The Latest Breaking News from National Trust

Green mission aims to raise £1bn to bring nature into UK towns and cities

Initial £15.5m will go to schemes such as launch of large regional park to improving green spaces along canals

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2025

Towns and cities to benefit from £15.5m investment in access to green spaces

Natural England, National Trust and The National Lottery Heritage Fund have launched a new programme to bring millions of people closer to nature.

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025

Elusive purple emperor butterfly sighted at National Trust estate

The purple emperor, with a wingspan of around 8cm, was sighted at Sheringham Park in Norfolk in June during a weekly survey.

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025

National Trust to cut 550 staff in bid to slash wage bill following tax hikes

The conservation charity said increasing costs were outstripping growth in visitors and donations.

Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2025

National Trust to cut at least 550 jobs after £10m rise in costs from Reeves’s budget

Exclusive: Charity hit by increase in employer national insurance and minimum wage and aims to save £26m

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2025

Grade I listed landscape gets ‘garden for the future’ in face of climate change

Revamp of a half an acre of Sheffield Park and Garden, East Sussex, will trial planting that can cope with more extreme conditions.

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025

How beavers could become key to preventing droughts

River restoration work maintained lush vegetation and wetlands at a National Trust site in the South West

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2025

Beavers and river restoration boost resilience to drought, conservationists say

The National Trust has created a more natural, wildlife-rich landscape at Holnicote in Somerset, which helps store water in times of dry weather.

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2025

Arctic tern numbers down nearly a third at key breeding site, experts warn

Conservationists say the ‘red-listed’ birds are being hit by climate change and disease.

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025

‘Extraordinary’ silver sculpture inspired by love that scandalised Victorian society goes on show

Stags in Bradgate Park, commissioned by 7th earl of Stamford after his marriage to an ex-circus performer, rediscovered decades after it was deemed lost

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2025