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Winter walk. Photo: Larry Wilkie<\/p>\n Winter walk. Photo: Larry Wilkie<\/p>\n
Ella Groves<\/strong><\/p>\n The festive season is the ideal time to wrap up warm and get out and enjoy the wonders of the Welsh countryside.<\/p>\n So the National Trust have shared their three top spots for a brisk stroll to encourage everyone to head outside this winter.<\/p>\n Dinefwr Park and Castle<\/strong><\/p>\n A place of power and influence in Wales for more than 2,000 years, Dinefwr is a key location in Welsh history.<\/p>\n Home to some of the oldest trees in Britain within its 800 acres of rolling parkland and woodland, it is the perfect spot to get outside and explore this winter.<\/p>\n The 18th-century landscape, designed by George and Cecil Rice, is now protected as a parkland National Nature Reserve home to both flowery meadows and ancient woodland.<\/p>\n Nestled in the middle of the landscape is the Welsh country house, Newton House, built in 1660 by Edward Rice.<\/p>\n Although you\u2019ll have to remember to check opening times, the house is usually open to visitors and offers a perfect spot to take a break if the winter chill outside gets too much.<\/p>\n Stackpole Estate<\/strong><\/p>\n If a walk that\u2019s rich in wildlife is more to your tastes you can head to the Stackpole Estate on the Pembrokeshire Coast.<\/p>\n Both a listed designed landscape and an internationally important nature reserve, Stackpole has something for everyone to enjoy.<\/p>\n It was once the site of Stackpole Court but it was destroyed before the estate came to be owned by the National Trust.<\/p>\n Instead, footpaths now stem out into the landscape from the spot where the grand mansion once stood.<\/p>\n The Bosherston Lakes, created 200 years ago as a backdrop for Stackpole Court, have evolved into an important wildlife habitat, home to otters, water birds, and dragonflies.<\/p>\n Tredegar House<\/strong><\/p>\n One of the most significant late 17th century houses in the whole of Britain, Tredegar House is described by the National Trust as \u201cone of the architectural wonders of Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n Located in the heart of Newport, Tredegar House offers peaceful parkland, an ornamental lake, and an Italianate sunken garden for you to enjoy this winter.<\/p>\n With three gardens to choose from visitors at Tredegar House will be spoiled for choice on where to stroll.<\/p>\n The Orchard Garden is the largest of the three, complete with an orchard full of apple trees and exotic, ornamental features added in the 19th and 20th century.<\/p>\n The Cedar Garden, dominated by a 250-year-old Cedar of Lebanon tree, has wide open lawns making it the perfect place for picnicking and for children to play.<\/p>\n The smallest of the three, The Orangery Garden, gives visitors a sense of how the garden would have looked when the Morgan family lived at Tredegar more than 200 years ago. The Orangery itself houses a variety of fruit trees and herbaceous plants known to have been grown during the 18th century.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7908903204_e4ce187aa8_k.jpg\")
Newton House and Gardens, Dinefwr Park and Castle, Llandeilo. Photo: Glen Bowman is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/16089620017_8a182ed3df_o-scaled-e1767111608405.jpg\")
Eight arch bridge, Stackpole Estate. Photo: interbeat, Openverse<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Tredegar-House-\u00a9National-Trust-Images-Aled-Llywelyn-scaled-e1760610431588.jpg\")
The lake and house in autumn at Tredegar House, Newport, Wales. Photo: Aled Llywelyn\/National Trust<\/p>\n