It was lovely dry and sunny day, so I headed down to Devon to visit a couple of National Trust properties. I headed down the M5 towards Tiverton and then to Knightshayes.
I have visited Knightshayes twice before, once in January 2023 and then again in May 2025.
Knightshayes
Explore vibrant post-war gardens, miles of 19th-century parkland and grand Gothic Revival architecture by Victorian visionary, William Burges.
Current saving £52.70
One adult £17.00
Parking £4.80
Total saving £21.80
Cumulative saving £170.50
Membership cost £96
Net cumulative saving £74.50
This is a place of splendour. There are some incredible rooms and delightful furniture in the house. This time the Burges bedroom was closed, but I had seen that before on my last visit.
As with most National Trust properties I visit, I walked around the house twice, you often miss things on that first wander, so I always appreciate the second look. After my tour of the house, I went for a walk in the woodland garden.
I did think about lunch, but the cafe was very busy and there was something of a queue. Collecting my car I headed off.
This year I have planned to visit fifty places (as I did last year). Each time I visit a place I will post a blog post and some photographs. I can’t repeat places, and in an extra twist I can’t use the fifty places I visited in 2025 in the list as well which is why Knightshayes is not my on my #50places26 list.