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Working Holidays 2018
Working holidays are going from strength to strength and have been part of the National Trust for over 50 years. The range of locations and experiences are forever evolving, allowing participants to help care for some of the finest coast, countryside, historic houses and gardens in Britain. Why you’ll love working holidays • G ain new skills and enjoy unique experiences. • Work alongside, and learn from, the experts. • Make new friends and lifelong friendships. • Have the opportunity to work in some amazing places. • See life behind the scenes of the National Trust. • Have the satisfaction of helping a great cause. Why we love working holidays • V ital work and conservation gets addressed, helping to look after some of the UK’s most important places. • Participants make a contribution towards visitor enjoyment and bringing locations to life. • Participants bring with them a wealth of knowledge, new ideas, skills and experience that the National Trust and others benefit from. See page 38 for details of your accommodation
Essential
information
for your
working holiday
Arrivals and departures rewarding and enjoyable holiday and work with
Your working holiday commences at approximately National Trust staff to ensure its smooth running.
6pm on the first day, allowing you time during the The leaders help with the day-to-day running
day for travel, and will end at approximately 10am of the work site and organise the domestic and
on the last day. Short breaks end at approximately social arrangements of the holiday. We could not
4pm. When booking your transport home, please deliver our programme without our skilled and
allow time to travel from your accommodation to enthusiastic team of leaders.
the station. Designated pick-up points will be given If you’re interested in becoming a volunteer
in your joining instructions and your holiday leader leader – or just finding out more –
will contact you prior to your holiday to discuss call 01225 792278 or visit our website
your plans. nationaltrust.org.uk/workingholidays
Meals Health and safety
All meals are included (except an evening meal on The National Trust is committed to ensuring that
your day off ). Under the guidance of the leader, all the necessary precautions are in place to protect
holiday participants will help prepare and serve you from dangers or hazards whilst on a working
meals. While not restaurant-standard meals they holiday. National Trust staff will explain safety on
are hearty, tasty and plentiful. site, including the safe use of tools, safe methods
If you are a vegetarian or follow a special diet, of carrying out the work involved and emergency
it is vital that you let the Holidays Team know at procedures. You must follow any instructions given
the time of booking, or well in advance of your to ensure that you and others are safe on the work
holiday, so that the holiday leader can be told of site. With the exception of steel toe-capped boots,
your requirements. The leader may contact you to the National Trust will provide any other protective
discuss your requirements. equipment including hard hats and goggles where
necessary. We recommend that you have current
anti-tetanus inoculation cover prior to attending
Free time the holiday.
Your holiday leader will have suggestions for group
activities in the evenings and, if applicable, on Admission card to
the day off during your holiday (short breaks and
some active holidays do not have a day off ). The National Trust properties
activities may include visiting nearby towns or At the discretion of the National Trust, an
National Trust properties, or you might choose to admission card may be offered to participants
go bowling, visit a pub or other attractions. You will who have completed a working holiday. This is
need to bring enough money to cover the cost. a non-transferable card, valid for one year for
participants of week-long holidays and six months
for short-break participants. The card start date
Working holiday groups and leaders is from the start of your working holiday and will
On your working holiday you will be working allow the participant free admission to properties
alongside up to 15 participants of all ages and owned and managed by the National Trust and the
your holiday leader who is a volunteer. Our 250 National Trust for Scotland.
volunteer leaders are trained to help you have a
Working Holidays 3
How to choose Holiday type
a holiday Family
Perfect for families with children aged between 6–17
years, this is a great way to make new friends and
You can use the symbols here to spend some quality time with your family. There
are plenty of fun activities for adults and kids such
to identify which activities the as learning survival skills, bushcraft, canoeing and
holidays include; some may mountain biking.
include two or more. We also
Hand picked
have symbols to help you
We have hand picked accommodation in a limited
identify short breaks, family number of locations where participants share twin or
triple rooms, rather than dormitories, which sometimes
and youth holidays, hand-picked have en suite facilities. In this accommodation, the
accommodation and to grade relaxation areas and domestic tasks are still shared by
the group.
the physicality of the holidays.
Short break
Which month would Designed for those who don’t have a whole week to
you prefer to go? get away, short breaks are only two to four nights long.
They offer the opportunity to get involved with the
January – page 11 valuable work of the National Trust in a short space
February – page 11 of time.
March – page 13
April – page 15 Youth discovery
May – page 17
June – page 18 Designed specifically for those aged 16-18 to give the
July – page 21 opportunity to carry out conservation work and enjoy
social activities with other teenagers. You can also
August – page 25
work towards your Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
September – page 27
October – page 31
November – page 34 Helping hands
December – page 37
A holiday specially designed for people with learning
disabilities to come along on a working holiday with
How to book their carer or family member.
Interested? Then give us a call on 0344 800 3099
he Duke of
T
Edinburgh’s Award
For those keen to achieve their Gold DofE Award, our holidays are a great way to achieve the Residential section
of your Award. The leader is your DofE Assessor and will provide you with your Assessor’s report at the end of your
Residential, as long as you have stayed a minimum of five full days, six nights and have participated fully – even in
the washing up.
If you want to complete the Residential section of your Gold DofE Award but are older than the age to qualify for
a youth discovery holiday, don’t worry, you can complete your Residential on any of our working holidays which
are a minimum of five full days and six nights duration.
Contact us on 0344 800 3099 or visit nationaltrust.org.uk/workingholidays 4
Working Holidays 2018
Activity type Gardening
Active Help create a masterpiece in one of our stunning
gardens whilst soaking in the scents of fragrant flowers
These unique holidays combine essential conservation with the shade of leafy canopies overhead. You may be
work with exhilarating active pursuits including deadheading roses, trimming box hedges or planting
surfing, sailing, wild swimming, coasteering, walking new eye-catching beds of tulips or lavender.
and cycling.
Archaeology Historic houses
Dig up a little piece of the past by getting involved in Walk behind the rope and through the doors marked
an existing archaeological project. This is a perfect private in one of our impressive properties. You may
holiday for those who are interested in archaeology learn to handle historic collections, archive material
and want to get to grips with how an archaeological or put the house to bed at the end of the season.
site looks and functions. Typically indoors, these holidays do not rely on the
Great British weather.
Coast and countryside
Help preserve some of Britain’s most beautiful
Rural skills
landscapes with a variety of activities. You could A chance to learn traditional skills from an expert
be clearing invasive plants, cleaning beaches or whilst carrying out vital conservation work. You could
maintaining ponds. No matter what, you know you’ll be learning the ancient art of hedge-laying, coppicing
be making a difference. woodland, developing green woodwork skills or
making cider.
Construction
For those who like to see the fruits of their hard work Survey
this is a very rewarding hands on holiday. Make a real
There is a huge number of animal and plant species
difference by helping with vital rebuilding and repair
to map and record by carrying out biological surveys.
works including walls, footpaths and storm drains.
This is one of the less physically challenging holidays
that allows you to enjoy the local wildlife, including
bats and butterflies.
Event
A unique chance to help out behind the scenes at one
of our popular events. You could be helping with the
smooth-running of a fête, literature festival, Christmas
Physicality rating
fair, family fun day or even dressing up in costume to
bring our special places to life. These are holidays with
1 – 10 Rating
a difference and, as well as setting up, running and Our holidays are rated 1 to 10 to indicate how
clearing away the event you’ll also get the chance to physically challenging they can be. Those rated at 1
experience it for yourself. are the least strenuous, whilst holidays rated 10 could
include plenty of walking, climbing and physical work.
Farming
Get hands on experience on a working farm, from Fancy going
getting involved in stock management to a host of on an overseas
practical tasks such as gate hanging and fencing. See
how quality food production and conservation are working holiday?
working hand in hand. Working in partnership with the International
National Trusts Organisation, you can gain new
cultural experiences from working holidays by
Special interest taking part in one overseas.
A working holiday with a twist. These unique holidays
combine essential conservation work with activities For full details of these holidays, visit
such as camp crafts, bushcraft or spoon carving. nationaltrust.org.uk/workingholidays
Working Holidays 5
Working holidays 2018
Region Month Location Working Holiday Activities Physicality
January/February Calke Abbey Boundaries and repairs 7
February Clumber Park Seriously scrubby 5
February Kedleston Hall Swallows and amazons 8
March Clumber Park Nature trail 6
March Dark Peak Estate Moorland conservation in the Peak District 8
June/July Calke Abbey A right mixture 6
July Clumber Park Wonders of a walled kitchen garden 5
Midlands July Kedleston Hall Foraging and fencing 8
July Clumber Park Habitat invaders 7
Clough Woodland and moorland
July/August Dark Peak Estate 8
conservation
August Dark Peak Estate Moorland conservation in the Peak District 8
September Longshaw Estate Moorland conservation in the Peak District 8
October Dark Peak Estate Hedge-laying in the Peak District 7
December Clumber Park Rhododendron round-up 6
South Lakes
February
Countryside
Hedge-laying 8
South Lakes
February
Countryside
Work in the woods 7
Great Langdale
March
and Grasmere
Coppicing and woodworking 6
March Wasdale West Lakes forestry 8
March Wasdale Nether Wasdale footpaths 7
April Millbeck Towers Gardening at the Towers 5
April Wasdale Fell farm experience 7
South Lakes
May
Countryside
Dry-stone walling 8
South Lakes – Caring for historic interiors and collections
May
Hill Top in Beatrix Potter country
2
Duddon and
May
Eskdale
West Lakes countryside management 8
South Lakes
June Fix the fells upland path repair 10
Countryside
North June Wasdale Fix the fells in Wasdale 10
West Ullswater and
England June/July
Aira Force
Conservation in the Lake District 6
South Lakes
June/July Fix the fells upland path repair 10
Countryside
June/July Wasdale Youth Discovery Wasdale 8
South Lakes
July
Countryside
Dry-stone walling 8
South Lakes
July Fix the fells upland path repair 10
Countryside
South Lakes
August Fix the fells upland path repair 10
Countryside
Oak-frame building construction for
September Windermere
beginners
7
Duddon &
September
Eskdale
West Lakes countryside management 8
September Wasdale Wasdale landscape and conservation 8
October Sizergh Castle Ancient woodland coppicing 6
Great Langdale
October
and Grasmere
Photography at Allan Bank 6
October/November Millbeck Towers Gardening at the Towers 5
See page 4 for help on how to choose your working holiday 6
Working Holidays 2018
Region Month Location Working Holiday Activities Physicality
South Lakes
North November
Countryside
Hedge-laying 8
West November West Lakes Hedge-laying for the future 7
England
November Wasdale Cumberland hedge-laying 7
January Cliveden Estate Ranger for a weekend 6
Woolbeding
January
Countryside
Hedge planting in the South Downs 6
January Ashridge Estate The hills are alive 7
February Hindhead Restoring the Surrey Heathlands 5
February Ashridge Estate A week for nature 7
February Ashridge Estate The hills are alive 7
Winkworth
March
Arboretum
Winkworth Arboretum Estate management 6
Ludshott and
March
Selborne
Cutting and clearing for wildlife 8
March Black Down Clearing Tennyson’s View 6
March/April Chartwell Good eggs wanted 3
Waddesdon
June
Manor
Plant a parterre 5
June Devil's Dyke The Devil's in the detail 7
Waddesdon
June
Manor
Plant a parterre 5
West Kent
June
Countryside
Grafting on the Greensand Ridge 6
June Cliveden Estate Walking and working the rides 7
June Ashridge Estate Tree box-ercise 6
June/July Black Down Black Down biological survey 3
July Ashridge Estate Tree box-ercise 6
South East West Kent
England
July
Countryside
Grafting on the Greensand Ridge 6
July Slindon Estate Surveying ‘The Rise of Northwood’ 5
August Black Down Clearing Tennyson’s View 6
August Slindon Estate Get batty at Slindon 5
West Kent
August
Countryside
Grafting on the Greensand Ridge 6
Winkworth
August/September
Arboretum
Winkworth Arboretum Estate management 6
Hughenden
August/September
Estate
Wild flower bank restoration 6
Ludshott and
September
Selborne
Cutting and clearing for wildlife 6
September Devil’s Dyke The Devil’s in the detail 7
West Kent
September
Countryside
Grafting on the Greensand Ridge 6
September Black Down Scrumping and cider making 5
Waddesdon
September
Manor
Roll in the hay 6
September Standen The Standen experience 5
September Cliveden Estate Walking and working the rides 7
The South
September
Downs
Famous five on the South Downs 7
September Ashridge Estate The hills are alive 7
September/
October
Harting Down Scrub up for juniper 7
October Hindhead Restoring the Surrey Heathlands 5
Working Holidays 7
Region Month Location Working Holiday Activities Physicality
West Kent
October
Countryside
Grafting on the Greensand Ridge 6
October Chartwell Gardens of Chartwell 5
Waddesdon
October
Manor
Plant a parterre 5
Waddesdon
October
Manor
Plant a parterre 5
South East October Ashridge Estate The hills are alive 7
England
continued November Slindon Estate Shedding light on the woodland floor 6
November Ashridge Estate The hills are alive 7
November Cissbury Ring Scrub up for butterflies 5
West Kent
November
Countryside
Grafting on the Greensand Ridge 6
November Cliveden Estate Come and be a ranger for a weekend 7
November Emmetts Garden Emmetts' garden 6
February Brownsea Island A real island adventure 4
February Arlington Court Hedge-laying Arlington style 7
March Brownsea Island A real island adventure 4
March Arlington Court Spring season's greetings 5
March Lundy Island Lundy Island ranger week 7
Croyde,
April Woolacombe Tracks and trail running 7
and Mortehoe
April West Exmoor Wool and walling 7
April Brownsea Island A real island adventure 4
Croyde,
April/May Woolacombe Heroes of the coast path 7
and Mortehoe
May Golden Cap Ranger for a week 7
Croyde,
May Woolacombe Walling, wildlife and coasteering 5
and Mortehoe
June West Exmoor Coast path heroes 8
South June Arlington Court By sea and by land 8
West
England
June/July West Exmoor Bats, butterflies and a boat 7
Holnicote Exmoor Coastpath, bushcraft and
July
Estate, Exmoor coasteering
8
July Golden Cap Golden Cap conservation 5
Croyde,
July Woolacombe Wet, wild and walling 5
and Mortehoe
July Golden Cap Golden Cap conservation 5
July Arlington Court Bush camping expedition 10
Holnicote Exmoor Coastpath, bushcraft and
July
Estate, Exmoor coasteering
8
July/August West Exmoor Wild camping and walling 6
Croyde,
August Woolacombe Wild coastal swimming 6
and Mortehoe
Croyde,
August Woolacombe Beach conservation and fun 6
and Mortehoe
Croyde,
September Woolacombe Wall and climb at Baggy Point 7
and Mortehoe
Holnicote
September
Estate, Exmoor
Exmoor charcoal, coppicing and dormice 6
See page 38 for details of your accommodation 8
Working Holidays 2018
Region Month Location Working Holiday Activities Physicality
Green woodworking skills – cleft oak fencing
September West Exmoor
and gates
6
September Godrevy Surf 'n' turf 7
October Lundy Island Lundy Island ranger week
October Arlington Court Putting the garden to bed 5
October Brownsea Island A real island adventure 4
October Killerton House Cider making 6
South West Croyde,
England October Woolacombe Gorse bashing challenge in North Devon 8
continued and Mortehoe
October Golden Cap Return meadows to former glory 6
October/November West Exmoor Hazel, holly and horses 8
November Brownsea Island A real island adventure 4
November Arlington Court Hedge-laying Arlington style 7
November Golden Cap Hedge-laying to competition standard 7
November Killerton House Deck the halls! Christmas crafts 4
November Golden Cap Hedge-laying taster 7
North
February
Pembrokeshire
Hedge-banks and fences 7
Dyffryn Mymbyr,
February/March
Snowdonia
Mountains and trees 9
Colby Woodland
March
Garden
Paths and ponds 6
March Carmarthenshire Spring around Carmarthenshire 6
March/April Dinefwr Easter fun 4
April Stackpole Easter eco adventure 5
Ysbyty and
April
Meirionnydd
Walls and woodlands 8
North
April
Pembrokeshire
Hedge-banks and fences 7
Colby Woodland
April
Garden
Spring in the kitchen garden 4
Ysbyty and
May
Meirionnydd
Clefting and clearing 9
Colby Woodland Re-discovering the eighteenth-century
May
Garden industrial landscape
7
May Carmarthenshire Spring around Carmarthenshire 6
Wales May/June Stackpole Woods, lakes and breathtaking beaches 5
Bwlch Mwlchan,
June Footpaths of Snowdonia 10
Snowdonia
Colby Woodland
June
Garden
Farmhouse face-lift and brush-bash 6
June Dinefwr Dinefwr Food Festival 3
June Brecon Beacons Habitat management and conservation 8
Bwlch Mwlchan,
July
Snowdonia
Wild weeding 8
Brecon
July Beacons and Upland path restoration 10
Monmouthshire
Colby Woodland
July
Garden
Steps and stones 7
July Stackpole Trails and tribulations 7
July Stackpole Conservation and coastal sports 7
July/August Stackpole Capture and conserve 6
Brecon
August Beacons and Upland path restoration 10
Monmouthshire
Working Holidays 9
Region Month Location Working Holiday Activities Physicality
Ysbyty and
August
Meirionnydd
Woodland work 8
August Stackpole Summer work in Stackpole woods 6
September Brecon Beacons Habitat management and conservation 8
Ysbyty and
September
Meirionnydd
Footpaths and woodlands 8
September Carmarthenshire Autumn around Carmarthenshire 6
September Stackpole Wonder-walling 5
Colby Woodland
September
Garden
Wildflowers, hedgerows, bats and barn owls 6
North Heathland restoration on St David's
October
Pembrokeshire Peninsula
7
Wales Ysbyty and
October
Meirionnydd
Slash and burn! 9
continued
North Heathland restoration on St David's
October
Pembrokeshire Peninsula
7
Colby Woodland
October
Garden
Hedgerows, fruit and autumn harvest 6
October Stackpole Traditional coppicing in Stackpole Woods 7
Bwlch Mwlchan,
October
Snowdonia
Winter's coming! 7
October/November Dinefwr Halloween family fun 3
Colby Woodland
November
Garden
Woodland and wildlife 7
Dyffryn Mymbyr,
November
Snowdonia
Mountains and trees 9
November Dinefwr Dinefwr traditional Christmas fair 4
Upper
February
Wharfedale
Hege-laying in Upper Wharfedale 7
Upper
March
Wharfedale
Tree planting in Upper Wharfedale 8
April Malham Tarn Weekend ranger 6
May Yorkshire Dales Dales ranger 4
June Bransdale Bransdale ranger experience 8
June Yorkshire Dales Dales ranger 4
Northumberland
July
Coast
Conservation near the coast 8
Upper
July/August
Wharfedale
Get outdoors and active 7
Upper
Yorkshire August
Wharfedale
Family fun in Upper Wharfedale 4
and the
Allen Banks and
North East August
Staward Gorge
Family rangers 4
Cragside Estate
September
and Gardens
Meadow and path maintenance 8
Upper
September
Wharfedale
Dry-stone walling in Upper Wharfedale 8
Cragside Estate
September
and Gardens
Meadow and path maintenance 8
September Malham Tarn Weekend ranger 6
Upper
October
Wharfedale
Tomorrow's veteran trees 7
Northumberland
October
Coast
Conservation near the coast 8
Upper
November
Wharfedale
Tree planting in Upper Wharfedale 8
Contact us on 0344 800 3099 or visit nationaltrust.org.uk/workingholidays 10January/February
January January/February
Ranger for a weekend 6 Boundaries and repairs 7
Cliveden Estate, Buckinghamshire Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
Throughout its 357-year history Cliveden has been Spend a week having a go at the traditional art of
a glittering hub of society, hosting exclusive parties hedge-laying, working alongside the Ticknall Tramway
and political gatherings. Now, Cliveden cordially cycling and walking route around the estate. If you are
welcomes you to spend a weekend helping the ranger already experienced, come and help us get a section
team around the estate. With mile upon mile of paths, completed or, if this is a new skill you would like to
many acres of woodland and over 400,000 visitors a learn, full training will be given. We will rest the arm
year, there is always plenty to do and see. This working muscles for one day to plant young hardwood trees or
weekend offers the chance to see behind the scenes at do some hazel coppicing work.
Cliveden and promises to be yet another great social Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
occasion at this site of great historic value. 18ETZ118 27th-3rd 7 Home Farm Bunkhouse £160
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18BSP270 19th-21st 2 Chilterns Bunkhouse £90
February
Hedge planting in the 6
South Downs
Seriously scrubby 5
Woolbeding Countryside, West Sussex
Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire
Help plant a mix of native hedging trees and standard
trees in our latest project returning arable land to Join us for some action at Clumber and help us to tackle
pasture. We need a new hedgerow to complete the scrub on our heathlands, a Site of Special Scientific
picture. It’s a task where many hands are needed. Interest. The heathlands of Clumber are an important
Hedges provide essential habitat for many birds, habitat for many species of wildlife, including woodlark
small mammals and insects and can reinstate ancient and common lizards. By managing our scrubs at
boundaries in the landscape. The week will include different stages, we can create some really beneficial
opportunities to help with other conservation tasks wildlife habitats.
such as rhododendron clearance in our neighbouring Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
woods and heathland. No previous skills are necessary, 18ESP170 2nd-5th 3 Clumber Park Bunkhouse £95
just a willingness to get stuck in.
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price Swallows and amazons 8
18BTP243 20th-27th 7 Hunter Bunkhouse £160 Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
Working on clearing our historic island, restoring this
The hills are alive 7 beautiful park feature and returning it to its former
Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire glory as part of the designed landscape. You will be
Blow away the Christmas cobwebs and come and chopping and cutting back vegetation to uncover
help us maintain and restore one of the largest areas hidden archaeology and forgotten views. The week will
of chalk grassland in the Chilterns. Chalk grassland involve some bushcraft activites.
is one of the rarest habitats in the country and can Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
support 30 species of plants per 1 square metre. There 18EHP286 3rd-10th 7 Home Farm Bunkhouse £160
are many rare flowers and butterflies which rely on
the work you will be doing. You will be removing cut
vegetation and slashing and burning scrub regrowth.
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
18BSP199 26th-28th 2 Chilterns Bunkhouse £90
Working Holidays 11February cont’d Restoring the Surrey 5
Heathlands
Hindhead Commons, Surrey
A real island adventure 4 If you like variety, then come and enjoy working
Brownsea Island, Dorset with us on the restoration of the Surrey Heathlands.
Brownsea is a 560-acre island situated in Poole You’ll get to see and work on the management of
Harbour, home of Scouting, red squirrels and part of important heathland sites such as the Devil’s Punch
the whole harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest. Bowl and Hindhead. You’ll also pick up some new
It has many special owners and uses. Tasks will range skills by working with craftsmen involved in traditional
from invasive-species clearance, general maintenance, woodland crafts such as charcoal burning and
conservation work and helping get our Outdoor Centre coppicing.
ready for the season. You will get stuck in by helping us Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
improve the presentation of the island while taking in 18BTZ180 10th-17th 7 Hunter Bunkhouse £160
the sights, sounds and unique atmosphere. Additionally,
a half day of activities includes either archery or low
ropes as well as a guided walk and talk about the history A week for nature 7
of the island. Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price Come and help us undertake key management of the
18ATP107 4th-9th 5 South Shore Lodge £165 Ashridge Estate. You will work in both the woodland
and on the nationally important chalk grassland
to gain an insight into the work of a National Trust
Hedge-banks and fences 7 ranger. Scrub clearance and the removal of cut grass
North Pembrokeshire, Pembrokeshire will be included in your week’s task, and your work will
Help us repair missing sections of traditional stone- help the rare butterflies and flowers of the Ashridge
faced hedge-bank and post-and-wire fences at the Estate thrive.
National Trust’s home farm in north Pembrokeshire. Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
Spend one day exploring the Pembrokeshire coastal 18BYP201 11th-17th 6 Chilterns Bunkhouse £165
path on a guided walk, then – depending on sea
conditions – spend a day kayaking or surfing with
local activity provider Preseli Venture and our coastal Hedge-laying in 7
activities ranger. Instructors and equipment will be Upper Wharfedale
supplied. You’ll need to be physically fit for the 6–8 Upper Wharfedale, North Yorkshire
mile guided walk and tasks may require heavy lifting Ever fancied having a go at hedge-laying? We’ve got
and working on rough terrain. loads of hedges that need your valuable assistance
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price in the beautiful setting of Upper Wharfedale. Don’t
18KTQ110 10th-17th 7 Ysgubor Fawr £160 worry if you’ve never done it before as we’ll give you all
the training you need and show you how to use tools
safely. Experienced rangers will be on hand to help all
Hedge-laying 8 week.
South Lakes Countryside, Cumbria
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Hedge-laying is a task undertaken approximately
18GTZ185 16th-23rd 7 Town Head Barn £160
every ten years. A well-laid hedge not only looks good
but helps to encourage new growth and provides an
important habitat for a wealth of small birds, mammals Hedge-laying Arlington style 7
and insects. Using a combination of traditional hand Arlington Court, Devon
tools and teamwork, we’ll end up with a lovely hedge Come and Join the Arlington ranger team and learn all
and a great sense of satisfaction by the end of the about the traditional skill of hedge-laying. This will be a
week. No previous experience necessary, just a good fantastic week where you will use traditional hand tools
level of fitness and a willingness to learn new skills. and be taught traditional skills to complete a section of
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price mature hedge on one of our tenant’s fields overlooking
18JTZ221 10th-17th 7 High Wray Bunkhouse £160 the beautiful Arlington Estate.
– Acland
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18ATZ264 17th-24th 7 Exmoor Bunkhouse £160
See page 38 for details of your accommodation 12February/March
Work in the woods 7 March
South Lakes Countryside, Cumbria
The South Lakes have the largest area of woodland in
the Lake District, ranging from ancient oak woodland A real island adventure 4
to plantations which supply our saw-mill. Come Brownsea Island, Dorset
and learn how they are managed by helping with a
Brownsea is a 560-acre island situated in Poole
variety of tasks, from coppicing and fence removal to
Harbour, home of Scouting, red squirrels and part of
tree-planting and controlling invasive species such as
the whole harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest. It
rhododendron. You’ll spend the week reinvigorating
has had many special owners and uses. Tasks will range
these important habitats, learning about their past and
from invasive-species clearance, general maintenance,
helping to ensure their future.
conservation work and helping get our Outdoor
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price Centre ready for the season. You will get stuck in by
18JTP220 17th-24th 7 High Wray Bunkhouse £160 helping us improve the presentation of the island while
– Acland taking in the sights, sounds and unique atmosphere.
Additionally, a half day of activities includes either
The hills are alive 7 archery or low ropes as well as a guided walk and talk
Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire about the history of the island.
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
Help the next generation of flowers and butterflies
on one of the largest areas of chalk grassland in the 18ATP106 4th-9th 5 South Shore Lodge £165
Chiltern Hills by cutting and removing scrub and grass,
then burning it. Ashridge’s chalk grassland is one of Coppicing and 6
the most important habitats but it is under threat from woodworking
scrub. The grassland supports very rare species of
butterflies and plants, with good areas supporting up Great Langdale and Grasmere, Cumbria
to 30 species of plants per square metre. Come and help us manage our ancient woodland on
the High Close Estate. Using hand tools, you will create
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coppice coups to improve the age structure of the
18BSP198 23rd-25th 2 Chilterns Bunkhouse £90 woodland and increase biodiversity. You will then use
some of the produce in green woodworking with our
partners Wood Matters.
February/March Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
18JSZ203 7th-11th 4 High Wray Bunkhouse £130
– Acland
Mountains and trees 9
Dyffryn Mymbyr, Snowdonia, Gwynedd
Spring season’s greetings 5
Grab a spade and spend three days planting native
trees in one of Wales’s most iconic valleys, whilst Arlington Court, Devon
staying at Dyffryn Mymbyr Farmhouse – a beautiful Spring is a very busy time for the gardeners at Arlington:
holiday cottage with stunning views of Snowdon and the property is getting ready for welcoming visitors and
the surrounding mountains. Due to the rough and lots of maintenance tasks are required to bring it up to
steep terrain you must be physically fit for this holiday. opening standards. Gardening tasks range from brush
clearance and path repair to border work and edging. It
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will be a busy and rewarding week in a beautiful garden
18KHP248 26th-2nd 4 Dyffryn Mymbyr Farmhouse £155 set within a beautiful estate.
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18ATW166 10th-17th 7 Exmoor Bunkhouse £160
West Lakes forestry 8
Wasdale, Cumbria
Come and join the foresters and help them with their
work in the western Lakes. Over the week you will be
‘beating up’ some of our recently planted fell-side
woods with stunning views across the Wasdale and
Eskdale valleys. There will also be some coppicing
work along with invasive-species control. During the
week you will also get the chance to learn how to make
some charcoal in our kiln and take some away with you
for your summer BBQs.
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18JTZ252 10th-17th 7 Wasdale Annexe £160
Working Holidays 13Nether Wasdale footpaths 7
March cont’d Wasdale, Cumbria
The Nether Wasdale property is a mix of stunning
Winkworth Arboretum Estate woodlands, farms and footpaths nestling at the foot
6 of the Wasdale valley. The rangers need your help to
management build kissing gates, hang farm gates and repair fences
Winkworth Arboretum, Surrey on a variety of footpaths across this special part of the
Help the Winkworth gardeners carry out estate- West Lakes.
management work to maintain and develop the National Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
Trust’s only arboretum. With a large variety of seasonal 18JTQ251 17th-24th 7 Wasdale Annexe £160
gardening and countryside management tasks, there’s
something for everyone. You could be replacing steps,
footpath maintenance, general infrastructure tasks, tree Paths and ponds 6
planting and coppicing. There will also be an opportunity Colby Woodland Garden, Pembrokeshire
for guided walks. Help us to make our wildlife ponds and wetland even
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price better for wildlife, adding marginal and pond-plants,
18BTW276 10th-17th 7 Hunter Bunkhouse £160 and more thickets of willow and dogwood to shelter
wildlife. Also help surface a new access path, so that
visitors can get closer to the rich wildlife. You’ll work
Nature trail 6 alongside our gardeners and other volunteers to make
Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire our wetland wildlife habitat even more amazing. We’ll
Come and help the rangers create a woodland nature also be creating new artificial otter-holts in the estate
trail. We will be planting trees, building sculptures and woodland. There will be a wide range of other estate
sowing wildflower seed to create a fantastic haven for and garden tasks thrown in to keep things varied and
wildlife and a special place for visitors to learn and enjoy. interesting!
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18ETN173 11th-16th 5 Clumber Park Bunkhouse £140 18KHW260 17th-24th 7 Little Craig-y-Borion £190
Lundy Island ranger week 7 Spring around Carmarthenshire 6
Lundy Island, Devon Carmarthenshire
Join the ranger for a week of practical conservation Spend a week visiting a variety of National
work on the stunning Lundy Island. Lundy is a SSSI, Trust properties around the beautiful county of
home to a wide rarity of special and important flora Carmarthenshire, from the visitor hubs of Dolaucothi
and fauna. You could be working on any part of the Gold Mines and Dinefwr Park to the remote coastal
3 mile by ½ mile island; on the heathland plateau, paths with only the seagulls for company. We will be
in one of the tree copses or on the scenic east coast undertaking a variety of tasks, from clearing vegetation
sidelands. Work will range from dry-stone and mortar to scrubbing signs and gates ready for the coming year.
walling to fencing and restoration of the walled Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
gardens but will primarily involve the eradication of 18KTP125 17th-24th 7 Dinefwr Bunkhouse £160
the rhododendron as part of a fourteen-year-plus
project.
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Moorland conservation 8
18ATP290 12th-19th 7 The Barn £160
in the Peak District
Dark Peak Estate, Derbyshire
Come and spend a weekend on the Dark Peak moors
Cutting and clearing for wildlife 8 in the Peak District. Help to conserve and improve
Ludshott and Selborne, Hampshire moorland habitat and landscape, benefiting wildlife
Help out with a range of conservation tasks, including and preserving the stunning moorland views. Tasks
removing invasive trees from the heathland, to benefit may include removal of invasive species, moorland
native wildlife on Ludshott Common by opening fence removal or planting to help revegetation
glades in the ancient woodland of Selborne and work. The terrain is steep and the weather can be
providing feeding places for butterflies. You could unpredictable so come prepared.
also be working to widen rides and restore grassland Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
habitats, or improve access into these tracts of wild 18ESP241 23rd-25th 2 Dalehead Bunkhouse £90
countryside, so there is plenty of variety and new skills
to learn.
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18BTP143 17th-24th 7 Hunter Bunkhouse £160
See page 4 for help on how to choose your working holiday 14March/April
Tree planting in 8 Good eggs wanted 3
Upper Wharfedale Chartwell, Kent
Upper Wharfedale, North Yorkshire We are looking for energetic people to help us with our
Help to bring nature back to the fells high above popular Easter events. The holiday will be split over
Wharfedale. You’ll be planting trees in a remote three of our properties, Chartwell, Emmetts Garden
location, which will require some uphill walking and and Quebec House, assisting over the Easter weekend
working on steep and uneven ground. It’ll be worth it with our Easter Egg trails in the gardens at each site –
though as you’ll be surrounded by magnificent views setting up, selling trails and handing out prizes, along
over hay meadows, woodland and wide expanses of with other tasks. Participants should be ready to work
moorland. with the public of all ages and have a good sense of
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18GSZ192 23rd-25th 2 Town Head Barn £90 Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
18BTU141 28th-4th 7 Octavia Hill Bunkhouse £160
Clearing Tennyson’s View 6
Black Down, Surrey
Come and join us at Black Down so you too can say,
April
as the poet Tennyson did, ‘you came and looked and
loved the view, long known and loved by me, green
Sussex fading into blue, with one grey glimpse of sea’.
Easter eco adventure 5
You’ll be clearing birch and pine scrub to bring life to Stackpole, Pembrokeshire
the heaths and tackling rhododendron to restore our Come and bring the whole family to the beautiful
woods. You’ll also be carrying out construction and Stackpole Estate, where you will take part in
maintenance tasks across the estate to help look after conservation tasks on our beautiful beaches,
and care for this wonderful corner of the South Downs woodlands and lakesides. Task may include scrub
National Park. clearance, path maintenance and beach cleaning.
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price There will be lots of opportunities to learn new skills
and bond as a family. You will also get a chance to go
18BTQ176 24th-31st 7 Hunter Bunkhouse £160
mountain biking around the Stackpole grounds. What
better way to spend the Easter holidays?
March/April Ref
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Date
3rd-6th
Nts
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Accommodation
Stackpole – Kestrel
Price
£125
Easter fun 4 Tracks and trail running 7
Dinefwr, Carmarthenshire Croyde, Woolacombe and Mortehoe, Devon
Come and help the teams at Dinefwr Park and If you love exploring the great outdoors and you love
Dolaucothi to deliver an Eggtastic Easter of fun for all running or have always wanted to run, then this trail
the family. You will help with setting up parking and running holiday is for you. On two of the days you will
Easter trails before the big weekend and then it’s all help the rangers repair some of the coast path and
hands on deck to help make Easter an amazing memory on the other two days you will be led by a qualified
for our visitors. trail-running coach who will also advise on nutrition,
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price training plans and strength and conditioning needed
for trail runners. Distances covered will be dependent
18KTU124 28th-4th 7 Dinefwr Bunkhouse £160
on the experience and fitness of the group and can be
split if experience and fitness varies.
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18ATN164 8th-13th 5 Exmoor Bunkhouse £225
Gardening at the Towers 5
Millbeck Towers, Cumbria
We are once again running a working holiday
concentrating on the continued restoration of the huge
garden at Millbeck Towers holiday cottage. Continuing
to work to the ten-year plan, we hope to restore the
gardens to their former glory for all to enjoy.
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18JHW168 13th-20th 7 Millbeck Towers £175
Holiday Cottage
Working Holidays 15April cont’d Hedge-banks and fences 7
North Pembrokeshire, Pembrokeshire
Help us repair missing sections of traditional stone-faced
Fell farm experience 7 hedge-bank and post-and-wire fences at the National
Wasdale, Cumbria Trust’s home farm in north Pembrokeshire. Spend one
Join in working on a Wasdale Head fell farm at the day exploring the Pembrokeshire coastal path on a
most exciting time of the year – lambing season. This guided walk, then – depending on sea conditions – spend
is a basic, general introduction to life on a fell farm a day kayaking or surfing with local activity provider
where you’re sure to gain plenty of new skills. Your Preseli Venture and our coastal activities ranger.
work will cover most aspects of a working farm; you Instructors and equipment will be supplied. You’ll need
could be doing anything from working with the sheep to be physically fit for the 6–8 mile guided walk and tasks
and lambs, to carrying out traditional Lakeland tasks may require heavy lifting and working on rough terrain.
such as dry-stone walling. Where possible, there will Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
be opportunities to learn about and help out with 18KTQ109 21st-28th 7 Ysgubor Fawr £160
lambing the Herdwick ewes.
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price Spring in the 4
18JTV108 14th-21st 7 Wasdale Annexe £160 kitchen garden
Colby Woodland Garden, Pembrokeshire
Walls and woodlands 8 You’ll be staying in a restored farmhouse at Little
Ysbyty and Meirionnydd, Conwy Craig-y-Borion Farm, preparing the farmhouse kitchen
Join the rangers on the Dolmelynllyn Estate, near garden for the year to come so that working holidays
Dolgellau, to learn the traditional skill of dry-stone and other residential volunteers can continue to enjoy
walling, before spending some time improving the fresh, home-grown food. Weather permitting, you’ll also
woodland habitats on the Ysbyty Estate. help bring the building up to standard for the year with
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a fresh coat of limewash and paint. There will also be a
wide range of other estate and garden tasks thrown in
18KTP212 15th-21st 6 Hendre Isaf £150
to keep things varied and interesting!
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Wool and walling 7 18KHW259 21st-28th 7 Little Craig-y-Borion £190
West Exmoor, Devon
Get involved in lambing on our stunning coastal A real island adventure
property on Exmoor, Kipscombe Farm, overlooking
4
Brownsea Island, Dorset
the Bristol Channel above Lynmouth. Join Andrew,
our shepherd, at this hectic, exciting and thoroughly Brownsea is a 560-acre island situated in Poole
rewarding time of year, and get up close and personal Harbour, home of Scouting, red squirrels and part of
with some of Exmoor’s newest, most charismatic the whole harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest. It
inhabitants. You can also take the opportunity to wind has had many special owners and uses. Tasks will range
down a bit and help with rebuilding traditional Exmoor from invasive-species clearance, general maintenance,
stone field boundaries – it’s hard work but hugely conservation work and helping get our Outdoor Centre
satisfying and strangely relaxing. ready for the season. You will get stuck in by helping
us to improve the presentation of the island while
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taking in the sights, sounds and unique atmosphere.
18ADV279 16th-23rd 7 Exmoor Bunkhouse £160 Additionally, a half day of activities includes either
archery or low ropes as well as a guided walk and talk
Weekend ranger 6 about the history of the island.
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Spend a weekend helping rangers around the Malham 18ATP105 22nd-27th 5 South Shore Lodge £165
Tarn area of the Yorkshire Dales. There is plenty to
do with a range of tasks to get stuck into. You could
be painting iron boundary fences, removing willow
scrub, getting muddy clearing ponds or planting trees.
Whatever the weather you’ll have fun and make new
friends. There is lots to do and it is a great chance to
see parts of this area you may not have visited before.
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18GSP278 20th-22nd 2 Town Head Barn £90
Contact us on 0344 800 3099 or visit nationaltrust.org.uk/workingholidays 16May
April/May Caring for historic interiors 2
and collections in Beatrix
Potter country
Heroes of the coast path 7 South Lakes – Hill Top, Cumbria
Croyde, Woolacombe and Mortehoe, Devon Learn about the care of historic collections in the
Come and work alongside the rangers on the most National Trust and help with some of the regular
breathtaking 13-mile stretch of coast from Ilfracombe conservation techniques we use to protect and conserve
to Croyde Bay. Carrying your tools, you will work your our objects. Expert, professional training on object
way along the South West Coast Path with pick and handling and basic conservation principles is included,
shovel, making improvements as you go. Be prepared and you’ll join our team of conservation staff as they
for hard graft levelling paths, replacing steps, cutting look after our Hill Top, Beatrix Potter Gallery and Wray
back vegetation and mending walls – your reward is Castle properties. This holiday would suit anyone with
spectacular views. an interest in caring for historic objects or looking for a
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price career in the heritage sector.
18ATP163 29th-6th 7 Exmoor Bunkhouse £160 Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
18JTX172 13th-19th 6 High Wray Bunkhouse £170
- Acland
May
Dales ranger 4
Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire
Dry-stone walling 8 This holiday is specifically aimed at physically able
South Lakes Countryside, Cumbria people with learning disabilities working alongside a
An integral part of the Lake District’s beautiful same-sex carer/family member who comes with them.
landscape, dry-stone walls act as a stock-proof barrier Join us in the glorious Yorkshire Dales to help keep
for farmers’ livestock and an invaluable habitat for the area beautiful and accessible. We will carry out a
wildlife. Learn how these fascinating constructions mix of conservation activities. The work will require
are made with instruction from experienced rangers, physical ability to move around the site and may be
ensuring your wall will be there for you to revisit physically demanding. We adapt tasks to suit ability,
for many years. Although dry-stone walling can be with everyone working at their own pace. If you are
strenuous and patience is required, absolute beginners considering this holiday please call Roisin on 01729
are very welcome. By the end of the week you’ll never 830416 for a chat before booking. The cost of this
look at a pile of stones in the same way again! holiday includes the participant and their carer/family
member.
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18JTZ219 5th-12th 7 High Wray Bunkhouse £160
- Acland 18GDP232 14th-17th 3 Town Head Barn £190
Ranger for a week 7 Clefting and clearing 9
Golden Cap, Dorset Ysbyty and Meirionnydd, Conwy
Come and work alongside the ranger team for a week Come and learn the age-old craft of creating cleft
to help them with the wide range of tasks required at oak stakes and rails by spending a couple of days at
this time of year. Working on our Jurassic Coast and Dolmelynllyn Estate, near Dolgellau, before helping
Iron Age sites, you will have a huge variety of work. to improve woodland habitats on the Ysbyty Estate.
We will need help to carry out footpath maintenance, Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
fencing, erosion repairs and other ranger tasks as 18KSP211 14th-18th 4 Hendre Isaf £120
required.
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18ATP227 12th-19th 7 Stonebarrow Bunkhouse £160
Working Holidays 17May cont’d Walling, wildlife and 5
coasteering
Croyde, Woolacombe and Mortehoe, Devon
West Lakes countryside 8 The North Devon coast boasts dry-stone walls and
management stone-faced hedge-banks that are over 200 years old
Duddon and Eskdale, Cumbria and in need of restoration. Learn the art of stone-
Assist the rangers with a variety of landscape and faced hedge-banking and provide vital habitats for
ecologically enhancing works. You could be carrying many wildflowers, as well as home for voles, reptiles,
out dry-stone walling, fencing, footpath restoration insects and birds. On your day off, try your hand at
and scrub removal. We will take you on a guided walk coasteering: don your wetsuit and traverse the rocky
to illustrate how your work today will directly help cliff as you make your way along the coast at Baggy
to maintain our upland heritage (walls), landscape Point, in partnership with H2Outdoor.
and ecology for the future. Project selection may Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
vary depending on local priorities at the time or the 18ATP162 20th-27th 7 Exmoor Bunkhouse £225
weather! A reasonable level of fitness, a willingness to
learn and a sense of humour is all that is required – we
will supply the rest. May/June
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18JTP146 16th-23rd 7 Wasdale Annexe £160
Woods, lakes and 5
Re-discovering the 7 breathtaking beaches
Stackpole, Pembrokeshire
eighteenth-century
A working holiday with a difference, ideal for the whole
industrial landscape family. Based at the wonderful Stackpole Estate in
Colby Woodland Garden, Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire, you’ll be helping with conservation
Help us reclaim more of our history and discover a tasks such as beach cleaning, scrub clearance and
secret lake and waterfall. Help us clear a new path gardening in our beautiful woodlands and lakes.
to the 200-year-old dam and water-management Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
systems hidden away in the estate woodland. There
18KFP114 29th-1st 3 Stackpole – Kestrel £125
will be footpath restoration and construction of steps
to help us provide access to long-hidden historic
features. There will also be a wide range of other estate
and garden tasks available to keep things varied and June
interesting.
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18KHW258 19th-26th 7 Little Craig-y-Borion £190
Fix the fells upland 10
path repairs
South Lakes Countryside, Cumbria
Spring around Carmarthenshire 6 A fantastic opportunity to learn about the work the
Carmarthenshire Fix the Fells partnership does to look after our upland
Spend a week visiting a variety of National Trust paths. Working alongside the National Trust’s own
properties around the beautiful county of teams you’ll tackle the strenuous but rewarding task of
Carmarthenshire, from the visitor hubs of Dolaucothi path building and repair, learning the sort of skills only
Gold Mines and Dinefwr Park to the remote coastal a select few people know. You’ll also spend a day with
paths with only the seagulls for company. We will be the Fix the Fells volunteers, discovering the essential
undertaking a variety of tasks from clearing vegetation part this dedicated group plays in the project. Please
to scrubbing signs and gates ready for the coming year. come prepared for plenty of walking in the hills and for
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price unpredictable weather.
18KTP123 19th-26th 7 Dinefwr Bunkhouse £160 Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
18JTQ218 2nd-9th 7 High Wray Bunkhouse £160
– Acland
See page 38 for details of your accommodation 18June
Plant a parterre 5 The Devil’s in the detail 7
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire Devil’s Dyke, West Sussex
Waddesdon Manor has one of the finest bedding plant The rangers at Devil’s Dyke need your help to look
displays in the UK and it is at this time of year that we after the archaeology and wildlife of this stunning
replace the old with the new, transforming the parterre chalk downland area, in Britain’s newest National Park.
in just a few days with thousands of bedding plants. Help us to erect essential stock fencing, maintain
This is gardening on a grand scale and is guaranteed walking paths and perhaps enjoy a raging fire as we
to give you great satisfaction when viewing your work burn scrub cleared from sensitive areas of grassland.
from within the manor. There is an opportunity to We will take you on a guided walk to explain how your
enjoy Waddesdon’s history with a garden and manor work will directly contribute towards its conservation.
tour. Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price 18BTP128 9th-16th 7 Slindon Bunkhouse £160
18BSW132 3rd-6th 3 Chilterns Bunkhouse £95
Plant a parterre 5
Footpaths of Snowdonia 10 Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
Bwlch Mwlchan, Snowdonia, Gwynedd Waddesdon Manor has one of the finest bedding plant
Learn the subtle art of footpath maintenance with our displays in the UK and it is at this time of year that we
rangers as you help to repair a badly eroded stretch replace the old with the new, transforming the parterre
of footpath. Your work will help us to keep this area in just a few days with thousands of bedding plants.
beautiful by reducing erosion scars whilst also helping This is gardening on a grand scale and is guaranteed
to protect fragile upland habitats from trampling and to give you great satisfaction when viewing your work
soil loss. On your day off you will have the chance to from within the manor. There is opportunity to enjoy
join a guided walk with our rangers. The work tasks will Waddesdon’s history with a garden and manor tour.
be on remote, steep and rough terrain so you must be Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
physically fit for this holiday.
18BSW131 10th-13th 3 Chilterns Bunkhouse £95
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
18KTP247 3rd-9th 6 Bwlch Mwlchan £150
Grafting on the 6
Greensand Ridge
Bransdale ranger experience 8 West Kent Countryside, Kent
Bransdale, North Yorkshire
Come and explore this special part of Kent, situated
Staying in the historic and newly refurbished
on some of the highest points of the Greensand Ridge.
Bransdale Mill, you’ll be assisting the ranger team on a
With sweeping views across the Weald and beyond, it’s
variety of practical tasks in the beautiful and secluded
easy to see why this area is so loved by everyone who
valley of Bransdale in the North York Moors. Tasks
visits. As part of your working holiday you will assist
could include dry-stone walling, fencing or clearing
our friendly rangers at properties including Toys Hill to
vegetation.
undertake woodland tasks, footpath maintenance and
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price habitat management.
18GSP151 5th-8th 3 Bransdale Mill Bunkhouse £115
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18BTP140 10th-16th 6 Octavia Hill Bunkhouse £150
Coast path heroes 8
West Exmoor, Devon
Feeling fit? Fancy a challenge in a truly outstanding
environment? Come and help our ranger team in their
efforts to keep our stretch of the South West Coast Path
in superb condition. There may be heavy lifting involved,
you will be working hard in all weathers, with hand tools,
but companionship, cake and a sense of satisfaction at a
job well done are reward enough for the effort.
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
18ADP280 8th-15th 7 Exmoor Bunkhouse £160
Working Holidays 19June cont’d Farmhouse face-lift 6
and brush-bash
Colby Woodland Garden, Pembrokeshire
Dales ranger 4 You’ll be staying in the restored old farmhouse at Little
Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire Craig-y-Borion Farm, where you’ll be helping staff
This holiday is specifically aimed at physically able and volunteers maintain and repaint the old building
people with learning disabilities working alongside a with traditional limewash. You’ll also be working in the
same-sex carer/family member who comes with them. garden and on the estate to clear undergrowth away
Join us in the glorious Yorkshire Dales to help keep the from some of our hidden treasures, both rare plants and
area beautiful and accessible. We will carry out a mix of hidden archaeology. There will also be a wide range of
conservation activities. The work will require physical other estate and garden tasks thrown in, to keep things
ability to move around the site and may be physically varied and interesting!
demanding. We adapt tasks to suit ability, with everyone Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
working at their own pace. If you are considering this 18KHQ257 16th-23rd 7 Little Craig-y-Borion £190
holiday please call Roisin on 01729 830416 for a chat
before booking. The cost of this holiday includes the
participant and their carer/family member. Fix the fells in Wasdale 10
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price Wasdale, Cumbria
18GDP231 11th-14th 3 Town Head Barn £190 Join the Fix the Fells team in beautiful Wasdale to help
conserve the magnificent upland landscape on and
around the Scafell massif. Home to England’s highest
Walking and working 7 mountain, Scafell Pike, and deepest lake, Wast Water,
the rides Wasdale is truly a special place to be. Work can be
Cliveden Estate, Buckinghamshire strenuous with a lot of walking, but if you’re up for
Perched high over the River Thames, our wooded cliffs the challenge why not lend a hand with various path
are criss-crossed with tree-lined rides and viewpoints maintenance tasks and learn about the day-to-day life
offering spectacular panoramas of Cliveden house and of an upland ranger.
the Berkshire countryside. With careful restoration Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
and management your work will ensure that these 18JTQ171 16th-23rd 7 Wasdale Annexe £160
historic walks and vistas are kept open for all to enjoy.
A member of our ranger team will lead a guided walk
on Sunday afternoon, offering further insights into the
Dinefwr Food Festival 3
management of the wider estate. Dinefwr, Carmarthenshire
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price Come along and help the team at Dinefwr Park to
deliver a tasty treat for our visitors. The food festival
18BSP269 15th-17th 2 Chilterns Bunkhouse £90
will be in its third year and is gaining in popularity fast!
You will help to steward the cooking tent and the talks,
By sea and by land 8 guide our visitors around the festival to make sure they
Arlington Court, Devon fully experience the tasty delights on offer, help with
This is a holiday with a difference; you will be working on parking and generally be our extra hands on deck. We
the beautiful Arlington Estate with views of the nearby cannot do it without you so come and join in and bring
Exmoor on various conservation projects led by one on the sunshine.
of the rangers which could include fencing, invasive- Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price
weed control and Devon stone-faced walling repair. 18KTU122 21st-28th 7 Dinefwr Bunkhouse £160
On two separate days, and in partnership with Exmoor
Adventures, you will explore the wild and rugged
coastline coasteering and sea kayaking – looking back
Tree box-ercise 6
on the land. Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire
Ref Date Nts Accommodation Price On this holiday you will be working with one of
the Ashridge rangers in the Grade II* listed historic
18ATP263 16th-23rd 7 Exmoor Bunkhouse £225
parkland. As part of the park restoration, you will use
basic carpentry skills to install hardwood tree protection
boxes. We’ll be using timber from the estate milled in
our own saw-mill. These boxes will protect the next
generation of locally grown oak trees that will in time
become stunning parkland trees.
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18BSZ197 22nd-24th 2 Chilterns Bunkhouse £90
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