Southwell Workhouse on first charity Monopoly board

The Workhouse at Southwell features on a new National Trust version of Monopoly.

It occupies the Pentonville Road site on the traditional version of the popular property market board game.

The first ever charity version of the game goes on sale on Thursday, October 1.

The choice of the Pentonville Road site for The Workhouse, one of the earliest examples of a Victorian welfare system for the poor and the best preserved workhouse in Britain, is ironic because the Pentonville area of London is home to Pentonville Prison, a radical Victorian prison opened in 1842.

There are 26 National Trust properties in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the game, including beaches, a lighthouse, a mill from the Industrial Revolution and Sir Winston Churchill’s family home.

Where there are houses and hotels in the original game, National Trust Monopoly has players building visitor centres and holiday cottages.

The grouping of National Trust locations including countryside, beaches, grand mansions, industrial works and beautiful gardens reflect the range of sites cared for by the Trust.

Rebecca Speight, regional director for the East Midlands, said: “Sales of the game go directly to helping us look after the real versions of the special places on the board, so even the most ruthless Monopoly property developer will still be doing their bit for conservation.”