Regenerative Farming Practices: Knowledge-Sharing
Regenerative Farming Practices: Knowledge-Sharing
One of the farming tenants on the Whitewell Estate in Lancashire held a very successful ‘Pasture for Life’ (PfL) event at the end of August. Janet Smalley is a passionate advocate for soil health and regenerative farming methodologies, and she and her husband Andrew are one year into the process of transforming their traditional farming […]
Community Project Captures The Imagination
Children at a local primary school are keeping a close eye on a redevelopment project currently underway in the picturesque village of Dunsop Bridge on the Duchy’s Whitewell Estate in Lancashire. After two years’ close consultation with the local community, the disused petrol station on the main route through the village is about to be […]
New Council Chairman Appointed
Sir James Henry Leigh-Pemberton CVO has been appointed as Chairman of the Duchy of Lancaster Council from 4th July 2023. He succeeds Sir Alan Reid GCVO who is stepping down from the Council after five years’ service as Chairman and 15 years as an ex-officio member in his capacity as Keeper of the Privy Purse […]
Duchy of Lancaster Annual Report and Accounts for Year Ended 31st March 2023
The Duchy of Lancaster has today published its financial results for the year ended 31st March 2023. During the year: Net Asset Value decreased by £11.6m from £652.8m in 2022 to £641.2m in the year to 31st March 2023 Adjusted Net Surplus payable to the Privy Purse increased by £2.2m from £24m in 2022 to […]
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 […]