Country Living (UK)

THE NATIONAL TRUST BY NUMBERS

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1895

Hardwicke The year Rawnsley Octavia and Hill, Sir Canon Robert Hunter founded the organisati­on

£10 The amount paid for its first house, Alfriston Clergy in East Sussex

5.6 MILLION members – more than the population of Finland

500 places are looked after

14 farms were donated by Beatrix Potter in 1843

65,000 volunteers work at Trust sites 180 parks and gardens are cared for

780 MILES of coastline are looked after, including the White Cliffs of Dover and the Giant’s Causeway

11 MILLION hot drinks are served in the Trust’s cafés each year

2 MILLION fruit scones are made each year – what’s a cup of tea without one?

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