National Trust Membership reduction for loyal members

Oh I didn't know that!!!! I've been a member for donkeys. Due in June will give them a nudge. Cheers!!

Thank you Chriscross for this information. We have also been members for decades and will enquire re loyalty discount.

It's cheaper to join the National Trust for Scotland. You can still use your membership in English NT places.

May I second what J52 has posted. I think I paid £60 for this year for a couple over 60 with the National Trust for Scotland. You receive a free parking permit to display and are welcome without question at National Trust properties.

We have been NT members for the best part of fifty years. I wish we had had the foresight - and the money, to have taken out life membership when we first joined!

Both the Scottish NT and the NT membership can used in many countries through out the world

One of my daughters, who lived in the Isle of Man, took out a ten year family membership of Manx National Heritage, which I think at the time cost about £300 and gave them reciprocal membership of the National Trust and Scottish National Trust. Her family lives in England now and they do make good use of it.

Useful tip about NT Scotland. Thanks for that.

Update; joined NT Scotland saving a lot of money and obtained an
English NT handbook from a friend.

Izabelle* we will join NT Scotland when our NT England runs out.
On google NT New Zealand is even cheaper!!

Yes and you can visit all sorts of places in NZ as a member too.

Following advice on GN I've just received my NT for Scotland pack and passes. The car park permit says for free parking at NT for Scotland properties. Has anyone used it it England? Also there is no information about using cards in England or abroad - is this only available online?
Beginning to wonder if this was a good idea!

We use our Scottish NT cards in England, all the time and have never had a problem. Sometimes they also have a reciprocal agreement with English Heritage.

Thanks J52. Do you know if you can use the car parking permits in England?

We are members of the National Trust for Scotland and have always used our membership cards and the car parking permit without question here in England. Last Tuesday we had a wonderful day at Blickling Hall in Norfolk where the conservation workers were demonstrating their work to visitors.....and the Hall has a very large secondhand bookshop.

One further point if you have a friend with NT membership ask them if you could have an old (out of date) copy of the National Trust Handbook to refer to instead of having to look everything up on line. You may find a copy in a charity shop.

Actually, if you present your National Trust card in France or Italy at equivalent nationally owned houses/palaces/castles/sites, you may be eligible for reduced entry fee. We have done this on several occasions, mostly successfully. It's worth a try!

Visited Quebec House and Chartwell yesterday with Scottish N T card and was advised that from next April (March?) - will have to pay for parking. They were aware how much cheaper it was than the English NT and seems this is to discourage English residents from joining.

So glad you enjoyed Blickling chocolatepudding, I volunteer there and love the place. I can't go at the moment and am getting homesick for it. Conservation on Tuesday's is new for this year and the bookshop is renowned! Did you get to see the bluebell woods?

This year the NT are putting new car park pay machines in and the price has gone up to £5 at Blickling. I don't know if this is general. Makes joining even more attractive. Four NT house visits is the average to get your money back - or volunteer at your local stately pile and get in free!

We still keep our joint membership going and only discovered the loyalty membership discount a few years ago. I do tell everyone if the opportunity arises!