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I love Autumn, I think it may be my favourite time of year. The weather isn’t too cold yet, everyone is still in a good mood after Summer, and nature shows us some of its most beautiful scenes as the colours begin to change.
Plus, kicking piles of leaves never stops being fun.
Another great thing about Autumn is that the National Trust give out free passes as part of their Escape Into Autumn promotion, so you can get free National Trust tickets to a huge range of locations for you and your family.
This is something they do annually and there are loads of passes available, so you can pre-plan your trips ahead of time too. A fantastic way to save money keeping the kids entertained one weekend.
Here’s how it works.
The best way to get the free pass is to visit the National Trust’s Escape Into Autumn page on their website.
For other free pass promotions they sometimes split the allocation. So the Daily Express get 20,000 to give away, OK Magazine get 15,000, etc. For the Autumn promotion though, it’s usually direct from the National Trust.
You don’t have to have kids with you to use the pass, but only two adults can gain entry per free pass. You can even go on your own if you can get someone to take the kids.
A single pass grants access to up to 3 children with 2 adults, and up to 4 children with 1 adult. The National Trust class children as between 5 and 7 years of age, with under 5s getting in for free regardless. So you could have 1 adult, 4 kids, and an under 5… although you would be insane to attempt that on your own!
Passes are available to use between:
They won’t be valid after this date though, so use ’em or lose ’em.
It can take up to 48 hours for the pass to hit your inbox, so best not to attempt a last minute excursion, but in my experience it has been far quicker than that.
The organisation are very happy to help if you have any issues such as accidentally deleting the email, or if the pass doesn’t arrive. You can call them on 0344 800 1895 or email enquiries@nationaltrust.org.uk – they have wonderful friendly customer service staff.
Be warned, not all sites are available to visit under this scheme, but most are.
There are 88 exemptions, but with over 500 historic places in the National Trust’s portfolio, that’s still a huge number of locations to choose from. It works out something like 82% of their portfolio.
The sites that are not included are listed by area below:
National Trust Scotland is a different organisation so none of their sites are included in the offer.
This list could change so it’s best to check with the site you want to visit before making the journey, but these are the only sites the National Trust list as being exempt.
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