Win an exclusive Farne Islands experience

Terms and conditions

• The competition 

  1. The competition is only open to National Trust members, excluding National Trust employees and anyone associated with the competition.

  2. All information made available to entrants as part of the process of entering the competition forms part of these terms and conditions.

  3. Submit your entry using the online form on or before 11.59pm on Sunday 23 March 2025 – the ‘Closing Date’. You’ll need to provide your answer to the question, full name, postcode, membership number and email address. Please refer to the ‘How to enter’ section for the question.

  4. There’s a limit of one entry per member. Any member who enters more than once will be disqualified.

  5. Entrants under the age of 18 must have permission from their parent or guardian and be accompanied by an adult if they win the first prize. The parent or guardian agrees to the terms and conditions on their behalf.

  6. One winner and five runners-up will be drawn at random from the entries with the correct answer. We’ll make all reasonable efforts to contact the winner and runners-up personally within five business days after the 'Closing Date', via the email address used to submit the competition entry.

  7. The first prize is a package and cannot be accepted in part only.

  8. The winner and runners-up are required to accept the prize by responding to the National Trust’s email within five business days.

  9. If the winner or a runner-up doesn’t accept the prize within five business days, we reserve the right to offer the prize to the next eligible entrant drawn from the correct entries that were received by the competition 'Closing Date'.

  10. The first prize is described below. It’s available on the dates and at the times given and isn’t available on any other dates or at any other times.

  11. Travel to the location of the first prize, the National Trust holiday cottage Lookout Cottage in Northumberland, isn’t included and the winner will need to make their own travel arrangements.

  12. We won’t be responsible for any transport or accommodation costs incurred in the acceptance or fulfilment of the prize.

  13. The first prize doesn’t include any extras.

  14. The runners-up prizes are described below.

  15. No cash alternative will be made. Prizes are non-transferable.

  16. We must either publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award took place. Ordinarily this will be the surname and county of major prize-winners and, if applicable, their winning entries. If you object to your information being published or made available on request or wish to reduce the amount of information to be published or made available, please email us at takepart@nationaltrust.org.uk. In such circumstances, we must still provide the information and winning entry to the Advertising Standards Authority if challenged.

  17. Subject to the first prize-winner’s consent, we'd aim to use the winner’s details and photograph in post-event publicity on our own National Trust channels, including the website and magazine.

  18. Responsibility can’t be taken for entries lost, delayed, mislaid or corrupted.

  19. Events may occur that may render the competition itself, or the awarding of the prizes (or parts of the prizes) impossible due to reasons beyond our control, and accordingly we may vary or amend the promotion. We’ll do everything we reasonably can to ensure that winners receive prizes of at least equal value.

  20. Personal data supplied during the course of this competition will be processed as set out in our privacy policy .

  21. These terms and conditions shall be governed by English law, and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

  22. By entering the competition, you’re agreeing to these terms and conditions.

• The first prize 

  1. A three-night stay at National Trust holiday home, Lookout Cottage (ref 017001), from Friday 30 May to Monday 2 June 2025 inclusive. Lookout Cottage is a former lookout, next to a HM Coastguard radio room in Low Newton by Sea, Northumberland. It’s self-catering and sleeps four (in one bedroom). Further details are below.

  2. An exclusive private guided boat tour around the Farne Islands with a ranger including access to Inner Farne before it’s open to the public on Saturday 31 May 2025.

  3. A voucher from our partner CEWE to create a personalised CEWE PHOTOBOOK. Voucher entitles winner up to £100 off a CEWE PHOTOBOOK and free postage and packaging within the UK. Code is valid until 11pm on 31 December 2025. Voucher can be used against maximum one transaction. Only valid for customers ordering in the UK and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. It's subject to availability on cewe.co.uk for online orders, the CEWE app and the CEWE Creator software, downloadable from cewe.co.uk.

  4. A selection of products from the National Trust shop’s outdoor range.

  5. A National Trust Gift Card to the value of £50. Gift card terms and conditions apply.

• Further details about the stay at Lookout Cottage

  • Check in at Lookout Cottage is from 4pm on Friday 30 May and check out is before 10am on Monday 2 June 2025.
  • Lookout Cottage sleeps four people in one bedroom. The winner may bring up to three guests with them. However, it should be noted that there is only one bedroom with a double bed and two original built-in bunks, which are smaller than average at 5ft 7in x 2ft 3in. The number of guests stated must not be exceeded.
  • Our standard terms and conditions of a holiday booking apply.
  • Accessibility information at Lookout Cottage:
    • Access to the cottage is across a field, through a padlocked farm gate.
    • Cars can be driven, with care, across the field to the cottage and can be parked next to the cottage when good weather permits. In poor weather, cars can be parked by the entrance gate.
    • Lookout Cottage is a single-storey cottage.
    • There's one bedroom with a double bed and two original built-in bunks, smaller than average at 5ft 7in x 2ft 3in, and an en-suite toilet, shower and washbasin.
    • There's a single stone step into the cottage at the front door.
    • There's a single stone step into the kitchen.
    • Find out more about accessibility at Lookout Cottage or, for further accessibility questions please email holiday.enquiries@nationaltrust.org.uk or call us on 0344 800 2070.

• Further details about the Farne Islands boat trip and experience

  • The winner can bring up to three guests with them on the private guided boat and Inner Farne tour with a National Trust Ranger.
  • Travel from Lookout Cottage to Seahouses for the boat trip out to the Farne Islands isn’t included and you’ll need to make your own travel arrangements.
  • Parking in Seahouses opposite the harbour is pay and display (not National Trust).
  • Dogs are not allowed on the Farne Islands.
  • The private guided boat trip with the ranger will be run by Billy Shiel’s Boat Trips and will leave from Seahouses at 8.30am on Saturday 31 May and will last approximately 2.5 hours.
  • Attendees should be dressed appropriately to be outdoors including warm clothing, hats, sun cream and practical closed-toe shoes which they're happy to be disinfected for biosecurity reasons.
  • The experience will include a voucher for fish and chips on return to Seahouses.
  • Accessibility information on Inner Farne:
    • The tour will involve climbing on and off the boat.
    • Routes around the island are along a boardwalk two metres wide with no handrail. The boardwalks can have gaps of up to an inch between slats.
    • Due to the nature of the terrain, the boardwalks and rocks can be slippery and uneven.
    • Around fifty metres of paths between the jetty and the chapel and lighthouse are relatively steep.
    • There are limited toilet facilities on Inner Farne, and there's no accessible toilet available. Find out more about accessibility at Farne Islands.

• The runner-up prizes

  Five runners-up will each receive a £50 gift card from CJ Wildlife, our wildlife care partner.