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Visitors exploring the parterre garden at Hanbury Hall and Gardens, Worcestershire
Some brilliant National Trusts attractions around Birmingham and the Midlands are opening their doors for free this month.
It’s part of the National Lottery’s Open Week, allowing visitors to get free or cheaper tickets to hundreds of National Trust properties around the country.
You simply have to take along a paper or digital lottery ticket of any date to gain free entry.
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The National Lottery’s Open Week runs from March 7 to 15, 2026.
Be sure to check the National Lottery Open Week website beforehand to avoid disappointment.
National Trust properties around Birmingham opening for free
Here’s a selection of National Trust attractions in the West Midlands where you can visit for free, and the dates you can get there:
Baddesley Clinton
Tudor, timber-framed manor house Baddesley Clinton has a moat, walled gardens and Elizabethan rooms.
Free entry: March 7 – 14
Rising Lane, Knowle, Solihull B93 0DQ
The medieval moated manor house and garden at Baddesley Clinton(Image: Birmingham Mail)
Packwood House
Timber-framed Tudor manor house Packwood House has a wealth of tapestries and fine furniture plus a park and garden.
Free entry: March 7 – 14
Packwood Lane, Lapworth, Solihull B94 6AT
Kinver Edge
Kinver Edge is a sandstone ridge and hill fort overlooking dramatic red sandstone rock houses with fabulous views, near Stourbridge.
Free entry: March 7 -8 and 13 – 14
Holy Austin Rock Houses, Compton Road, Kinver, near Stourbridge, Staffordshire, DY7 6DL
Glorious Kinver Edge is a great place for summer walks and it’s only 45 minutes from Birmingham(Image: Lucy Rebecca – National Trust Images)
Charlecote Park
Grand 16th-century country house Charlecote Park is surrounded by its own deer park, on the banks of the River Avon near Wellesbourne.
Free entry: March 7 – 14
Charlecote, Warwick CV35 9ER
Wightwick Manor and Gardens
Victorian Wightwick Manor is home to a Pre-Raphaelite art collection in Wolverhampton.
Free entry: March 7 – 15
Wightwick Bank, Wolverhampton WV6 8EE
The exterior of the Victorian half-timbered Manor House at Wightwick Manor and Gardens, West Midlands(Image: ©National Trust Images/Annapurna Mellor)
Brockhampton
A traditionally farmed estate and medieval manor house in Herefordshire.
Free entry: March 7 – 14
Bringsty, Herefordshire WR6 5TB
Hanbury Hall
A country house from 1701 with restored period details and an orchard and set in gardens and parkland in Droitwich Spa.
Free entry: March 7 – 14
School Road, Droitwich Spa WR9 7EA
Shugborough Estate
Shugborough Estate is a stately home on the edge of Cannock Chase with a Georgian mansion house and walled garden.
Free entry: March 7 – 14
Great Haywood, Staffordshire ST17 0XB
Coventry Charterhouse
A medieval monastic house Coventry Charterhouse is set in 1.7 acres of walled garden surrounded by a wildlife pond and a community orchard.
Free entry: March 7 – 8 and 11 – 14
Charterhouse, London Road, Coventry, CV1 2JR
Croome Court
An 18th century house in Upton upon Severn with a natural play area and RAF themed playground together with Capability Brown landscaped gardens and a tearoom.
Free entry: March 7 – 14
High Street, Upton upon Severn, Worcester WR8 9DW
Biddulph Grange Garden
A landscaped Victorian garden, located near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Free entry: March 7 – 14
Grange Road, Biddulph ST8 7SD
The Chinese temple at Biddulph Grange Garden(Image: Pete Stonier / Stoke Sentinel)
Moseley Old Hall
Moseley Old Hall is at 17th century home in Wolverhampton famed for hiding King Charles II from Cromwell’s army.
Free entry: March 7-9 and 13- 14
Moseley Old Hall Lane, Featherstone, Wolverhampton WV10 7HY
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The Children’s Country House at Sudbury
Historic country house with interactive children’s museum and gardens where you can picnic and play.
Free entry: March 7 – 9 and 13–14
Main Road, Sudbury, Ashbourne, DE6 5HT
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