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KINNEIL Museum has been closed for a short period – to allow improvement works to take place. Thanks to funding from Falkirk Council, the museum will become more accessible for people with disabilities. Toilets will be upgraded and a ramp installed to improve wheelchair access. Falkirk Community Trust, which runs the facility on behalf of… Continue reading Kinneil Museum closed for upgrade

LAST night (Tuesday) we premiered a small film to finalise our Growing Communities Fund project (find out more at http://www.kinneil.org.uk/deanfield). If you didn’t make it along to St. Mary’s Church Hall in Bo’ness to see the film, we’ve uploaded it to YouTube – allowing you to see it in full here. Enjoy.

RESIDENTS in the Deanfield area of Bo’ness have called for better play facilities at Kinneil Estate and Foreshore. They gave their comments as part of a major survey conducted by The Friends of Kinneil, with support from the Growing Communities Fund. The full results of the survey will be revealed at a public meeting in… Continue reading Deanfield report published

HISTORIAN Geoff Bailey will give a free talk on the history of Kinneil at a special event on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. The evening meeting, organised by The Friends of Kinneil, will also report on the recent consultation with people in the Deanfield area about Kinneil Estate and Foreshore. The event will take place in… Continue reading Join us for free history talk

THE spring issue of the Kinneil News newsletter – produced by The Friends of Kinneil – has just been published. It includes information about the six free open days at Kinneil House (starting on the morning of March 17), details about a free history talk on March 20, and feedback from a major consultation exercise… Continue reading Read Kinneil News online

FREE open days at Kinneil House are just some of the great events listed in the new Falkirk Outdoor Events Diary for 2012, published by Falkirk Council. The free publication is available from local outlets, and on the Council’s website. Click here to read it in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. As well as Kinneil events,… Continue reading Free events diary now available

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