70. nicky pearce says

    May 14, 2017 at 3:11 pm

    WRAY CASTLE

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  71. dana says

    May 14, 2017 at 3:09 pm

    Waddesdon Manor

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  72. Amy Jane Beckett says

    May 14, 2017 at 2:59 pm

    Brownsea island.

    Reply
  73. Felicity Kelly says

    May 14, 2017 at 2:17 pm

    I love visiting Tyntesfield as it’s local

    Reply
  74. Claire C says

    May 14, 2017 at 1:33 pm

    Brownsea Island to see the squirrels

    Reply
  75. Lisa Pond says

    May 14, 2017 at 12:41 pm

    Attingham Park- for all the family 🙂

    Reply
  76. becci cleary says

    May 14, 2017 at 10:43 am

    I have always wanted to go to Hill Top – I love the Lake District and Beatrix Potter has always been my ‘go to’ writer (along with Enid Blyton) for bedtime stories!

    Reply
  77. Emma Wolski says

    May 14, 2017 at 9:28 am

    I have always wanted to visit Chartwell! I love history!

    Reply
  78. Sarah Collins says

    May 14, 2017 at 8:46 am

    Hill Top sounds lovely, a nice way to introduce my daughter to Beatrix Potter.

    Reply
  79. Jacqui Allen says

    May 14, 2017 at 8:14 am

    Fantastic prize thank you! From your list it would have to be Lavenham Guildhall, we are huge Potter fans in this house. However I would love to go visit Winchester city mill. It’s a working 18th century corn mill and is fascinating!

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  80. Lindsey Martin says

    May 14, 2017 at 7:37 am

    We’d love to go to Antony House, we love Alice in wonderland.

    Reply
  81. Faye says

    May 14, 2017 at 7:05 am

    The Vyne! Though I’d happily take the kids to any!

    Reply
  82. Hekna says

    May 13, 2017 at 11:49 pm

    The Pineapple, just because I like the name! It looks pretty too.

    Reply
  83. Angela L Paull says

    May 13, 2017 at 10:05 pm

    I’d love to re-visit Mottisfont

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  84. Juliet Wilson says

    May 13, 2017 at 9:19 pm

    Wellington Monument, right by our house and we go so often, it’s a beautiful wooden walk.

    Reply
  85. Katrina Chambers says

    May 13, 2017 at 8:37 pm

    I would love to visit Brownsea Island as Dorset is so beautiful.

    Reply
  86. sheri darby says

    May 13, 2017 at 8:31 pm

    Brownsea Island

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  87. HAYLEY TURNER says

    May 13, 2017 at 7:42 pm

    Fountains Abbey

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  88. Margaret gallagher says

    May 13, 2017 at 6:29 pm

    Conniston in the Lakes
    Stunning and beautiful

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  89. Caroline Shepherd says

    May 13, 2017 at 5:29 pm

    Brownsea Island. We were near there on holiday last summer but somehow didn’t get around to seeing it. It’s top of the list for next time we’re in Dorset!

    Reply
  90. Libby Noack says

    May 13, 2017 at 5:23 pm

    Knole sounds fab 🙂 Thank you for the giveaway x

    Reply
  91. charlie pope says

    May 13, 2017 at 3:04 pm

    brownsea island has always been somewhere i’ve wanted to go

    Reply
  92. Trevor Linvell says

    May 13, 2017 at 1:55 pm

    Coniston Water, it looks very picturesque

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  93. elizabeth philip says

    May 13, 2017 at 1:39 pm

    Well there re just so many to pick from! But I do like the idea of visiting Calke Abbey.

    Reply
  94. Josh Gough says

    May 13, 2017 at 12:43 pm

    Brownsea Island

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  95. Chris Hunt says

    May 13, 2017 at 12:30 pm

    I would love to go to Hill Top. I have been before, many years ago so I am due a re-visit. I love the Lake district and never tire of its beauty.

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  96. Donna Caldwell says

    May 13, 2017 at 12:05 pm

    I’d love to visit Hilltop it looks so pretty

    Reply
  97. Steve Miles says

    May 13, 2017 at 9:09 am

    Trelissick Gardens in Cornwall

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  98. Joanna Ford says

    May 13, 2017 at 9:04 am

    Waddesdon Manor

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  99. greig spencer says

    May 13, 2017 at 7:54 am

    Brown sea island PLEASE

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  100. Renee Weldon says

    May 13, 2017 at 6:32 am

    As a massive Harry Potter fan i would like to go to Lavenham Guildhall, but you would never be short of somewhere beautiful to go to with a National Trust membership.

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  101. Kerry Smith says

    May 12, 2017 at 10:44 pm

    So difficult to choose but I’m fascinated by the Homewood in Surrey

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  102. Susan Williams says

    May 12, 2017 at 10:42 pm

    I’d love to visit Chartwell – it looks so interesting.

    Reply
  103. carol boffey says

    May 12, 2017 at 5:40 pm

    Brownsea Island looks lovely

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  104. Helen S says

    May 12, 2017 at 4:30 pm

    Ashridge Estate in Hertfordshire – reminds me of being a kid!

    Reply
  105. cara vaughan says

    May 12, 2017 at 11:14 am

    I would love to go to the lake district and visit Hill Top, see where the famous Beatrix Potter wrote her stories. I would take the family and we would go on the Beatrix Potter trail

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  106. Lesley Renshaw says

    May 12, 2017 at 8:53 am

    Basildon Park looks beautiful so would love to go there first

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  107. T. Brailey says

    May 12, 2017 at 8:33 am

    I would love to see Brownsea Island

    Reply
  108. Stephanie Drewery says

    May 12, 2017 at 4:02 am

    I’d love to visit Coniston again but now with my baby girl who’s 6 months old and my husband and show them all the Lake District has to offer. 🙂

    Reply
  109. Nicola Perry says

    May 11, 2017 at 7:50 pm

    Brownsea Island. Would love to see the red squirrels.

    Reply
  110. Natalie Turner says

    May 11, 2017 at 9:38 am

    Lyme Park, such a beautiful place!

    Reply
  111. Tracy Clark says

    May 11, 2017 at 1:11 am

    Brownsea Island

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  112. Charlotte Harrison says

    May 10, 2017 at 8:49 pm

    Tatton Park as my little boy loves it there!

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  113. Victoria Prince says

    May 10, 2017 at 6:23 pm

    I’d love to visit Brownsea Island 🙂 I went there once as a child and I remember it was amazing but I don’t remember it – if that makes sense! So I’d love to go back

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  114. Erica Wallace says

    May 10, 2017 at 11:30 am

    Chartwell looks amazing! Love the kids getting to these places, happy childhood memories are made.

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  115. Sian says

    May 10, 2017 at 9:50 am

    Stourhead. My mum used to work in the Estates office when she was first married. She talks often about how much she enjoyed having her lunch breaks in the gardens. I’ve never been but of love to go there with her.

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  116. Sarah-Dawn Pope says

    May 10, 2017 at 9:42 am

    I would love to visit St. Michaels Mount in Cornwall

    Reply
  117. Claire Reavy says

    May 4, 2017 at 11:18 am

    Waddesdon Manor

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  118. Debi Newman says

    May 3, 2017 at 8:01 pm

    Brownsea Island x

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  119. Diane Wareing says

    May 2, 2017 at 10:49 pm

    I want to say all of them as they all offer something great.
    However, I will go for Hill Top in the Lake District. We love the Lake District and this would be a great opportunity to visit again.

    Reply
  120. Kelly Hirst says

    May 2, 2017 at 9:00 pm

    It like to visit Knole House in Sevenoaks which is about a 20 minute drive from us

    Reply
  121. mainy says

    May 2, 2017 at 4:03 pm

    Brownsea Island is a place i want to go back to.

    Mainy

    Reply
  122. Kimberley Ryan says

    May 2, 2017 at 1:35 pm

    Would love to visit the Stonehenge Landscape

    Reply
  123. Jessica Quinn says

    May 2, 2017 at 10:12 am

    Would love to visit Rufford Old Hall. It’s local to us and yet we’ve never been!

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  124. Monica Gilbert says

    May 1, 2017 at 10:14 pm

    I’m a Harry Potter fan, so Lavenham Guldhall sounds like a great start. I’d probably also look into properties close to where I live.

    Reply
  125. Tracy GLadman says

    May 1, 2017 at 6:21 pm

    I’m a Harry Potter fan so would love to visit Lavenham Guildhall

    Reply
  126. Lisa Jackson says

    May 1, 2017 at 1:59 pm

    We love both Killerton and Castle Drogo which are local to us 🙂

    Reply
  127. Jo Glasspool says

    April 30, 2017 at 9:21 pm

    I’d love to go to Tatton Park.

    Reply
  128. Lin martin says

    April 30, 2017 at 6:25 am

    Wimpoke Hall would love to take the grandkids love NT houses sweeping around wondering the tales behind every room and all the lives they have seen.

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    • Lin martin says

      April 30, 2017 at 6:25 am

      Wimpolevnot wimpoke lol autocorrect at its best

      Reply
  129. Shannan says

    April 29, 2017 at 4:28 pm

    Lavenham Guildhall, I’m a big HP fan!

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  130. SHIRLEY EVANS says

    April 28, 2017 at 9:33 pm

    LOVE BROCKHAMPTON ESTATE, NEAR BROMYARD,IT IS BEAUTIFUL

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  131. Beccy Rowley says

    April 28, 2017 at 9:20 am

    Powis Castle

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  132. Laura wheatley says

    April 27, 2017 at 9:17 am

    I’ve been wanting to visit Beningbrough hall for a while 🙂

    Reply
  133. Sarah swainsbury says

    April 26, 2017 at 7:26 pm

    I have a subscription to national trust. Would love to win this so I can give it to my dad so they could come with us. We love all the houses. Knowle is next on our list

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  134. Alison Johnson says

    April 26, 2017 at 2:15 pm

    Croft Castle & Parkland Nr Leominster, Herefordshire. I love stately homes & castles & this combines both!

    Reply
  135. lyn west says

    April 26, 2017 at 10:17 am

    Hidcote in the Cotswolds

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  136. lynn neal says

    April 25, 2017 at 10:05 pm

    Hill Top because I love the Beatrix Potter books

    Reply
  137. Christine Lockley says

    April 24, 2017 at 6:10 pm

    I’d love to visit Coniston Water, despite having visited the Lakes a number of times it’s a place I’ve never visited

    Reply
  138. dawn bell-pope says

    April 24, 2017 at 1:50 pm

    knowle for me i reckon

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  139. Jayne Townson says

    April 24, 2017 at 12:12 pm

    I would love to visit Chirk Castle, in Wrexham as it looks perfect for a nice family day out.

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  140. Emily OMara says

    April 23, 2017 at 8:12 pm

    osterley house

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  141. charlotte wilde says

    April 23, 2017 at 1:24 pm

    Hill Top in Sawry, Lakes. I’ve never managed to go and I would so love to look around

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  142. Emma Thackery says

    April 22, 2017 at 3:33 pm

    The vyne or brown sea island

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  143. Hollie Phillips says

    April 22, 2017 at 11:43 am

    I would love to visit Hill Top!

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  144. Ema J Lowe says

    April 21, 2017 at 11:02 pm

    Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire

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  145. Zoe L says

    April 21, 2017 at 7:58 pm

    I want to visit loads, but Calke Abbey is one I’ve wanted to visit for ages!

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  146. ADEINNE TONNER says

    April 20, 2017 at 5:01 pm

    For me it would have to be the Pineapple gardens in The Walled Garden in Scotland looks beautiful

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  147. Rebecca Matthews says

    April 19, 2017 at 9:59 pm

    The vyne My 9 yr old son loves The Hobbit

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  148. Ray says

    April 19, 2017 at 4:23 pm

    I’d like to say I’d go somewhere new, but I’d really like to take my family back down to Cornwall where I grew up and visit Antony House. It’s where I had my school leavers prom! Ray x

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  149. Lucy Tennent says

    April 19, 2017 at 3:30 pm

    Avebury Manor & Gardens would be lovely as we all watched it being restored on the television, but would love to see it in real life! ?

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  150. Matt McAndrew says

    April 19, 2017 at 5:14 am

    Antony House

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  151. Fiona B says

    April 18, 2017 at 9:24 pm

    Cliveden House

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  152. Anya Jacobs says

    April 18, 2017 at 9:07 pm

    Fountains abbey!

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  153. Debbie Gilbert says

    April 18, 2017 at 8:47 pm

    standon house is my favourite place to visit

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  154. BJ Wareham says

    April 18, 2017 at 7:54 pm

    I’d love to visit West Wycombe Park – Dashwood House and Grounds. We visited the West Wycombe Caves recently and saw West Wycombe Park on the way. Would love to go back and visit it.

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  155. Stacey Carnell says

    April 18, 2017 at 7:35 pm

    Abermawr, Pembrokeshire 🙂 I would love to see the bluebells

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  156. Erin Madden says

    April 18, 2017 at 6:46 pm

    I’d love to visit Speke Hall, not been since school!

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  157. Halii kinson says

    April 18, 2017 at 5:45 pm

    Brimham rocks

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  158. Kate Kingsley says

    April 18, 2017 at 3:53 pm

    Moseley Old Hall – being from this area we all grew up learning about Kind Charles being hidden locally I’d love to go here and see it and I understand they have great activities for the children all year round (and a tea room for me of course!)

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  159. Sarah Hartley says

    April 18, 2017 at 2:37 pm

    I’d love to visit Brownsea Island as I loved the Famous Five books!

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  160. Nicola turner says

    April 18, 2017 at 2:23 pm

    Chart well!

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  161. emily says

    April 18, 2017 at 1:08 pm

    brownsea island! i grew up on blyton’s works!

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  162. Mark Johnson says

    April 18, 2017 at 8:44 am

    Ham house

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  163. Emma Fox says

    April 18, 2017 at 7:43 am

    I would love to visit Hill Top and Coniston Water. As a child, we used to spend a week in the Lake District visiting these places 🙂

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  164. Mel Turner says

    April 17, 2017 at 10:10 pm

    Knole in Kent

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  165. gemma brown says

    April 17, 2017 at 9:33 pm

    Brownsea island. We’ve done corfe castle and kingston lacy recently. I’d love to see the red squirrels and peacocks there and as my boys are in Scouts and beavers, would be a perfect day to show them where it started

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  166. sue rushworth says

    April 17, 2017 at 9:18 pm

    i would love to visit speke hall

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  167. Alison Joyce says

    April 17, 2017 at 8:43 pm

    Knole House because it’s local but I’ve never been.

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  168. Natalie beverley says

    April 17, 2017 at 7:05 pm

    Wimpole as would love to see the rare breed farm

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  169. Louise Fairweather says

    April 17, 2017 at 6:46 pm

    I would like to visit Waddesdon Manor as I have heard good things about it

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  170. Robyn S says

    April 17, 2017 at 4:58 pm

    I’d love to visit Brownsea Island, I have never been even though I live relatively close

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  171. Pamela Gossage says

    April 17, 2017 at 4:39 pm

    Nostell Priory

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  172. Pamela Metcalf says

    April 17, 2017 at 4:35 pm

    I would really like to visit Hill Top as I adore Beatrix Potter and it looks beautiful 🙂

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  173. Ellie Wood says

    April 17, 2017 at 3:45 pm

    There some lovely properties in the lake district, I’d love to visit beatrix potters house

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  174. caroline roberts says

    April 17, 2017 at 3:10 pm

    Baddesley Clinton

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  175. Lisa Warner says

    April 17, 2017 at 2:57 pm

    I’d love to go back to Dunstanburgh Castle or visit Gibside or Cragside.

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  176. rebecca foster says

    April 17, 2017 at 2:45 pm

    We’d like to visit Cragside near Rothbury in Northumberland. A journey through time to see the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity.

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  177. Sarah bourner says

    April 17, 2017 at 2:16 pm

    I would love to take my Granddaughter to Hill Top in the Lake district they are avid Beatrix Potter fans love all her books and we are collecting the 50p Beatrix Potter coins its somewhere i have never been and would love to take them 🙂

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  178. Rachel Porrelli says

    April 17, 2017 at 1:58 pm

    Knole in Kent

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  179. Simon LC says

    April 17, 2017 at 1:56 pm

    Cliveden

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  180. Nicola says

    April 17, 2017 at 1:51 pm

    I’d love to visit Hill Top, sounds lovely!

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  181. simon tutthill says

    April 17, 2017 at 1:49 pm

    Brownsea island looks great

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  182. Christine Abdy says

    April 17, 2017 at 1:37 pm

    Hill Top

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  183. Nicola Biven says

    April 17, 2017 at 1:25 pm

    I love Fell Foot park, its a brilliant day out with the family, we would definitely go more often with a pass

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  184. Emma Wallace says

    April 17, 2017 at 1:03 pm

    Bateman’s – although there’s a fair few I’d love to visit and some already ticked off the list

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  185. Katharine Taylor says

    April 17, 2017 at 1:01 pm

    Chirk Castle….been ages since we visited there 🙂

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  186. Lucy says

    April 17, 2017 at 12:46 pm

    St.michaels mount

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  187. Paula Gwynne says

    April 17, 2017 at 12:11 pm

    St Michael’s mount in Cornwall

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  188. Robin Taylor says

    April 17, 2017 at 11:50 am

    Mount Stewart, as it recently underwent a £8m refurbishment

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  189. Cherry Edwards says

    April 17, 2017 at 11:16 am

    I would like to visit Lanhydrock, it has a wonderful house and gardens to visit

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  190. debbie smith says

    April 17, 2017 at 10:00 am

    National Trust – Tatton Park looks amazing fab giveaway thankyou x

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  191. Louise Cochran-Mason says

    April 17, 2017 at 9:57 am

    Weavers’ Cottage
    http://www.nts.org.uk/Visit/Weavers-Cottage/

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  192. Anon says

    April 17, 2017 at 8:49 am

    I’d love to visit the Slindon Estate, a great way to get some fresh air.

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  193. Lieze says

    April 16, 2017 at 3:05 pm

    Oh wow! I need to see more of the treasures of this country!

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  194. Jordan Jarmain says

    April 16, 2017 at 10:46 am

    I love visiting the Lake District but we have yet to make it down to Ambleside so I would love to make that our next destination xx

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  195. CLAIRE WOODS says

    April 16, 2017 at 9:06 am

    St Michael’s Mount, Marazion, Cornwall

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  196. Lynn Houghton says

    April 16, 2017 at 7:09 am

    So many National Trust Properties I want to visit but Sissinghurst Castle is on the top of my list

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  197. Victoria N says

    April 15, 2017 at 8:05 pm

    Coniston water would be lovely as I really love the lake district

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  198. natalie holland says

    April 15, 2017 at 7:25 pm

    I’d like visit Fountains Abby – because we went there once, in the summer and it was really lovely and the kids really enjoyed it. Plus, they got to learn a little bit about history. We love the National Trust! Lovely prize, thank you!

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  199. Emma says

    April 15, 2017 at 7:04 pm

    Fountains abbey. It is fairly local but we have never been.

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  200. Suzanne Jackson says

    April 15, 2017 at 11:32 am

    Brownsea Island, love it there

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  201. katrina walsh says

    April 15, 2017 at 8:25 am

    would love to go to Highclere Castle

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  202. Victoria Morris says

    April 14, 2017 at 8:43 pm

    I’d love to go to Bodiam Castle, that would definitely be the first place on our list!

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  203. Gill Mitchell says

    April 14, 2017 at 8:29 pm

    I would love to go to Lyme Park. Some friends went recently and said it was great for kids.

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  204. Andrea A says

    April 14, 2017 at 7:48 pm

    I’d like to visit Dunham Massey.

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  205. Helen Tovell says

    April 14, 2017 at 7:14 pm

    Blickling Hall

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  206. angela sandhu says

    April 14, 2017 at 7:00 pm

    osterley house

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  207. katie w says

    April 14, 2017 at 5:39 pm

    The Vyne

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  208. Mrs Lighty says

    April 14, 2017 at 3:49 pm

    Well we’ve visited Knole, plus most of the properties in East Anglia and Kent, and I could quite fancy Batemans, but I’ve always wanted to go to Hill House! I used to work in travel and the Lake District tours were my responsibility, yet I’ve never been! Having said this, there are so many on my list to visit!
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  209. Caroline says

    April 14, 2017 at 3:13 pm

    It has to be Hill Top.
    Childhood memories that I’m slowly passing onto our little boy. He’s of an age now where he’s understanding and showing interest in things, so Hill Top would be a perfect stop on a Lake District visit along with the museum.

    Caroline.

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  210. BARBY MADDEN says

    April 14, 2017 at 1:20 pm

    would love to go to Highclere Castle this would be amazing what a brilliant day out this would be and memory to keep

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  211. Brenda M says

    April 14, 2017 at 1:14 pm

    I’d love to follow to the Vyne. Not only is it relatively close to me but I would love to see that ring (huge fan of the books as a kid!)

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  212. Alison Barker says

    April 14, 2017 at 12:35 pm

    Dunstanburgh Castle Northumberland.

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  213. Karen R says

    April 14, 2017 at 12:22 pm

    I’d love to visit Lindisfarne Castle 🙂

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  214. Lyn Pringle says

    April 14, 2017 at 11:12 am

    I would like to visit Beatrix Potter’s house in the Lake District………and many more besides 🙂

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  215. Katy Malkin says

    April 14, 2017 at 9:19 am

    Formby beach is just lovely. Great walks, picnics and red squirrels

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  216. Mummy Fever says

    April 14, 2017 at 8:57 am

    We love Chirk Castle so we’d head there first

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  217. Christine Clarke says

    April 14, 2017 at 8:55 am

    I love to visit Charlcotte Park near Stratford on Avon.

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  218. Rebecca L says

    April 14, 2017 at 8:29 am

    Brownsea Island – hoping to tick that one off the list later in the year!

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  219. Tracey Belcher says

    April 14, 2017 at 7:40 am

    Oh there are so many I would love to go to some for a repeat visit and some new ones! I am planning a visit to the Lake District so Hill Top and Coniston Water are on the list

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  220. Angie McDonald says

    April 13, 2017 at 9:38 pm

    I’d love to visit Lacock Abbey!

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  221. Samantha Mann says

    April 13, 2017 at 9:13 pm

    Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire

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  222. Amy Pest says

    April 13, 2017 at 11:59 am

    I would like to go to Lyme Park

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  223. Christine Dodd says

    April 13, 2017 at 10:03 am

    I’d go to Bodnant to see the laburnum arch

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  224. sophie williams says

    April 13, 2017 at 7:53 am

    Hill Top, Jemima Puddleduck was my favourite book as a child!

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  225. Carolynn Woodland says

    April 12, 2017 at 9:51 pm

    Brownsea Island

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  226. Karen hutchinson says

    April 12, 2017 at 9:47 pm

    St michaels mount , cornwall

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  227. Julie Thomas says

    April 12, 2017 at 9:39 pm

    Coughton Court in Alcester would be a favourite venue to visit, wonderful house and beautifu grounds makes it an easy place to explore and spend a day.

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  228. Jules Eley says

    April 12, 2017 at 8:10 pm

    Sudbury Hall

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  229. Louise Burns says

    April 12, 2017 at 7:11 pm

    Brownsea Island for us!

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  230. Ali Duke says

    April 12, 2017 at 6:30 pm

    The Vyne look very interesting.

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  231. Kat Lucas says

    April 12, 2017 at 2:59 pm

    Tough to choose but would pick Coniston Water to visit first

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  232. AdelleB says

    April 12, 2017 at 12:37 pm

    I’d like to visit Clumber Park, it’s not too far away from where I live but we’re yet to make it over there

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  233. Robyn Clarke says

    April 12, 2017 at 12:36 pm

    Marsden Moor Estate, just up the road and we’ve never been!

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  234. Charley says

    April 12, 2017 at 12:05 pm

    So many places I’ve never been but really want to go! Bath, Bristol, Manchester, Leeds. But I’d probably pick to take a wander around the Treasurer’s House in York. It looks like a beaut!

    http://www.captaincharley.net

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  235. sam pope says

    April 12, 2017 at 11:51 am

    alfriston monk’s house (i think that’s what it’s called!) it was the first property the trust acquired and is near me

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  236. Annabel Greaves says

    April 12, 2017 at 11:19 am

    I would love to go to Coniston Water x

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  237. Rebecca Nisbet says

    April 12, 2017 at 10:26 am

    i would like to see the ones local to me, around warwickshire, there are some lovely places.

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  238. maria hackett says

    April 11, 2017 at 9:44 pm

    we would love to go to Knole , Sevenoaks, Kent. Thank you

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  239. Kathy Cakebread says

    April 11, 2017 at 9:37 pm

    Chartwell sounds good

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  240. Sharon Worsley says

    April 11, 2017 at 7:41 pm

    I would like to go back to Tintagel with my little boy as he has never been there before!

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  241. sallie says

    April 11, 2017 at 5:51 pm

    Sutton hoo,its right on our doorstep but there is a charge just to go in the car park.Its such a shame as I know I would use the shop regularly for gifts.

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  242. Jo Carroll says

    April 11, 2017 at 10:47 am

    We’d love to visit ‘Hill Top’ – Beatrix Potter’s former dwelling in the beautiful Lake District…it’s just such an inspiring part of the country.

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  243. Lisa Wilkinson says

    April 11, 2017 at 8:19 am

    The Steam Yacht Gondola in Coniston

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  244. Richard Tyler says

    April 10, 2017 at 11:46 pm

    Polesden Lacey

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  245. Caroline H says

    April 10, 2017 at 11:21 pm

    Bateman’s looks really lovely. I’d also love to visit Aberconwy House in Wales.

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  246. Elaine Savage says

    April 10, 2017 at 8:18 pm

    I would love to visit The Vyne, Hampshire

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  247. Helen Stratton says

    April 10, 2017 at 11:53 am

    Felbrigg Hall, Gardens and Estate looks like a great visit.

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  248. kim plant says

    April 10, 2017 at 11:36 am

    would love to visit

    National Trust – Birmingham Back to Backs

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  249. Emma says

    April 10, 2017 at 10:02 am

    I’d love visit Basingstoke ???

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    • Gretta Schifano says

      April 13, 2017 at 8:42 am

      Erm…that’s not a National Trust place, as far as I know!

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  250. Martina Pichova says

    April 10, 2017 at 9:04 am

    Croome Court – it’s not far from us and we haven’t been there for years.

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  251. Margaret Clarkson says

    April 10, 2017 at 8:11 am

    Treasurers House, York

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  252. Emily Knight says

    April 10, 2017 at 7:49 am

    It would have to be Brownsea Island for me – it’s been on my “to visit” list for years!

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  253. Alice Dixon says

    April 10, 2017 at 7:02 am

    I’d love to visit Hill top, I’m a fan of Beatrix Potter

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  254. AGA says

    April 10, 2017 at 6:42 am

    WOULD LOVE TO VISIT DORSET

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    • Gretta Schifano says

      April 13, 2017 at 8:44 am

      Me too – but that’s not a National Trust place (although there are some in the county)!

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  255. Lydia Barton says

    April 10, 2017 at 4:47 am

    We’re going to Suffolk later this year so it’d be great to visit Lavenham Guildhall, I do love anything Harry Potter.

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    • Gretta Schifano says

      April 10, 2017 at 6:23 am

      Me too – good luck!

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  256. Graham Ross says

    April 10, 2017 at 4:13 am

    Sudbury Hall

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  257. Solange says

    April 10, 2017 at 1:55 am

    Brownsea Island

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  258. Christina Curtis says

    April 9, 2017 at 11:52 pm

    Lacock Abbey! We live fairly locally and would love to check it out.

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  259. Sofie says

    April 9, 2017 at 10:23 pm

    I’d love to visit Nymans in Sussex

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  260. Graeme Macmillan says

    April 9, 2017 at 8:11 pm

    Batemans for me

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  261. Mum Reinvented says

    April 9, 2017 at 7:41 pm

    Scotney, Bodium and Sissinghurst are all on my list, I’d love to go back to Ightham aswell though. I’m such a history geek though I’d be happy at any of them!

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  262. Darren says

    April 9, 2017 at 6:51 pm

    Stourhead

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  263. Kathryn Hipkin says

    April 9, 2017 at 6:13 pm

    Wallington Hall! The kids love the tree climbing tree and all the parks, especially the one with the train. We haven’t been for ages and would love to go again!

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  264. k dunn says

    April 9, 2017 at 6:05 pm

    i’d love to go to Hill Top one day as my kids love her books and we love Mount Stewart!

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  265. tamsin says

    April 9, 2017 at 4:59 pm

    knole

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  266. tamsin says

    April 9, 2017 at 4:58 pm

    ham house

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  267. Rebecca Lawrence says

    April 9, 2017 at 1:40 pm

    Hilltop House
    I never got to do it when I went to the Lake district. Really feel like I missed out.

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  268. Laura Pritchard says

    April 9, 2017 at 12:09 pm

    Waddesdon Manor looks lovely!

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  269. Clare H says

    April 9, 2017 at 11:37 am

    Would love to visit Brownsea Island

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  270. Lorraine Kirk says

    April 9, 2017 at 11:02 am

    I’d like to Lyme Park as it has a hug adventure playground for the kids and great ice cream!

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  271. Tee Simpson says

    April 8, 2017 at 10:55 pm

    I would love to visit hill top

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  272. Susan Lloyd says

    April 8, 2017 at 9:47 pm

    Brownsea island sounds amazing x

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  273. Jemma Taylor says

    April 8, 2017 at 9:36 pm

    Wakehurst place for us. Used to go with my nan as a child and would love to take my kids

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  274. sue rushworth says

    April 8, 2017 at 9:31 pm

    coniston water

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  275. Rachael G says

    April 8, 2017 at 9:15 pm

    Orford Ness – such an intriguing place.

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  276. leanne weir says

    April 8, 2017 at 9:13 pm

    Erddig hall

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  277. Swazi says

    April 8, 2017 at 9:06 pm

    I’d love to visit Rudyard Kipiling’s house and Chartwell – which I used to pass driving to work every day !!
    Great comp Gretta – thanks xx

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    • Gretta Schifano says

      April 8, 2017 at 9:27 pm

      You’re welcome Swazi – thanks for entering, and good luck! x

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  278. Lin martin says

    April 8, 2017 at 9:06 pm

    Brown Sea Island

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  279. SarahN says

    April 8, 2017 at 8:35 pm

    I’d like to go to Knole in Kent

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  280. Nicki Evans says

    April 8, 2017 at 8:23 pm

    I’d love to return to Watersmeet in Devon. I went a few years ago and it was so beautiful.

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  281. Tasha says

    April 8, 2017 at 8:23 pm

    Belton house

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  282. Alexandra Mercer says

    April 8, 2017 at 7:36 pm

    There are so many places I’d like to visit.

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  283. Jenny Harlow says

    April 8, 2017 at 7:21 pm

    Lanhydrock House

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  284. Gary Topley says

    April 8, 2017 at 7:19 pm

    Porthor

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  285. Anne Boyes says

    April 8, 2017 at 7:04 pm

    I’d love to visit Calke Abbey, which has fascinated me ever since it was discovered virtually untouched in the 1980s.

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  286. Dawn Adams says

    April 8, 2017 at 6:51 pm

    I’d like to visit Northey Island in Essex, not a million miles away but I’ve never been.

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  287. Tara Smith says

    April 8, 2017 at 6:23 pm

    We are hoping to go to the Lake District in the summer hols, so Hill Top & Coniston Water are top of my list.

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  288. Jo Young says

    April 8, 2017 at 4:55 pm

    We walk around Knole park a few times a year and would love to go in Knole House.

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  289. Jules page says

    April 8, 2017 at 4:49 pm

    Blickling Hall.

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  290. pete c says

    April 8, 2017 at 3:43 pm

    Mount Grace Priory would be my choice – thanks

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  291. Heather T says

    April 8, 2017 at 3:26 pm

    Powis Castle – my Mum is always on about going there

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  292. Deborah says

    April 8, 2017 at 3:08 pm

    Brownsea Isalnd to see the squirrels

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  293. mari sutherland says

    April 8, 2017 at 2:43 pm

    I would like to visit Hill Top – always wanted to visit Beatrix Potter’s former cottage looks lovely

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  294. Bob Clark says

    April 8, 2017 at 2:04 pm

    Audley End House

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  295. Kay Sherman says

    April 8, 2017 at 12:43 pm

    Bembridge windmill Looks great

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  296. Angela Treadway says

    April 8, 2017 at 10:33 am

    Knole house x

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  297. Elizabeth Hinds says

    April 8, 2017 at 9:44 am

    I’ve always wanted to visit Sudbury Hall, but it’s a bit of a drive and we’ve just never got around to it. I think my daughters would love it! 🙂

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  298. Harline parkin says

    April 8, 2017 at 9:41 am

    Chatsworth house

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  299. lisbeth says

    April 8, 2017 at 8:47 am

    Devil’s Dyke as usually by pass so many sights on the way to Brighton.

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  300. Claire Nutman says

    April 8, 2017 at 8:44 am

    Antony House in Cornwall, we have just started to explore Cornwall, absolutely magical x

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  301. Joanne Beale says

    April 8, 2017 at 8:36 am

    Would love to go to Dyrham Park which is a lovely place to visit

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  302. Katie says

    April 8, 2017 at 8:02 am

    Hill Top sounds lovely. I’ve wanted to go to the Lake District for a long time.

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  303. Carole D says

    April 8, 2017 at 7:52 am

    Lyme Park, been wanting to go there for ages….. 🙂

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  304. Fiona K says

    April 8, 2017 at 7:48 am

    Brownsea Island – I haven’t been there since I was a child

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  305. Mark Frary says

    April 8, 2017 at 7:44 am

    Oooh. The Vyne looks amazing. Must go

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  306. emma walters says

    April 8, 2017 at 7:38 am

    would love a day out at sudbury hall 🙂

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  307. RebeccaC says

    April 8, 2017 at 7:34 am

    We’re taking our children to The Lake District for the first time this year and we’d love to see Hill Top and learn more about Beatrix Potter.

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  308. Anna Cheetham says

    April 8, 2017 at 7:27 am

    Polesden Lacey in Surrey as I have never been and love anything linked to royalty

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  309. Isabelle Smith says

    April 7, 2017 at 9:38 pm

    Snowdonia xxx

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  310. Victoria Hemmings says

    April 7, 2017 at 9:24 pm

    I would be going to Hagley Hall
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  311. Allan Smith says

    April 7, 2017 at 9:17 pm

    Wray Castle in Cumbria

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  312. Louise Eaton says

    April 7, 2017 at 8:59 pm

    Fab competition so many wonderful places on your door step

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  313. Sarah Rees says

    April 7, 2017 at 8:58 pm

    Dinefwr Park – would love to visit the castle there

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  314. MM says

    April 7, 2017 at 8:47 pm

    Newark Park. I’ve always wanted to see it.

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  315. Jodie Cook says

    April 7, 2017 at 8:46 pm

    I’ve been to National Trust properties 100s of miles away, including some in Northern Ireland, but I’ve never been to The Vyne, even though it’s only 30 minutes away from my home! So that’s my pick!

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    • Gretta Schifano says

      April 7, 2017 at 10:09 pm

      Great – let m know if you see the ring!

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      • Jodie Cook says

        April 9, 2017 at 9:27 pm

        Will do!

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  316. Zoe C says

    April 7, 2017 at 8:32 pm

    Sudbury Hall

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  317. Ritchie says

    April 7, 2017 at 8:31 pm

    Brownsea Island to see red squirrels.

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  318. Sam McKean says

    April 7, 2017 at 8:27 pm

    We’d love to go to Brownsea Island, my children love the famous five!

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  319. Danielle Dunn says

    April 7, 2017 at 8:17 pm

    Wrest Park please ?

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  320. Heather Haigh says

    April 7, 2017 at 8:13 pm

    Brimham rocks – it looks fascinating.

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  321. Jo W says

    April 7, 2017 at 8:12 pm

    Bembridge windmill

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  322. Tania Atfield says

    April 7, 2017 at 8:10 pm

    Stourhead

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  323. bex allum says

    April 7, 2017 at 8:09 pm

    I’d love to visit Blicking Hall estate with my children.

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  324. Kim Neville says

    April 7, 2017 at 8:08 pm

    Would like to visit Ashridge Estate with my family

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  325. Megan Adams says

    April 7, 2017 at 7:59 pm

    I’d love to take my children back to Sudbury Hall (Childhood Museum). We went a few years ago and they really enjoyed it. It was wonderful to see all the ‘old’ toys we used to play with and be able to show them to our own children.

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  326. Fiona says

    April 7, 2017 at 7:37 pm

    I’ve always wanted to go to Hill Top but never got round to it.

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  327. Kate Williams says

    April 7, 2017 at 7:32 pm

    Antony House in Cornwall would be perfect for a family day out!

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  328. Claire says

    April 7, 2017 at 6:40 pm

    I’d like to go to lyme park.

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  329. Amanda tanner says

    April 7, 2017 at 6:07 pm

    Brown sea island as I’ve never been to Dorset

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  330. Ailsa says

    April 7, 2017 at 4:14 pm

    Brownsea island. I’m a big Enid Blyton fan

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  331. nicola baird says

    April 7, 2017 at 3:35 pm

    What a lovely competition. I’ve been to some of these. But every year we go to the Lake District and I would love to take my daughters to make better use of Coniston Water and also to see Hilltop again with an excuse to talk about the amazing work the National Trust has done in protecting the most wonderful houses and landscapes in the UK. Nicola
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    • Gretta Schifano says

      April 7, 2017 at 4:45 pm

      Thanks Nicola – good luck!

      Reply
  332. Susan says

    April 7, 2017 at 3:27 pm

    I’d love to visit Chartwell! My dog would love it there

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