50 Things To Do Before You Are 11 3/4!

While the National Trust's '50 Things' list might feel all a bit 'Five Go...' actually it's very difficult to argue with any of the activities suggested within it. If you could actually do them all at the venues suggested then you probably deserve life membership...

The list is below, but for more information visit: https://www.50things.org.uk/

1. Climb a tree – Wallington, Northumberland

2. Roll down a really big hill – Croome, Midlands

3. Camp out in the wild – Gibside, Yorkshire

4. Build a den – Lyme Park, Stockport

5. Skim a stone – Fell Foot Park, Cumbria

6. Run around in the rain - Finch Foundry, Dartmoor

7. Fly a kite - Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire

8. Catch a fish with a net – Parke, Dartmoor

9. Eat an apple straight from a tree – Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion Coast

10. Play conkers - Osterley Park and House, London

11. Go on a really long bike ride - Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire

12. Make a trail with sticks - Longshaw and Eastern Moors, Peak District

13. Make a mud pie - Moseley Old Hall, Staffordshire

14. Dam a stream – Prior Park Landscape Garden, Bath

15. Play in the snow - Bodiam Castle, East Sussex, Winchelsea Countryside

16. Make a daisy chain - Lacock Abbey, North Wiltshire

17. Set up a snail race - Lyveden New Bield, Midlands

18. Create some wild art - Sheringham Park, Norfolk

19. Play Pooh sticks – Mottisfont, Hampshire

20. Jump over waves - Compton Bay and Downs, Isle of Wight

21. Pick blackberries growing in the wild - Castle Ward, County Down

22. Explore inside a tree - Hatfield Forest, Essex

23. Visit a farm - Cuckmere Valley, South Downs

24. Go on a walk barefoot - Strumble Head to Cardigan, Pembrokeshire

25. Make a grass trumpet - Hare Hill, Cheshire & Wirral Countryside

26. Hunt for fossils and bones - Birling Gap and the Seven Sisters, South Downs

27. Go star gazing – Tyntesfield, Bristol

28. Climb a huge hill - Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire

29. Explore a cave - Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

30. Hold a scary beast - Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire

31. Hunt for bugs - Hardcastle Crags, West Yorkshire Countryside

32. Find some frogspawn – Springhill, Mid Ulster

33. Catch a falling leaf - Rowallane Garden, County Down

34. Track wild animals - Castle Drogo, Devon

35. Discover what’s in a pond - Florence Court, County Fermanagh

36. Make a home for a wild animal - Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal, Yorkshire

37. Check out the crazy creatures in a rock pool - South Milton Sands, Devon

38. Bring up a butterfly – Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill, Cambridge

39. Catch a crab - Plas Newydd, Wales

40. Go on a nature walk at night - Nostell Priory and Parkland, Yorkshire

41. Plant it, grow it, eat it - Tredegar House, South East Wales

42. Go swimming in the sea - Llyn peninsula, Llyn Wales

43. Build a raft – Borrowdale, North Lakes

44. Go bird watching - Kingston Lacy, West Dorset

45. Find your way with a map and compass – Chartwell, Kent

46. Try rock climbing - Brimham Rocks, Harrogate

47. Cook on a campfire – Stackpole, Pembrokeshire

48. Learn to ride a horse - Clandon Park, London

49. Find a geocache – Sizergh, South East Cumbria

50. Canoe down a river – Brancaster Millennium Activity Centre, Norfolk Coast

 

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