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Coast and countryside car parks
Most places with car parks are listed in the National Trust Handbook, and on the website and the mobile app. Here we've gathered together those that are off the beaten track – smaller, more secluded parking areas that lead to lesser-known stretches of coast or quiet countryside spots.
Some locations are listed below, complete with postcodes. For the rest, click through for full details of each region or country.
Cornwall
Devon
Dorset
- Lambert's Castle
DT6 6NN
Gloucestershire
- Dover’s Hill
GL55 6UW - May Hill
GL17 ORG
Isle of Wight
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Kent
- Oldbury Hill
TN15 0ET - One Tree Hill
TN15 0SN - Toys Hill
TN16 1QG
The Lakes
Norfolk Coast and Broads
- Stiffkey Saltmarshes
NR23 1QE
Northern Ireland
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Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire
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Somerset
Surrey
Sussex
East Sussex
- Crowlink
BN20 0AY
West Sussex
- Black Down
GU27 3BJ - Lavington Common
GU28 0QL - Woolbeding Countryside
GU29 9RL
East Midlands
- Dimminsdale (Calke)
LE65 1RU - Round Car Park (Calke)
LE65 1RR
West Midlands
- Comer Wood (Dudmaston)
WV15 6QL - Hampton Loade (Dudmaston)
WV15 6HD - Hawksmoor
ST10 3AW - Sawmill (Dudmaston)
WV15 6QW
Wiltshire
Wales
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