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Latest News from the Eastnor Castle Blog
Burma Bridge
04 Apr 2012
Burma Bridge
As we prepare for Easter opening, Easter egg hunts etc, the new Burma Bridge connecting our playground to a nearby redwood tree nears completion. It...
Land Rover Celebrates 50 Years at Eastnor Castle
14 Dec 2011
Land Rover Celebrates 50 Years at Eastnor Castle
Land Rover is celebrating 50 years of using the Eastnor Castle estate in Herefordshire as its centre for off road testing and development. Tucked away...
New Carpet for Pugin Drawing Room
02 Nov 2011
New Carpet for Pugin Drawing Room
After a long gestation period of nearly ten years, a new carpet has been delivered for the Pugin Drawing Room at Eastnor Castle. It replaces...
Obelisk Repairs
12 Oct 2011
Obelisk Repairs
Unlike the castle, which is only visible from certain vantage points and is otherwise romantically concealed by trees and natural landscape features, our obelisk can...
Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
23 Sep 2011
Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
The ragwort flowering season is now almost over, and we have been removing as much as we can before the seeds set and spread across...
Big Chill Set Up
03 Aug 2011
Big Chill Set Up
The Big Chill is opening its gates to early bird ticket holders today, and the festival starts in earnest on Thursday evening. Over the last...
Daffodils and Castle Grounds
16 Mar 2011
Daffodils and Castle Grounds
The daffodils are coming out, bringing some welcome colour to the banks around the house after a hard winter. Some I planted in our own...
Portcullis Archway
02 Mar 2011
Portcullis Archway
Just as we thought it was safe to look away and concentrate on other projects, a section of plaster fell down into the road through...
Fred Dibnah
07 Jan 2011
Fred Dibnah
We have been lucky to have a number of famous visitors to Eastnor, often here for filming, TV, the Big Chill or to drive Land...
Dogs
19 Nov 2010
Dogs
As the image shows, we are one of the few historic houses to welcome visits from dogs. They enter free of charge as long as...
Mud Runner 2011
22 Oct 2010
Mud Runner 2011
D3 Active organised a second Mud Runner event around Eastnor last weekend. It is firmly placed on the running calendar, though there was no participation...
2010 Range Rover Autobiography Black
11 Oct 2010
2010 Range Rover Autobiography Black
We often entertain customers of Land Rover in the castle as well as on the woodland tracks and steep slopes on the estate. This time,...