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KINNEIL Museum will operate on a restricted timetable over the festive period. The Museum will close at 3 p.m. on Monday 24th December and Monday 31st December.  It will also be closed on Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th December and Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd January.  The Museum will then revert to its normal opening hours:… Continue reading Festive opening hours at Kinneil

REGULAR free walks around Kinneil Estate in Bo'ness kick off next month. The events have been organised by Stepforth - a group which encourages local people to get out and become more active - in conjunction with The Friends of Kinneil. The first walk will start on January 14, 2008 - and will run three… Continue reading Step forth and walk Kinneil

THE Friends of Kinneil is encouraging residents to go online and spread some festive cheer this winter. The charity has teamed up with online retailers to help it raise funds. Treasurer Maria Ford explained: "People simply have to visit our website and click through the special links to visit online stores like Amazon and M&S.… Continue reading Help us raise funds this Christmas

WINNERS of the recent Friends of Kinneil art and photography competition have collected their prizes at the charity's Christmas party.The event - hosted by Friends' chairwoman Lynn Munro - was held at her home, Hollywood House, in Grahamsdyke Road, Bo'ness, last Friday. Among the guests were Journal and Gazette photographer Gordon McBrearty and local art… Continue reading Party toast for Friends’ winners

THE charity The Friends of Kinneil has announced the winners of its art and photography competition. The contest was organised to encourage people to share their images of the historic Kinneil landscape which is packed with wildlife, natural habitats and listed buildings. In the adult categories, Derek Freeman, of Roman Way, Bo'ness, took first place… Continue reading Art and photography winners

Just a quick note today. We hope some of you came along to the Doors Open Days at Kinneil last month. More than 900 people did - and it proved to be one of our best open days to date . . . ** BRUNCH AND TALK ON KINNEIL Historian Ian Scott is doing two… Continue reading News from The Friends of Kinneil

THE Scottish Railway Preservation Society - which runs the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway - has received a £40,000 cash boost. The money, from the Scottish Museums' Council, will be used to care for the SRPS collection. The full story is on the BBC website

KINNEIL House and Museum in Bo'ness have been named as one of the top historical attractions in the UK. The imposing A-listed mansion and its stable-block museum reached the top 100 in UKTV History's Britain's Best campaign. They reached the finals alongside the likes of the famous Forth Rail Bridge, Linlithgow Palace and the Tower… Continue reading Kinneil – one of Britain’s Best

MORE than 900 people visited Kinneil House over two days as part of a Doors Open Days programme. People from all over Scotland visited the A-listed mansion and marvelled at the renaissance wall paintings. A full report is available on the Bo'ness Journal website.

FAMILIES are set to flock to Kinneil Estate in Bo'ness this Sunday (September 23) for the park's annual heritage day. The event - organised by Falkirk Council's community services' team - has a wizard theme this year. Actors starring as Harry Potter, Hagrid and Dumbledore will be one hand, as well as the Pheonix Falconry… Continue reading Kinneil heritage day on Sunday