The price of a National Trust annual membership has risen to more than £100 for the first time.
An individual annual membership now costs £100.80, a 30 per cent rise since 2022 (£76.80) and a five per cent increase on last year’s price (£96).
In 2016, individual membership fees started at £63.
The increase in membership fees for seniors over 60 increased from £72 to £75.60, while rates for children aged between five and 17 remained frozen at £12 per year.
Joint membership will cost £168 per year for two adults, while family membership costs £176.40. Individual life membership is now £2,430.
The organisation reported having 5.35 million members in the 2024-25 period – a slight decrease on the amount the previous year (5.38 million).
However, in 2025, the charity reported a significant surge in young people joining its membership scheme.
An annual report revealed a 39 per cent year-on-year increase in sign-ups among 18- to 25-year-olds.
More than 40,000 people in this group joined between March 2024 and February 2025, marking a substantial rise for the conservation charity.
Membership for this age group costs £4.20 a month, or £50.40 annually.
A National Trust spokesperson said: “This year membership will rise at a maximum of 65p a month (for a family with two adults). We set our prices carefully, based on what we need to fund our conservation and other work and to account for the costs of conservation typically rising at two to three per cent above the rate of inflation.
“With more than 500 places to explore across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, membership remains fantastic value for money: a family membership costs the same as buying one takeaway coffee a week.”
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