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Allen Banks and Staward Gorge in the English county of Northumberland which was a Victorian garden in a gorge of the River Allen cutting through woodland

Beauty spot 'takes you away from the modern world' and it's perfect for an Autumn walk

Travel November 29, 2024 By Jessica Hamilton

It's a horticultural miracle! Sprout appears from stump of Sycamore Gap tree

UK August 1, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

A screengrab of a video showing people scuffling and fighting on a hiking trail.

Stick fight breaks out between hikers after dad tried to cross stepping stones with pram

UK July 29, 2024 By Noora Mykkanen

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Chris Barham/ANL/REX/Shutterstock (5730672a) Tv Programme: Only Fools And Horses. L-r: Nicholas Lyndurst (rodney) And David Jason (del Boy). Box 654 111121513 A.jpg. Tv Programme: Only Fools And Horses. L-r: Nicholas Lyndurst (rodney) And David Jason (del Boy). Box 654 111121513 A.jpg.

Only Fools and Horses fans 'taxed' for quoting classic episode

TV July 15, 2024 By Alistair McGeorge

Image of National Trust locations you can visit with your membership

This membership costs less than a cup of coffee and gets you access to London's best spots

Shopping July 4, 2024 By Kat Romero

Hadrian's Wall was a defensive fortification in Roman Britain. The Sycamore Gap Tree also called Robin Hood Tree is a sycamore tree standing next to the Wall near Crag Lough in Northumberland. It is located in a dramatic dip in the landscape and is a popular photographic subject.

The Sycamore Gap tree is being resurrected from the dead. But how?

UK March 10, 2024 By Noora Mykkanen

'Murdered' Sycamore Gap tree to be sliced up and moved away by crane

UK October 12, 2023 By Craig Munro

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Job to work on UK island with a population of 60 is every introvert's dream

UK October 20, 2023 By Jasper King

The felled Sycamore Gap tree, is pictured behind a police cordon, along Hadrian's Wall, near Hexham, northern England on September 28, 2023. One of the UK's most photographed trees, located next to the Roman-era Hadrian's Wall in northeast England, has been "deliberately felled," the authority responsible for the local National Park said on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Boy, 16, arrested in connection with felling of iconic Sycamore Gap tree

UK September 29, 2023 By Craig Munro

Iconic Robin Hood Tree on Hadrian's Wall chopped down in 'malicious act of vandalism'

UK September 28, 2023 By Siba Jackson

90-year-old man still volunteering for the National Trust has no plans to retire

Property September 3, 2023 By Eleanor Noyce

Katie Price embarked on naked car journey to have sex in iconic National Trust spot

Showbiz August 3, 2023 By Kitty Chrisp

Vandals scrawl blue crayon across 230-year-old statue

UK April 14, 2023 By Will Neal

EMBARGOED TO 0001 MONDAY MARCH 20 Undated handout photo issued by the National Trust of a bumblebee nectaring on pink cherry blossom at Sheringham Park in Norfolk. The National Trust said cold weather, wind, and snow have delayed spring blossoms across the UK. Issue date: Monday March 20, 2023. PA Photo. Recent cold snaps, alongside the driest February in thirty years have made an impact on flowering trees and hedgerows, leaving many blooms "on pause." See PA story ENVIRONMENT Blossom. Photo credit should read: Rob Coleman/National Trust Images/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

The best places across the UK to see spring blossom in all its glory

Lifestyle March 21, 2023 By Tanyel Mustafa

Woman has sampled a scone from every National Trust location

Woman spends decade eating 244 scones at every National Trust location

UK March 2, 2023 By Sian Elvin

Sound system owner Michael 'Wassifa' Brown goes back to where it all started in his recreated home studio (Picture: Josh Layton/Metro.co.uk/Getty)

'It all started here': 50 years of sound system history at owner's recreated home

UK October 4, 2022 By Josh Layton

National Trust staff name their beavers after England's Lionesses

UK August 11, 2022 By Kirsten Robertson

This road-trip around Surrey and Sussex is the perfect way to spend a Sunday

Travel January 31, 2022 By Tracey Davies

Huge sink hole unearths hidden beach on UK coast

UK January 11, 2022 By Metro Reporter

Boris told to make climate crisis a new year's priority with seven resolutions

UK January 3, 2022 By Harrison Jones

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