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Life membership

Visitors exploring the garden on a family trail, with a lake and the house in the background in Autumn at Lyme, Cheshire
Visitors exploring the garden on a family trail at Lyme, Cheshire | © National Trust Images/James Beck

Become a life member of the National Trust and help keep the places in our care special for everyone, for ever. You'll also enjoy a lifetime of experiences, exploring gardens bursting with colour, houses with stories to tell and countryside trails that lead you down undiscovered paths.

What to enjoy as a life member

  • Free entry to more than 500 places in our care.
  • Free parking at most National Trust car parks.
  • National Trust Handbook, full of information about the places we look after.
  • National Trust Magazine three times a year, packed with inspiration, interviews and news.
  • Access to the online Members’ Area, full of first-look previews and behind-the-scenes features.

Individual life membership

  • Individual life: £2,195
  • Individual senior life (age 60 or over): £1,640

Joint life membership

For two people, who are lifetime partners, living at the same address.

  • Joint life: £2,735
  • Joint senior life (one person age 60 or over): £2,060

Family life membership

For two adults and all their children or grandchildren up to the age of 18. Adults must be lifetime partners, living at the same address. Under 5s go free.

  • Joint family life: £2,865
A group of young adults kicking up autumn leaves on a walk around the estate at Hardwick, Derbyshire

Become a member

Join today and help protect nature, beauty and history – for everyone, for ever. Enjoy access to more than 500 places with National Trust membership.

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