2024 media releases

New research for the National Trust for Scotland shows that 97% of Scots believe access to the outdoors is important for their mental health, a point that is particularly significant at this time of year when wintery weather and dark nights can deter people from spending time outside.

Scotland’s largest conservation charity, the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) today joined The Willow Tea Rooms Trust to announce that Mackintosh at the Willow, in Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street, is to become part of the NTS’s portfolio of heritage properties.

Seven out of ten (68%) Scots believe a love of spending time outdoors is one of the most attractive qualities in a potential friend or partner, according to a new survey by Scotland’s largest conservation charity, the National Trust for Scotland.

Leading conservation charities are calling on Scottish Ministers to reject a renewables development that could wreak unacceptable levels of ecological damage – including to vulnerable seabird populations – off Scotland’s East Coast.

The National Trust for Scotland is celebrating the stories of the remarkable women associated with the special places in its care to mark International Women’s Day on 8 March.

The National Trust for Scotland is going hopping mad for Easter and hosting a bumper 35 Easter Egg Trails at the special places in its care this spring.

The discovery of a propeller blade, thought to be from a World War II plane, in a remote part of Arran has sparked an investigation for the National Trust for Scotland as it tries to identify its origin.

The National Trust for Scotland is set to enter the third and final year of its ambitious project to meticulously document an estimated 100,000 plants across its 39 major gardens.

A 343-year mystery has been solved at one of the oldest residential buildings in Inverness, Abertarff House, cared for by the National Trust for Scotland.

This April, people from across the world will come together with the National Trust for Scotland to mark the 277th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden with a series of events.

Helensburgh’s Hill House, designed in 1902 by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for publisher Walter Blackie, achieved another breakthrough this week, when it became the first Scottish dwelling to be listed on the prestigious and influential International Iconic Houses website www.iconichouses.org

Latest investigations by National Trust for Scotland archaeologists at Culloden Battlefield have recovered a wide range of artefacts, including a buckle they believe to be the shoe buckle of Donald Cameron of Lochiel, who led the 400-strong Camerons regiment into the battle.

Scotland’s largest conservation charity, the National Trust for Scotland, is encouraging Scots to make the most of the beautiful gardens, landscapes, and historic places it has to offer this spring.