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We were allowed to at NT Stourhead a couple of years ago. There is a CL there, but we asked if we could park overnight in the huge car park (on grass) and the answer was yes. A note was taken of our name and registration number, and I think we paid Ā£5 or something like that - I can't really remember about payment, but if there was one, it was very small. And there were toilets, which I think were open 24/7.Although we have never had a problem parking motorhomes at NT properties during the day it would be great if they would accommodate overnight stops at some, even if there was a charge.
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And I sometimes ask as myself, why do I need to pay 'again' to enter an English Heritage property, when we the Great British public - the nation of taxpayers - already own it!
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https://www.barclays.co.uk/premier-banking/current-accounts/Barclays Premiere Current Account holders (not a paid-for account), have free access to English Heritage properties.
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Don't take this too seriously, because I'm not trying to wind you, or anybody else, up - but would you expect to pay to walk in your local park? Surely that requires expenditure to keep it in a fit state to be enjoyed by the public? But the local council will no doubt have decided it is a facility that should be of benefit to all; the operation of which is paid for out of LA funds (ie predominantly Council taxpayers).Because acquiring the property is a one-off overhead cost, whereas maintaining it and opening it to visitors is an ongoing cost. The vast majority of taxpayers who 'own' it will probably never visit it, so let those who do choose to visit it pay for keeping it open.
I work at a historic site owned by the local council, so in effect, paid for by local council tax payers (like me). Even if it was closed to the public it would still have running costs. If we let everybody in for nothing the local council tax payers (like me) would have to pay more for it to stay open. By trying to claw a bit of money back from those who choose to visit we lower the council tax burden on those who don't. It's one of the reasons why I object to free admissions on Heritage Open Days - I'm subsidising them
Something that niggles me about the National Trust is how they charge so much for entry but staff many of their sites with unpaid volunteers. Obviously we're free to do what we please with our spare time, but when you consider the ridiculous prices on their pot pourri and their jars of traditional hand-crafted weasel and hemlock conserve in the gift shop you'd have thought they might slip their guides a few quid for their efforts.
And I sometimes ask myself, why do I need to pay 'again' to enter an English Heritage property, when we the Great British public - the nation of taxpayers - already own it!
And I get the same feeling when asked to pay a huge admission to visit Westonbirt Arboretum (Forestry Commission).
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on a point of interest, you can join the NT for Scotland for much less that the English derivative and get all the same benefits. I believe this might apply world wide, possibly even suggested higher up re New Zealand could well be even cheaper
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