Sustainable local employment
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Glenbervie Estate
Situated just south of Stonehaven, Glenbervie Estate is home to the Macphie family and their group of businesses.
They employ over 300 people across the UK, with around 230 of...
Tarland Community Gardens
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The MacRobert Trust
Thirty miles west of Aberdeen on the edge of the Cairngorms National Park and Royal Deeside lies the rural Aberdeenshire village of Tarland. Residents there set up the Tarland...
Hayfield Equestrian Centre
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Hayfield Equestrian Centre, based by Hazelhead Park, is just under 4 miles from Aberdeen City centre but it certainly feels like you’re in the countryside.
Hayfield is a not-for-profit organisation...
Supporting the local community
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Learney Estate
Learney Estate, situated to the northwest of the village of Torphins in Aberdeenshire, has a long history of delivering benefit for the community, recently donating additional land in...
Bike Trials at Saughtree & Thorlieshope
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For years, the local motorcycle club held an event in the beautiful countryside just outside Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders – until it closed down.
Fast forward a few years and the Cumberland...
Scouts Highland Adventure Camp
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Glen Tanar Estate
Glen Tanar Estate, in the heart of Royal Deeside, welcomed nearly 600 scouts for their Highland Adventure Camp in late April 2016. Arriving at the Estate, the Scouts and helpers...
Crawick Multiverse
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Buccleuch Estates
Crawick Multiverse is a beautiful new visitor attraction and work of land art near the town of Sanquhar in Dumfries & Galloway, which has transformed a former open cast coal mine...
Fife's Quiet Revolution
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Balcaskie Estate
There’s a quiet revolution in Fife that is seeing new businesses spring up on traditional farms, making use of restored buildings.
A few miles inland from the picturesque harbours...
Practical Forestry Apprenticeship
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Dalmeny Estate
The forestry team at Dalmeny has increased in size for the coming year with Cameron Reid joining the staff. Cameron is studying forestry at the Scottish School of Forestry at Inverness...
Royal Deeside Speed Festival
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Kincardine Estate
In the autumn of 2015 Kincardine Estate was approached by the Black Dog Events team to see if it would be possible to hold a Speed Festival. Not being ‘petrol-heads’, the estate...
Connecting Generations
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Atholl Estate
Although the records of an estate have been preserved to support the business, today they are in demand for so much more. It is increasingly important for people, especially those who...
History, Heritage & Conservation
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Riddell Estate was gifted to Walter de Ryedale, Sheriffe of Roxburgh, in 1116 by King David 1st of Scotland for Knightly Service. The Estate remained the property of the Riddell Family, direct...