Unfortunately we had to cancel our Snowdrop Sunday Event on Sunday 16th of February due to the yellow weather warnings that were in place that weekend. Due to the ongoing weather issues we unfortunately have no plans to reschedule this event. The house and grounds will be closed until we open for our 2020 season […]
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Visitors to Hopetoun will no doubt have seen the dark brown/black sheep which graze in a small paddock to the south of the main drive on the approach to Hopetoun House. This is a Scottish breed of sheep, but one with an unusual history. For most of the past 150 years, the breed was known […]
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Today is World Polio Day and along with Rotary Club of South Queensferry and 21CC Group Ltd – Events, Production, Fireworks, Pyro & FX we turned Hopetoun Purple4Polio. Polio cases in the world have been reduced significantly since Rotary took on the challenge, in 1985, of eradicating the polio virus in the world. The figure then was 350,000 cases […]
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Harvest is underway at Hopetoun but is proving a stop start affair for our contractors RM & JF Seed, as a result of the spell of prolonged inclement weather. The campaign actually began on the 8th July 2019 with the forage rye which was cut with a forage harvester as opposed to a combine. The […]
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Slightly hampered by the ‘Beast of the East’ the thinning operation of the Wester Shore Wood is now complete. The woodland has been thinned as part of the Hopetoun Estate Long Term Forest Plan approved by the Forestry Commission. This plan aims to promote good arboriculture practice, sustainable forestry and ensure the shoreline and forest […]
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