Raby

Getting Outdoors is Good For You

12th May 2022

Raby Castle’s latest exciting attraction, The Plotters’ Forest, is the perfect place to reap the many benefits of playing in nature for children. Claire Jones, Head of Leisure and Tourism at Raby Estates, said: “In the modern world, ‘immersive play experiences within nature can be hard to find – we’ve all heard the depressing statistics […]

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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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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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Spring Planting and Regeneration

12th April 2022
Winter and early spring provides the season for tree planting, and in addition to the thousands of saplings which are replanted across the estates’ woodlands and biodiversity schemes, this year will see an increase in new trees on the parkland at Raby. After the devastation of three successive storms this winter, sadly we have seen [...]

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New Directions – Raby’s Approach to Regenerative Farming

30th March 2022
Philip Vickers, Farm Manager This month, new Raby Farm Manager, Philip Vickers caught up with Louise Impey from Farmers Weekly about Raby's approach to sustainable farming. Read on to find out more.  It’s all change at Raby Estate as the farming business adopts a new direction in preparation for the future. Louise Impey finds out more. A massive turnaround [...]

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County Durham’s UK City of Culture 2025 bid remains on track

18th March 2022

County Durham is now a step closer to being named UK City of Culture 2025 and securing the colossal social and economic benefits this would bring. On Friday 18th March, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced the county was one of just four locations from across the UK to be shortlisted for […]

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Local School Children Become The First Raby Rebels!

17th March 2022

Local School Children Inspired by Raby’s New Playground To inspire the next generation of budding designers and engineers, Raby Castle has launched a competition encouraging local schools to design their own adventure playground. Specialist playground design company CAP.Co, which is building the castle’s exciting new attraction, The Plotters’ Forest – paid visits to four local […]

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Raby supports the Red Cross Ukraine Appeal

11th March 2022
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Raby is saddened to see the suffering in Ukraine and has donated over two weeks’ worth of Raby Castle ticket sales revenue in March, over £10,000 to the Red Cross appeal to support all those affected.   Lord Barnard’s family have been longstanding supporters of the excellent humanitarian efforts of the Red Cross and trust […]

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Langdon Beck Searching for New Tenants

9th March 2022
Langdon Beck Hotel

An iconic country hotel situated in Upper Teesdale within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is inviting expressions of interest from prospective new tenants as it is launched onto the rental market this spring. The Langdon Beck Hotel has undergone an extensive refurbishment, with six fresh, new en-suite guest rooms at first floor […]

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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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