Author Archives: Debbie Garritty
His Majesty The King Visits Pickering, Goathland and Cloughton
His Majesty The King visited the Duchy of Lancaster’s Pickering, Goathland and Cloughton estates in Yorkshire for the first time as Monarch and Duke of Lancaster yesterday. During the private visit, His Majesty met a number of tenant farmers and took a brief tour of the holdings, which included a mixture of arable, livestock and […]
Leave Only Footsteps….
Two of our rural surveyors took time out today to join local schoolchildren on a litter pick in the village of Dunsop Bridge on the Whitewell Estate in Lancashire. Lydia Richards and James Pyrah joined forces with pupils at Thorneyholme RC Primary School after Headteacher Mrs Olga Jackson invited the youngster to ‘clear up our […]
Investing in Young People
The Duchy of Lancaster continues to support young people studying courses in regenerative agriculture, land management and traditional construction skills with bursaries and workplace placement opportunities. This year, recipients of awards at Harper Adams University included 2021-22 placement student Annie Round who will be completing her studies in Rural Enterprise and Land Management this summer […]
Dynamic and Sustainable Workspaces
The Duchy of Lancaster continues to respond to the growing demand for fully fitted office accommodation in London’s busy mid-town, recently completing the Cat A+ fit-out of a 3,400 sq ft office suite on the 5th floor of SavoyStrand. The fit-out was designed in conjunction with incoming tenants, Axium Infrastructure, a specialist investment management firm […]
The Trotters of Hareholes Farm
When the Hill family took over the tenancy of Hareholes Farm Cottage in 2020, they moved in with their two daughters, Freya and Francesca, Tracey’s father William and a couple of large Clydesdales, ‘Trotter’ and ‘Rhu’. Before moving to the Duchy of Lancaster’s Needwood Estate, the family had been based in Nottingham where they stabled […]