Author: Friends of Kinneil

The Bo'ness Hill Climb Revival takes place at Kinneil Estate this coming weekend (Sept 10/11). Please note that Kinneil Museum will be closed for the motor racing event (for safety reasons) - and part of the estate limited to ticket holders. The event, which revives car hillclimbs through the estate, has been organised by a… Continue reading Hill Climb at Kinneil on September 10 and 11

THE British Pathe News website – http://www.britishpathe.com – features a vintage clip of the hill climb at Kinneil Estate. The narrator gets his Bo’ness mixed up with Bowness (on Windermere). But it’s our Bo’ness all right. Click here to see the clip. http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=6848

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THE richly-decorated Arbour Road (above) is just of the things you can see during free tours of Kinneil House in Bo’ness. It’s open on Sunday, August 28, 2011 to tie in with the Kinneil Heritage Day. The House will be open from noon to 4 p.m. (with the last admission at 3.30 p.m.) Please note… Continue reading See inside Kinneil House

THE KNIGHTS are drawing in . . . for the Kinneil Heritage Day 2011. The event takes place in Kinneil Estate on Sunday, August 28. Visitors will be able to enjoy a spectacular jousting show from the ‘Knights of The Damned’.  You’ll also be able to see the Alba Falconry Birds of Prey. Plus there… Continue reading Heritage Day 2011

A CHARITY has appointed a project worker to carry out a community consultation exercise. The Friends of Kinneil is doing a study to see what people in the Deanfield area of Bo’ness think about Kinneil Estate and Foreshore. The group hopes the information will generate greater awareness of the facilities and attractions at both sites… Continue reading Graeme appointed to lead consultation project

FAMILIES are expected to flock to Kinneil Estate on Sunday, August 28, for the annual heritage day. This year organiser Falkirk Community Trust – supported by Falkirk Council - will take visitors on a trip back to the Knights of old. Lynsey Wallace from the Trust said: “Visitors will be able to enjoy a spectacular… Continue reading Heritage Day on August 28

CROWDS flocked to Kinneil Estate on Sunday, July 24, to take part in the annual Kinneil Heritage Walk. The annual event is organised by The Friends of Kinneil and partners. This year’s walk and talk saw more than 100 people take part in a tour of the historic parkland, finishing with a visit to Kinneil… Continue reading Bumper Heritage Walk

A FREE history walk takes place in Kinneil Estate today (Sun, July 24, 2011), ending in a free tour around Kinneil House. Kinneil Museum will also be open. For full details, click: http://www.kinneil.org.uk/walk2011