Tags - Tourism

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...

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...

The National Trust for Scotland’s (NTS) Threave Estate, near Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway is a fantastic place for bats. More bats can be found here than any other place in Scotland. Its...

Ballogie Estate and Finzean Estate

A fishing hut washed away during the terrible floods after Storm Frank at the beginning of 2016 has been replaced, bringing much needed shelter for fishermen and...

In December 2015 and January 2016, a series of storms and severe weather swept across Scotland resulting in a number of rivers reaching record levels, including the River Dee which overflowed causing...

South Queensferry, affectionately referred to by locals as “The Ferry”, got its name from Queen Margaret, the wife of Malcolm III, in the 11th Century when she funded the Queen’s Ferry boat used to...

Corehouse Estate, with the beautiful Corehouse building at its centre, sits above the southern bank of the Upper Clyde and includes three of the four waterfalls that make up the magnificent Falls of...

Ballater suffered its worst flooding for a century in early 2016, and it will be some time yet, we write in May 2016, before its homes and businesses return to a fully functional condition.

However...

When the forces of ‘right of responsible access' and social media combine, there can be quite an effect, as was observed at Noddsdale Estate, near Largs. But a proactive solution was quickly and...

Ardmaddy Castle is 15th century tower house built originally by the MacDougalls. Referring to it as the Estate is something of a misnomer according owner Charles Struthers, who describes it, somewhat...

Tourism in Scotland is a highly important part of the economy, and the rural economy in many places increasingly relies on tourism as the major industry. The ‘Winter Months’ however are, for most, the...

The Caerlaverock Estate consists of a remarkable variety of landscape and geology, and has some of the rarest habitats within Scotland, much of which is now within one of the two nature reserves on...