Bird Box Bonanza Thursday 13th April 2023, 1.30 – 4.30 Ranger Centre, Brodick Country Park, Isle of Arran Come and build your very own Bird Box to take away and put up in your own garden or green space and help our garden birds this spring Easter is a time when many of our garden …
The Good, The Bad and The Poultry Come along to Brodick Castle on Sunday 30th April at 1pm for a western chicken showdown, a hoedown, and an egg hunt! This show tells the tale of the golden egg that never cracks. Two chickens, one turkey and ‘Hennio Morricone’ (the live poultry band) along with audience …
Written by Kenneth Gibson, MSP On 11 May, the National Trust for Scotland (NTS), the country’s largest and oldest conservation charity, announced a series of emergency actions designed to ensure its survival during the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. Unfortunately, this announcement included placing 429 staff from its permanent workforce of 751 at risk of …
Some information from NTS about their month long Christmas at the Castle event – Make the most of the festive fun this Christmas season at Brodick Castle at our special holiday event: Christmas at the Castle! Running from Friday 22nd November to Sunday 22nd December, experience Brodick Castle as you’ve never seen it before. Holiday …
Brand new Makers’ Festival By Fiona Doubleday This year the island will witness a brand new creative event. Co-hosted by Crafts and Company and Brodick Castle this three day event brings together many of the talented makers on the island. Based at Brodick Castle on 12-14th July the event has a participatory focus with workshops …
By Chitra Ramaswamy, visiting Brodick on the eve of the Castle’s reopening last month. First published in the NTS Magazine, Spring 2019. Guarded by the rugged sentinel of Goat Fell, Brodick Castle on the Isle of Arran is undergoing its latest transformation in a history that spans eight centuries. Behind the doors of the Hamiltons’ …