Estate and Nature Reserve in Bo'ness, Central Scotland
The Friends of Kinneil volunteers are once again to offer a free weekly guided outdoor walk in Kinneil Estate at 12 noon on most Saturdays during the main visitor season. This will add to the experience for visitors coming to Kinneil for the regular Saturday tours inside Kinneil House, by also showing some of the… Continue reading Free guided lunchtime walks add to Saturday open days
Visitors are once again being invited to explore the historic Kinneil House in Bo'ness, where Saturday guided tours and walks are resuming from the beginning of April for the 2025 season. The magnificent Kinneil House in Bo'ness Regular indoor tours of the house will be available every Saturday from 5 April until the end of… Continue reading Kinneil House welcomes visitors for 2025 season of Saturday openings
Join the Friends of Kinneil as we celebrate our 15th annual James Watt Supper! Non-members are invited and will be very welcome to join members at our 15th informal annual supper at 7pm on Thursday 27 March at the Corbie Inn, Bo'ness. Come and find out more about the Friends (see below). Those attending will… Continue reading Friends to celebrate 15th Annual James Watt Supper on 27 March
Silent pictures and stories... Discover Kinneil House's unique 16th-Century 'Parable' Room Kinneil House will re-open free on Saturday 22 March - the first public opening of 2025 - together with additional free film-related activities for children in adjacent Kinneil Museum. Historic Environment Scotland, supported by volunteers from the Friends of Kinneil, will be welcoming visitors… Continue reading Kinneil House free open day for Silent Film Festival – Saturday 22 March
Museum building wins reprieve from dark clouds overhead There was relief after yesterday's full meeting of Falkirk Council, where Councillors across parties supported a plea by a deputation from the Friends of Kinneil asking them to rethink a proposal on their agenda to close Kinneil Museum later this year. Councillors were urged to commit strongly… Continue reading Museum wins reprieve – and impetus towards strategic tourism & heritage plan
The Friends of Kinneil are dismayed by proposals, tabled ahead of Falkirk Council's meeting on 30 January, to close Kinneil Museum later this year at the end of September. The Friends are urging Councillors across parties to reject the proposals and allow more time for the Council's own overall strategic plan for Kinneil Estate to… Continue reading Dismay at Council proposal to close Kinneil Museum
Read our Annual Report for 2023/4, containing a short review of activities and progress at Kinneil over the past year, as presented at the AGM of the Friends of Kinneil, held in November. Our Chair, Eileen Jackson, reports on the year's activities to our AGM We are always on the look-out for more people to… Continue reading Publication of Annual Report 2023/24
Two of the earliest known framed paintings of Kinneil House and Estate have been re-discovered and shown to the Friends of Kinneil at their Annual General Meeting (AGM) this month. The two paintings are by the Victorian Edinburgh artist, William Woolard, who is known for his depictions of typical Scottish scenes including several interesting works… Continue reading Victorian paintings of Kinneil re-discovered & shown to Friends
Book now for free family tours, with an eerie twist, inside historic Kinneil House this Saturday afternoon, 26 October. The return of this popular Hallowe'en-themed event is being organised by the Friends of Kinneil volunteers, in association with Historic Environment Scotland. Will the shy ghost of the 'White Lady' of Kinneil House be spotted this… Continue reading Free Kinneil House tours with a ghostly twist this Hallowe’en Saturday, 26 October
Come and view Kinneil House, see a Roman encampment alongside mediaeval re-enactors and other family activities this Saturday, 28 September. See the spectacle of the Antonine Guard's encampment Historic Scotland are opening the house for free from 10am-4pm in support of the national 'Doors Open Day' scheme. For this date only, there is no need… Continue reading Free Roman ‘Doors Open Day’ this Saturday, 28 September
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