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Blenheim Estate Homes and West Oxfordshire District Council have been nominated as finalists in The Public/Private Partnership Award category of 2021’s Estate Gazette Awards.
A painting pony called Teddy is delighting visitors to Blenheim Palace’s new stables exhibition with his unbridled artistic prowess.
It’s been lovely to have some consistently warm weather to enjoy recently, all be it a bit too hot at times. Whilst we have more freedom as a business these days, we are still being cautious to protect staff and visitors by keeping some restrictions in place and having less people in our offices, especially as we are experiencing what they are calling the ‘Pingdemic’!
MP Robert Courts has praised Blenheim Estate’s commitment to the environment during a visit to the Oxfordshire UNESCO World Heritage Site this week.
City Sightseeing Oxford have launched a ‘free child ticket’ as part of the #Rediscover Oxford campaign to kick-start the school holidays.
We enjoy no better sight than peaceful calves snoozing in the sun, and these little ones were snapped doing just that in their High Park field. Our teams have been busy as always, ensuring our Estate is carefully managed and all our livestock are happy and healthy.
Tourism in Oxford is bouncing back, as 2,000 visitors per week enjoyed open-top bus tours of the city in June.
A candlemaker from Long Wittenham has won Blenheim’s annual business start-up competition.
Reading Borough Council has signed a partnership contract with the non-profit social enterprise organisation Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL), which will now take over the operation of Reading’s four leisure centres on the Council’s behalf.
Oxfordshire’s leading bus operators have issued a reminder flexible tickets are available for commuters who now travel to work part-time.
Cowley Road Carnival celebrations go ahead all over the city as residents are encouraged to join Virtual Carnival online, decorate their homes as the UK’s first Carnival House Floats and enjoy neighbourhood get togethers. The festivities will be completed by a Mixcloud After Party hosted by local DJs from 6pm.
Blenheim Palace’s stunning landscape and parkland is being showcased as part of an outdoor photography exhibition celebrating the natural beauty of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
We’re on a mission to plant 1,000 trees within our World Heritage Site. With your help, we will plant a variety of native species of hardwoods including oak, cherry, walnut and beech. We only plant native species to protect and support our precious ecological system.
Visitors are being invited to enjoy National Picnic Week (19th-27th June) with a range of deliciously indulgent picnic hampers in the magnificent setting of Britain’s greatest palace.
Visitors of all ages are being encouraged to channel their inner Robin Hood and let off some steam with axe throwing and archery sessions at Blenheim Palace.