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National Trust Podcast

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  • Delve into immersive tales of history, nature and adventure with the award-winning National Trust Podcast. From wild landscapes to heritage sites and historical legends, unearth fascinating stories about people and places in the UK. This series, travel to the 1930s to unmask the eccentric Ferguson’s Gang, find out how the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree impacted the community, and discover what life was like for the people who toiled deep in a Roman gold mine. To learn more about podcasts from the National Trust go to http://nationaltrust.org.uk/podcasts This podcast is made by the National Trust, Europe’s biggest conservation charity. Looking after history, nature and beauty for everyone to enjoy.
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  • Coming up on the National Trust Podcast

    Coming up on the National Trust Podcast
    Jul 25 2024
    There’s loads more to come this season from the National Trust Podcast.
    We’ll be exploring Northern Ireland, hearing how heritage properties in Norfolk and Egypt are working together, and marking one year since the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree.
    But it's not just new adventures on the horizon.
    We’ll be sharing one of our favourite ranger episodes to celebrate World Ranger Day, as well as a classic 2-parter to help inspire your summer travels.
    And if that’s not enough, head to https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/virtual-visit/podcasts to check out past series and specialist playlists.
    And if you’ve enjoyed our episodes so far this year, why not vote for us in the British Podcast Awards. You can do that here too https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/virtual-visit/podcasts. Just look for the picture of the girl on her phone in a tent!
    Happy listening and have a great summer from the National Trust Podcast Team.
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    1 min
  • Going Underground | Inside a Roman Gold Mine

    Going Underground | Inside a Roman Gold Mine
    Jul 18 2024
    Deep under the hillsides of Carmarthenshire lie the remains of the UK’s only known Roman gold mines. With a head torch to guide the way, James Grasby ventures into the void to unearth the secrets that lurk in the darkness and finds out the pioneering efforts that the Romans went to in order to extract this precious metal.

    Click here to view these show notes in Welsh

    [Ad from our sponsor] This podcast episode is sponsored by family history website Findmypast. What was life like for domestic servants, workers and local communities at our most fascinating heritage sites? Discover how people from all walks of life lived and worked, and who with, in hundreds of census records, for free, by signing up with Findmypast. And find out about the free trial that you could use to explore your family history. See where the past takes you at: findmypast.co.uk/national-trust

    Production
    Host : James Grasby
    Producer : Jack Glover
    Sound Design: Jesus Gomez

    Discover More
    The Dolaucothi Roman Gold Mine is part of the UK80, a must-see route of places cared for by the National Trust and National Trust for Scotland. You can discover every stop along the way inside the Grand Adventure Map, the ultimate map for planning a Great British adventure https://shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/national-trust-grand-adventure-map.html

    For info on visiting Dolaucothi and it’s Roman History please visit https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wales/dolaucothi

    Join in with this year’s festival of archaeology taking place at Dolaucothi and other National Trust properties nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wales/dolaucothi/events/01df4ea5-2586-4968-8836-84909387a9fd

    If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk
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    24 mins
  • City Growing with Tayshan Hayden-Smith

    City Growing with Tayshan Hayden-Smith
    Jun 27 2024
    Ex-professional footballer Tayshan Hayden-Smith turned to the healing power of nature after the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy in 2017. Since then, he’s been on a journey to bring access to nature to all. He shows ranger Kate Martin around his local community garden and together they see that a garden can be anywhere and anything.

    Later Kate heads to the National Trust’s Sutton House to see the garden they’ve created out of an old car scrapyard and learns how to grow in small and unusual spaces.


    [Ad from our sponsor]

    This episode is supported by Blue Diamond Garden Centres. Fill your space with beauty and heritage with a collection of bulbs, seeds and plants, curated by Blue Diamond Garden Centres working with National Trust gardeners. A minimum of 10% of the retail selling price will be given to support the National Trust’s conservation work and ambitions to plant and establish 20 million trees by 2030.

    https://www.bluediamond.gg/national-trust


    Production:
    Host: Kate Martin
    Producer: Pippa Tilbury-Harris
    Sound Editor: Jesus Gomez


    Discover more:

    Find out more about gardener and activist Tayshan Hayden-Smith’s community work here: https://www.growtoknow.world/

    You can read about growing in small spaces in ‘Small Space Revolution’ by Tayshan Hayden-Smith.
    Inside Tayshan demonstrates 20 different practical projects you can create to positively change small outdoor spaces and pulls out inspiration from community gardens around the world.

    You can buy the book here: https://www.dk.com/uk/book/9780241680445-small-space-revolution/


    If you’d like to learn more about gardening with tips from our experts, you can here: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/gardening-tips


    If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk
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    23 mins
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