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Latest News from the Eastnor Castle Blog
Eastnor Castle wins Hudson’s Best Accommodation Award
06 Mar 2015
Eastnor Castle wins Hudson’s Best Accommodation Award
Eastnor Castle has won one of the prestigious 2015 Hudson’s Heritage Awards which were announced on Tuesday 3rd March. Eastnor Castle scooped the award in...
HRH The Earl of Wessex attends The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award challenge at Eastnor Castle
28 Mar 2014
HRH The Earl of Wessex attends The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award challenge at Eastnor Castle
On Monday 24th March Eastnor Castle played host to The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award 4x4 Challenge Event. Supporters from across the world were given...
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...
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...
Fashion Shoot
23 Jun 2010
Fashion Shoot
My mother used to allow a local supplier to photograph his outdoor products on the lawns in the castle grounds, our first business of this...
Golden Gates Lodge
16 Jun 2010
Golden Gates Lodge
Our Works Department has been restoring Golden Gates Lodge, a listed building in the middle of our deer park on the Ridgeway drive that used...