Storm Floris

Due to Storm Floris, some of our places remain closed today. We’re sorry for any inconvenience caused – please check our website or property social channels before travelling.

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Image of St Kilda from the sea. Birds fly around the rocky cliffs.
5 Aug 2025

Landslip on St Kilda after Storm Floris hits

Storm Floris has caused a landslip on St Kilda, as well as bringing down trees across Scotland.

Towering yew trees stand at the edge of a colourful, manicured walled garden. Red privet hedging surrounds beds in a lawn.

Why we love Malleny Garden

Enjoy a 5-minute dip into the tranquil oasis of Malleny Garden, our very special place on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

Three people, all wearing National Trust for Scotland navy jackets, stand on the grassy hillside, with the Ben Lawers range in the background.
1 Aug 2025

Celebrating 75 years of Ben Lawers being in our care

We are proudly celebrating the 75th anniversary of Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve coming into our care.

Guillemots crowd on a cliff ledge at St Abb's Head
1 Aug 2025

Trust disappointed at Berwick Bank decision

We are concerned about the impact that the Berwick Bank windfarm will have on seabird colonies at St Abb’s Head National Nature Reserve.

MUST be credited with: Queen Anne: studio of John Closterman, oil on canvas, circa 1702, based on a work of circa 1702 (NPG 215) © National Portrait Gallery, London
1 Aug 2025

The often-forgotten story of Queen Anne

During Pride Month, Visitor Services Assistant Lucien Winton-Bonas took a dip into the private life of the last Stuart monarch – Queen Anne – and examines her links to Culloden.

A man on a hillside uses a huge net to try and survey butterflies
31 Jul 2025

Scarce butterflies surveyed by returning ranger

Perthshire native Angus Todd has been on the hunt for an elusive butterfly species at some of the region’s most picturesque spots.

A ranger crouches down beside a young girl, who is holding a red squirrel puppet in a woodland. The ranger holds a fir cone and some twigs, and offers them to the puppet.
31 Jul 2025

Rangering at the Trust

To celebrate World Ranger Day, we’re sharing a short film celebrating our wonderful rangers!

Two people stand on a boat, with one about to launch a drone.
30 Jul 2025

A bird’s-eye view of the gannet colony at St Kilda

The first drone census at St Kilda has revealed the islands are now home to the world’s largest gannet colony.

Two men and a woman stand in a row, overlooking a model of a modernist building on a table in front of them.
30 Jul 2025

Coalition secures Peter Womersley’s Bernat Klein Studio for the nation

A coalition of leading Scottish heritage and design organisations has been successful in buying the Bernat Klein Studio at auction today, saving the modernist masterpiece for the nation.