Raby

The next generation of Raby Estates

8th February 2024
Raby Apprentices

As National Apprenticeship Week unfolds across the country, it’s time to shine a spotlight on the incredible apprentices who contribute their skills, dedication, and fresh perspectives to various industries. Here at Raby Estates, we take immense pride in nurturing talent and providing opportunities for growth and development. We have several apprentices in various departments across […]

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Raby Castle awarded Prestigious VisitEngland ‘Welcome’ Accolade

22nd October 2023
Visit England Results Raby Castle

6th October 2023 Alan McKerchar, general manager at Raby Castle said: “I am immensely proud of our incredible team and their unwavering dedication each and every day to create a memorable experience for all of our visitors to Raby Castle. Our heartfelt thanks go to our people here at Raby – you all work tremendously […]

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Climb of Life 2023

2nd October 2023

Once again a team of intrepid hikers from Raby Estates will be raising money for the Institute of Cancer Research by participating in a “Human Mountain Endeavour” on the Lakeland fells on Friday 10th November 2023. One-third of us will be touched by cancer in our lifetime. The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) is an […]

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Distinctions across the board for our Project Manager, Karl Hankey

17th August 2023
Karl Hankey

Karl Hankey, our Project Manager here at Raby Estates has achieved a distinction after securing the highest of grades. For the past five years Karl, has been responsible for a team who maintains and refurbishes properties across the Estate. The 41-year-old decided to return to Darlington College one day a week for two years and […]

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Share your Story

11th May 2022

We need your help! Every day we discover new fascinating stories about the family at Raby, as we establish our archives and collections. We want to invite visitors to share their stories and memories with us, to help us uncover more about the hard-working individuals who kept the castle and estate running. From those who […]

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Meet Raby’s New Head Gardener

9th May 2022
Head Gardener, Tim Marshall   As our ground-breaking Rising developments gather pace, we have welcomed a host of new team members to Raby including new Head Gardener Tim Marshall. Tim will be working alongside World-class Italian garden designer, Luciano Giubbilei and Landscape Architect, Alistair Baldwin to bring our Walled Garden vision to life. We caught up with Tim to [...]

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Raby is Rising

3rd May 2022
As the Rising development begins to gather pace at Raby Castle, we are undertaking a significant recruitment drive to find new team members to join us on this exciting journey. We’d like to welcome new Assistant Site Manager, Damien Jones and Traffic Marshall, Aidan Armstrong to the construction team, along with Joiners, Mark Jeremiah, Victoria [...]

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Inspirational Women at Raby

25th March 2022
Claire Jones

To complete our March celebrations of inspirational women, we’d like to share with you a recent blog by We Are The City who spoke to Claire Jones about her fascinating career, constructions projects and leading role at Raby. With a background rooted in the luxury leisure and tourism industry, Claire Jones has overseen the project management of […]

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Yorkshire Designer Appointed for Raby Landmark Development

26th January 2022

Acclaimed landscape architect Alistair Baldwin has been brought in to redesign the extensive public areas around Raby Castle’s landmark new development, The Rising, which will see several historic buildings sympathetically restored to their former glory and be made available to the community and the wider public. The Richmond based specialist has been retained by Raby […]

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Q&A with Annie Garthwaite

3rd August 2021
Annie Garthwaite at Ludlow Castle

We caught up with Annie Garthwaite ahead of her debut book launch to find out more about her heroine, the fascinating Cecily Nevill. Cecily was born at Raby Castle in the 15th-century and lived through the famous historical period of the War of the Roses. Born a Lancastrian, but a Yorkist by marriage, Cecily had […]

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