Benevolent Fund Helps Local Good Causes
Benevolent Fund Helps Local Good Causes
The Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund has made funding awards to a wide variety of community organisations across its rural estates who have been suffering from the after-effects of the Covid-19 pandemic over the past 12 months. Through its partnerships with the Palatinate Lieutenancy offices and UK Community Foundations the organisation has been able to […]
Sunflower Smiles in Cheshire
An enterprising farming family marked the 100th anniversary of their tenancy at Park Farm on the Crewe Estate in Cheshire last month by creating a sunflower and pollinator trail which they then opened to visitors. The spectacular one-kilometre trail included over 150,000 sunflowers and the family also provided spaces for ‘hay bale picnics’ and a […]
Lancaster Castle Popular Heritage Destination
Lancaster Castle is enjoying record numbers of visitors this month with numbers up 90 per cent on last year and 60 per cent on 2019. During August, our weekly visitor numbers reached almost 5,000 and over the last two weekends in August we recorded a total of over 2,000 visitors to the Castle – a […]
Triple A For Duchy Rural Team
The Duchy of Lancaster continues to invest in the development of its Rural team with the appointment of 3 rural surveyors: Alex Morrison, Archie Rose and Alexandra Carr. Alex Morrison joins the team as Estates Director for Yorkshire and the Foreshore. Alex began his career as an engineer before retraining as a rural surveyor. He […]
