National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is an organisation which works to preserve and protect coastline, countryside and buildings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The trust does not operate in Scotland, where there is an independent National Trust for Scotland.

Most visited properties

The 2004–05 annual report contains a list of all National Trust properties for which an admission charge is made that attracted more than 50,000 thousand visitors in the year. The top 10 were:

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• Wakehurst Place Garden - 420,831
• Stourhead - 335,265
• Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal - 299,728
• Polesden Lacey - 287,010
• Waddesdon Manor - 286,557
• St Michael's Mount - 206,557
• Lanhydrock House - 205,867
• Chartwell - 184,078
• Sheffield Park Garden - 169,952
• Corfe Castle - 168,377