Longshaw Estate, National Trust

11/11/2021

➡️ This page is now inactive and we will therefore be closing it down on 1st January 2022. If you would still like to see updates from the Peak District National Trust, then please follow on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Many thanks for your support and understanding. ⬅️

29/12/2020

🚨❄️ 29/12/2020: Please be aware that our car parks, facilities & takeaway catering outlet will not be opening this morning at the Longshaw Estate due to the heavy snow fall. Please check back for updates. The safety of our staff, volunteers & visitors is our top priority. ❄️🚨

21/10/2020

Please note that due to covid19 and limited resources, this page is not monitored. For all updates, stories and photos of our National Trust Peak District properties, please follow/like our social media channels. If you have any questions or queries please send a direct message to our Peak District NT page.

For more information on Longshaw please visit our website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/longshaw-burbage-and-the-eastern-moors

Thank you and all the best.

21/08/2020

Due to high winds, Woodcroft, Haywood & Wooden Pole car park across the Longshaw estate will be closed today 21/08. This includes our toilet facilities & our Croft Cabin takeaway offer. Thank you for your understanding, so that we can keep our staff, volunteers & visitors safe.

Please note that due to covid19, this page is monitored very infrequently. For all updates, stories and photos of our National Trust Peak District properties, please follow/like our Peak District NT social media channels - thank you and take care.

03/06/2020

04/05/2020

The bluebells are out now, along with lots of other woodland flowers. They flower before the trees come into full leaf so they can get sun light before the canopy closes. You can get an interesting view of what parts of the countryside looked like in the past at this time of year. Bracken covered slopes on valley sides often have a scattering of woodland flowers including bluebells, even though the trees have now gone.
The next show of nature is when the Hawthorns come into full blossom, end of May, early June.

22/04/2020

Dry stone wall building is a combination of doing a jigsaw, playing chess, painting a picture, and going to the gym. Get things right and you have an amazing intricate construction. Get things wrong and you have a neater pile of rocks than you started with.
There are a few basic rules :-
First look for the best "face" on you stone, straight and flat.
Then using the top edge of the face, line it up with your string line, as you would if you were laying bricks. The lines are attached to an A shaped frame or pins to guide the build.
Try and build in level courses like bricks - you may only get 3 or 4 stones level at once, but keep trying to level low spots to the next course up.
Keep the stones as flat as possible, pack underneath with rubble. The flatter the wall the easier it is to put the next layer on.
Always put the stones lengthways into the wall - 90 degrees to how you would place a brick. This makes the wall really strong.
Use larger stones at the base, smaller towards the top. Save the nice flatter pieces to finish the top, otherwise you will struggle to level up at the end.

16/04/2020

Sheep in the meadows at Yarncliffe fields. Its lambing time and the ewes are giving birth. Spent an hour or so in the fields, putting up some temporary fencing where the boundary wall is being rebuilt. There were a few Red Deer roaming around, but the biggest treat was a Sparrowhawk that came out of the trees and crossed the fields fast at low level, just pulling up to clear the walls.
There is a lot of farming history at Yarncliffe, through the trees on the right of the picture are old medieval fields, dating back to Saxon/Norman times. And in the bottom left field you can still find the remains of the farmstead buildings from that time. There would have been more remains, but in the 1820s, the current fields and barn were constructed, with the land cleared and improved. There is even a bird of prey connection as Yarncliffe means " Eagles Cliff", maybe they nested on the gritstone edge below the fields.

07/04/2020

Our car parks, cafes and shops across the Peak District are closed to help restrict the spread of coronavirus. Please be aware that during this closure, this page won’t be monitored. We’ll be continuing to share nature, beauty and history and are on hand to help if you’ve got a question via Stay safe and thank you.

Photo by Kev Dunnington

29/03/2020

Spring is here! We are sending best wishes to everyone at home, and those at work 🙏. It’s been heart-warming hearing from staff and volunteers about their newfound knowledge about their very local patch.
“This is my daughter Phoebe, elated by her finds while out weeding in our teeny garden - 2 centipedes, lots of worms, 2 caterpillars and lots of snails” - Jenny, Visitor Experience Team.
We’d love to see your own spring nature moments - please post photos in the comments🐛☀️🐌🌈

26/03/2020

22/03/2020

New update: Good afternoon, we have made the decision to close Longshaw's Woodcroft car park and toilets to restrict the spread of Coronavirus. The health and well-being of our staff, volunteers and visitors remains our top priority. Please stay local or stay at home to keep you and others safe. Thank you.