The repository contains research outputs by National Trust staff, such as journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, books, and research reports. We launched the repository in autumn 2023 and will continue to add new content.

Where a full text copy of the item is held, it is available to read and download for your own research. Sometimes publisher licence restrictions do not allow us to hold the full file; in those cases, the ‘Official URL’ link usually leads to the full item.

Our research provides us with the knowledge and evidence needed to protect and care for the nation’s heritage and to make it accessible to all. Our Strategic Framework for Research outlines our programme of research to directly support the National Trust’s strategic ambitions.

Our priority research areas (2022 – 2027) are:

· Climate action: research will identify the best ways to help our places adapt to future climates, and to restore and create carbon-rich habitats.

· Everyone welcome: research will shape how we help people to connect with nature and culture, increase the number and diversity of our visitors, and address unequal access to nature, beauty and history.

· Looking after: research will help inform the decisions we take for conservation of the landscapes, buildings and objects in our care.

· Land and nature: research will help us understand what actions make the biggest difference to nature and create more joined up landscapes for wildlife. It will drive the best ways to revive and restore our woodlands, wildflower meadows and waterways.

· Curation and experiences: research will uncover hidden histories and help people connect to our places and enjoy their stories, so we can celebrate the glorious diversity of our heritage, culture, and natural environment.

As an Independent Research Organisation (IRO), our staff take undertake research in many different ways, often as a core part of their role, and often in partnership with other research organisations.

Items in the repository have at least one creator or contributor who is (or who has been) a member of National Trust staff.

Material not produced by or in association with National Trust staff is not eligible for inclusion.

When sorted by relevance, results are displayed according to an algorithm taking account of the frequency and position of the search terms within each item and across all content. Your search term might occur in the files as well or instead of the displayed metadata.

Note you can change the display order to show search results sorted by other means.

Research outputs are made available in the Repository on terms agreed with the authors/depositors of the outputs. As a user you may use the items only if you abide by the licence or other terms under which it has been released, e.g., the terms of a specific Creative Commons Licence. Where no licence is displayed, unless indicated otherwise items made publicly available in the Repository are protected by copyright with all rights reserved.

Sometimes individual files have their own file-level licences, and these may be different for each file where there's more than one. Look for licence information at the record level and also at the file level. Licence information is only displayed where known.

Currently, all content in the Shared Repository Service is openly available and there is no login for public users. If a file you wish to view is embargoed, you must contact the relevant repository’s organisation to ask for access, please see below. Access is not guaranteed to any restricted item.

For general enquiries about the repository, use the contact form from the Repository’s home page.

If you are the owner of the copyright or related rights in any of the material in the Repository and you believe that use of this material infringes your intellectual property or any other rights, or you believe that the material may be subject to a third party ownership or another legal claim, please contact us in writing as indicated in the Contact page.

To enquire about an item held in any of the other repositories, consult the Terms of Use at the bottom of each repository.

The National Trust’s repository is part of the Shared Repository Service, which brings together the research outputs of a number of UK-based cultural heritage organisations. The Shared Repository Service was originally intended for IROs (Independent Research Organisations), which are non-Higher Education organisations in receipt of public funding for their research. The Service has since grown to include cultural heritage organisations that produce research but are not classed as IROs.

The Shared Repository Service provides a window on the research produced by such organisations through a single point of access and discovery.

Each partner has its own repository which can be searched separately, but you can also explore the combined content of all partners by clicking on the ‘Shared Repository Homepage’ link at the top of each page. When a search is done at this level, results indicate the organisation responsible for that research.

Our current partners in the Shared Repository Service can be found on the main Shared Repository homepage. The British Library manages the Shared Service on behalf of all participating organisations.

The platform is run on an open source software, DSpace-CRIS 9, and is hosted by 4Science.

We would be delighted to tell you more about the National Trust Repository and the Shared Repository Service. For queries about the Shared Repository Service, please use the form on the Contact page. For queries specifically relating to the National Trust repository, please send us an email to get in touch.