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I one becomes a member of N.T. there is free parking on all their sites and entry to all their properties. I am a volunteer for N.T. and get a volunteer's card which gives me free parking and entry and 50 hours a year is all that is required to get this. Personally I do more hours but that is just choice.

I don't have a problem with paying to park / get into sites (as long as it is a reasonable price) The money raised is what protects the historic / prehistoric sites we all love. I visit a lot of English Heritage / CADW / Historic Scotland sites each year so have become a member of CADW. I save a small fortune each year. I don't visit many N.T. sites so choose to just pay on a site by site basis. On a personal note, the one thing I don't like about the N.T. is that the people who work at the sites tend to be a bit 'snobby'. I find EH / CADW / HS site staff more 'down to earth' and friendlier. It's like how shop workers at M+S seem to think they are a cut above those working at Tescos etc. I am not saying all N.T. staff are like this ( have met some nice ones) but there are a lot I meet who fall into the 'Hycinth Bucket' category! ;)