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A red squirrel stands on its hind legs, with its ears pricked, looking at the camera. It is standing on a branch thickly blanketed in snow.

Our winter places

Here’s a handy guide to which of our places are open this winter, so you can start planning some memorable days out.

Three slices of apple covered in milk chocolate drizzled with white chocolate to give a mummy design with edible eyes are on colourful straws.

Halloween family recipe: ’mummy’ apples

Apples covered in chocolate and drizzled with even more chocolate are sure to a-peel to everyone’s app-le-tite! You can easily make this simple recipe into a fun Halloween treat.

A puffin stands on a rock on a cliff edge. The sea gleams in the sun in the background.
8 Oct 2025

New tool will revolutionise puffin census efforts

The Trust has partnered with EOLAS Insight to create an innovative new puffin census tool.

A row of white-washed cottages line a country road, with a stream in the foreground and the sea in the background.
8 Oct 2025

Walktober in Wester Ross

Join us for a beautiful autumn walk at a number of our places in Wester Ross.

An ammonite fossil is displayed against a dark background.

Scottish Geology Festival at Hugh Miller’s Birthplace

This autumn, the team at Hugh Miller’s Birthplace are gearing up to demonstrate why geology rocks at the 2025 Scottish Geology Festival!

A small cluster of cream and brown mushrooms growing out of grass.
8 Oct 2025

Bodysnatching fungi part of Trust’s rare mushroom habitat

A parasitic fungi that manifests itself inside its host is one of the species of fungi found at the Trust’s internationally important grassland fungi habitat at Haddo House.

A male compositor works at an old-fashioned printing machine.

Meet the Makers: Jack from Robert Smail’s Printing Works

The Trust is proud to support talented makers and craftspeople from across Scotland, by selling their products in our physical and online shops.

Autumn family craft: leaf printing

Autumn is a great season for fun crafts with the family, and fallen leaves are just right for creating colourful leaf prints.

A black and white archive photo of President Eisenhower standing outside Culzean Castle, talking to a group of men.
3 Oct 2025

Love Scotland podcast – 2025 season, part II

This week, Jackie delves into the National Trust for Scotland’s archives.