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Eastnor Vintage Weekend
05 Jun 2013
Eastnor Vintage Weekend
We have held small steam rallies at Eastnor for some time, organised by Bob Hayter, the estate joiner; they are still popular with visitors of...

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Clencher’s Mill Open Day 2013
08 May 2013
Clencher’s Mill Open Day 2013
This weekend, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings-Watermills Section holds its annual open weekend for wind and watermills, and we are opening Clencher’s Mill...

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Eastnor is Feeling the Heat!
26 Apr 2013
Eastnor is Feeling the Heat!
After a very successful first year, the Chilli Festival at Eastnor Castle, near Ledbury, is back on Sunday 5th and Bank Holiday Monday 6th May....

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Easter Opening
27 Mar 2013
Easter Opening
We are nearly ready to open for the Easter weekend, starting on Good Friday at 11am.  We are running our popular Easter Egg Treasure Hunt,...

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Clencher’s Mill Restoration
15 Mar 2013
Clencher’s Mill Restoration
Last year, under the Higher Level Stewardship scheme, we accepted a grant managed by Natural England to help restore the machinery in Clencher’s Mill, an...

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Farewell to the Big Chill
Giant chilli sculpture for Eastnor's chilli festival
13 Feb 2013
Farewell to the Big Chill
The Big Chill first came to Eastnor in 2001 as a small festival with a dedicated following of fewer than 10,000 fans.  It was not...

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Clock Winder
Film location old farmhous
21 Dec 2012
Clock Winder
Ages ago, I saw a programme on Granada TV about Chatsworth and was impressed by everything I saw, but I particularly remember a shot of...

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The Georgian Group Architectural Awards 2012
Film Location
14 Dec 2012
The Georgian Group Architectural Awards 2012
Our first major restoration project followed the damage caused to our towers by the hurricane in January 1976. The force of the wind blew some...

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Further repairs to the Monument
08 Oct 2012
Further repairs to the Monument
The monument to members of the Somers Cocks, my mother’s family, stands on an outlying hill in the Malverns range, just inside the Eastnor Deer...

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Stables Turret Clock and a Titanic connection
Eastnor Castle Wide Angle View
07 Sep 2012
Stables Turret Clock and a Titanic connection
When our old house, Castleditch, was demolished in 1814 while the castle was being built, the stables survived and the stable turret clock remained in...

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What can we do in the holidays?
13 Jul 2012
What can we do in the holidays?
Our summer family events and activities at Eastnor Castle may be a good place to start looking. We know that families need more than our...

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Chilli Festival – Sunday 6th & Bank Holiday Monday 7th May
25 Apr 2012
Chilli Festival – Sunday 6th & Bank Holiday Monday 7th May
'"Chilly" is an adjective that was long associated with Eastnor Castle before we restored the central heating system.  We kept the word association going with...

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