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Raby Castle Champions Local Contractors and Heritage Skills

21st May 2024
Raby Castle, The Rising Development

As the ambitious two-year development scheme, The Rising nears completion, Raby Castle has used the North East’s most skilled local contractors and suppliers to complete the new retail, hospitality and events destination. The Rising, a collection of restored heritage buildings, two thoughtfully designed new builds and remodelled walled gardens will offer visitors a unique experience […]

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Raby Estates advances its Recruitment Drive ahead of The Rising Launch

28th February 2024

The Rising at Raby Castle, has already created 30 jobs and we aim to deliver many more for the region when it opens this spring. Historic buildings restored over the past two years have been given a new lease of life creating high-end retail, events and hospitality spaces for all visitors to enjoy. The scheme, […]

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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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Raby Team Undertake Climb of Life for Charity

7th October 2022
Climb of Life Friday 4th November 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 4th November 2022. One third of us will be touched by cancer in our lifetime. The Institute of Cancer [...]

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5 Horticultural Tips from Raby’s Head Gardener

8th July 2022
  This week we caught up with new Head Gardener, Tim to find out about the works taking place this summer in the Walled Gardens at Raby Castle. Part of our ground-breaking Rising Developments, the Walled Gardens are currently undergoing a massive transformation. Read on to find out more and even pick up 5 horticultural [...]

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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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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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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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