This rural estate managed by the National Trust lies on the West Oxfordshire border, comprising two very English villages and 11 traditionally farmed estates spanning 7,000 acres. We’ll arrive in time for... (click title for more)

With the days getting shorter, and autumn colours fading, what better time to visit this magnificent, recently restored stately home. Owned and developed by the wealthy Verney family from 1435... (click title for more)

The Roman Baths were not discovered until the late nineteenth century, but in recent years interpretive displays and film projections have been installed to tell us about the people who visited the great Roman religious spa of Aquae Sulis…. (click title for more)

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Romans settled in the Cotswolds and Cirencester became the second city in Roman Britain. Many Roman villas have been discovered in this area, Chedworth is the most significant. This day trip offers an opportunity to learn more about this fascinating local Romano British civilisation... (click title for more)

Delapré Abbey, on the outskirts of Northampton, was built in 1145 as a Cluniac nunnery – the Abbey of St Mary de la Pré. Today’s beautiful walled garden is thought to be the nuns' burial ground. In 1538 Delapré Abbey surrendered to the crown as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries... (click title for more)

Members of Oxford Centre are fortunate to have been invited on a Guided Tour of the Oxford Botanic Garden by Professor Simon Hiscock, the Director. He will be assisted on the day by... (click title for more)

We’re taking a coach trip through rural Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire via Cirencester to Dobbies Garden Centre at Siddington. It covers a large area which has outlets for clothes, food and books... (click title for more)

Tyntesfield was acquired by the National Trust in 2002. It is a magnificent Victorian house, remodelled in the Gothic Revival style by Walter Gibb... (click title for more)

There’s lots to see at the newly launched Coleshill Rural Skills Centre. We’ll be accommodated in the comfortably refurbished Carthorse Stables for a talk... (click title for more)

We will visit Batsford Arboretum, near Moreton-in-Marsh, in the morning with over 3 hours to explore the vivid autumn colours. The Garden Terrace Café... (click title for more)

This trip has been arranged following many requests to visit the scene of recent events including the burials of Queen Elizabeth II and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh... (click title for more)

After an introduction to the property, a volunteer Ranger will accompany our morning walk in the Estate. The afternoon walk will start from the Trust's nearby Langdon Chase, and include a section of the Thames Path.

We regret that this event has been cancelled.

Broadway Tower, the brainchild of Capability Brown, is a folly at the highest point in the Cotswolds with a viewing platform on the roof. After a coffee stop there... (click title for more)

After an introduction to the property, a garden volunteer will lead a walk through the woods in the morning. In the afternoon we will walk along some of the Ridgeway.

Worcester dates back to the Romans; by 680AD the Saxons had established the Diocese of Worcester and laid the foundations of the Cathedral... (click title for more)

In the morning a Ranger will take us on a guided walk around the various sites (the burial mounds, Uffington Castle, Dragon Hill and the White Horse itself). In the afternoon we will cover another stretch of the Ridgeway in a circular walk from the White Horse Hill carpark.

This atmospheric moated medieval manor house in the Forest of Arden was given to the National Trust in 1980. The bridge over the moat leads... (click title for more)

Over 800 years of heritage are to be seen, including the stately home, 13th century abbey surrounded by picturesque gardens, and the world famous motor museum containing 285 vehicles... (click title for more)

This National Trust garden is a horticultural work of art, formed through centuries of landscape design, with influences of Capability Brown and Humphry Repton.  Four lakes form its heart... (click title for more)