Author: Friends of Kinneil

HISTORIC Kinneil House in Bo'ness - which boasts some of the best renaissance wall paintings in Scotland - is opening its doors for free tours this Saturday. Heritage fans will be able to see inside between 10 a.m. and noon on March 17, 2012. The last admission will be at 11.30 a.m. The tours have… Continue reading Free House tours on March 17

THE KINNEIL foreshore could have formal “local nature reserve” status by this summer. The site – just north east of historic Kinneil Estate – was once home to Kinneil Colliery, the last pit in Bo’ness. Falkirk Council has agreed to start talks with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) in a bid to win the new status… Continue reading Nature reserve bid for colliery site

SIX free open days will take place at Kinneil House in Bo’ness in 2012. The historic mansion – which boasts some of the best renaissance wall paintings in Scotland – will throw open its doors for a series of free guided tours in the coming year. The events have been organised by the charity The… Continue reading Free open days at Kinneil House

KINNEIL House in Bo’ness will open its doors as part of a weekend of celebrations to tie in with the second Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema. The festival kicks off at Scotland’s first purpose-built cinema on Friday, March 16, and runs until March 18. With lots of visitors expected in Bo’ness, Kinneil House will open… Continue reading House to open for film festival date

KINNEIL House and Estate featured in the “Walk of the Week”, published by the Scotsman magazine last weekend. You can still read the article online. This followed a piece by Jonathan Trew (which mentioned Kinneil in the same breath as comedian Peter Kay!) in the Scotman in 2011. That followed a feature in the Scotsman’s… Continue reading Scotsman highlights Kinneil Estate

A FREE downloadable Kinneil Estate calendar for the coming year is now available to download. All you'll need is the Adobe Acrobat reader software on your computer (usually standard on most new PCs) and a suitable colour or black and white printer to print out the pages. Once printed, punch a hole through the top… Continue reading 2012 Calendar available now

MARIA FORD – the chair of The Friends of Kinneil – looks back on a busy 2011. Click on the links to find out even more in our news archives. I wanted to look back a little on the great year we’ve just had . . . I hope you’ll agree it was very successful.… Continue reading Kinneil chair looks back on successful year

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys have prepared a 2011 annual report for this website. Thanks to WordPress.com for all their support - and everyone who contributed to the website last year! AROUND 17,000 VISITORS The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This site was viewed about 17,000 times in 2011. If it… Continue reading 2011 in review

  KINNEIL HOUSE VISITORS 2010 2011           Spring opening 269 153   Spring opening 257 215   Bo’ness Fair wknd 182 483   Summer history walk* 80 100   Heritage Day (Aug) 650 593   Hallowe’en 184 481             TOTALS FOR YEAR 1622 2025    … Continue reading Facebook and strong media support boosts visitors to Kinneil