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Schools Join Our Estate’s Epic Tree Planting Project

Schools Join Our Estate’s Epic Tree Planting Project

School children from across the south are joining our epic tree-planting project to create nine new woodlands on our Estate.

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Our Shepherds Launch Thank Ewe Campaign Ahead of Lambing Season

Our Shepherds Launch Thank Ewe Campaign Ahead of Lambing Season

Our shepherds are asking dog owners to act responsibly while visiting our estate in the run up to lambing season.

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Together With Rowse Honey, we Will Create Over 50 Acres of Sustainable Habitat For Pollinators

Together With Rowse Honey, we Will Create Over 50 Acres of Sustainable Habitat For Pollinators

We are joining forces with Rowse Honey on a major conservation project to create a sustainable nectar source for local wild bees and other pollinators, as well as introducing new habitats for insects and birds, in and around our Oxfordshire estate.

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Our Estate Completes Planting of New Flagship Woodland

Our Estate Completes Planting of New Flagship Woodland

Our rural team has completed planting the first of nine new woodlands on our Oxfordshire Estate.

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Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to Become Our New Head Gardener

Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to Become Our New Head Gardener

We are looking to recruit a new Head Gardener – the first time the role has become vacant in 40 years.

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Our Apprentice Shepherdess Primed for <br/>Busy Lambing Season

Our Apprentice Shepherdess Primed for
Busy Lambing Season

We are marking National Apprenticeship Week by highlighting the work of our new apprentice stockperson, Ellie Young.

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Our Tree Planting Scheme is a ‘Shining Example’ Says Forestry Commission

Our Tree Planting Scheme is a ‘Shining Example’ Says Forestry Commission

Our commitment to create nine new woodlands and plant more than 270,000 trees has been hailed as a ‘shining example’ by the Forestry Commission.

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Shared Ownership Scheme Offers Hope For Local Home Seekers

Shared Ownership Scheme Offers Hope For Local Home Seekers

Our shared ownership scheme at Park View - Woodstock is offering local people an affordable way to buy their own property and stay in the area.

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New Roles Working in Europe’s Most Ancient Oak Woodland

New Roles Working in Europe’s Most Ancient Oak Woodland

Blenheim Estate is recruiting for two new members of staff to join its forestry team.

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Sheepdog Puppy Nell Enjoys First Christmas at Blenheim

Sheepdog Puppy Nell Enjoys First Christmas at Blenheim

A sheepdog puppy called Nell is enjoying her first Christmas with us on the Estate.

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Barn Owl Chicks Hatch Out in Our Nest Boxes

Barn Owl Chicks Hatch Out in Our Nest Boxes

We are helping to rebuild wild barn owl populations with the help of artificial nest boxes which have been put up around the estate.

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Our New Solar Park to Generate Enough Power For More Than 700 Homes

Our New Solar Park to Generate Enough Power For More Than 700 Homes

We have begun work on a new solar park on former agricultural land northeast of Woodstock.

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Morgan Sindall Creating Nine New Public Access Woods on Our Estate as Part of ‘Unprecedented’ Tree Planting Project

Morgan Sindall Creating Nine New Public Access Woods on Our Estate as Part of ‘Unprecedented’ Tree Planting Project

The first of 270,000 trees are being planted on our Estate as part of an ‘unprecedented’ project, in partnership with Morgan Sindall Group plc, the construction and regeneration group, to create nine new woodlands.

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Park View Wins Best Partnership Scheme at the WhatHouse? Awards

Park View Wins Best Partnership Scheme at the WhatHouse? Awards

Our ground-breaking approach to affordable housing was described as ‘outstanding’ by judges after we won Best Partnership Scheme at the WhatHouse? Awards on Friday.

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Halloween Tornado Leaves a Trail of Destruction Through Our Woodland

Halloween Tornado Leaves a Trail of Destruction Through Our Woodland

More than 100 trees have been snapped in two after a tornado ripped through Burleigh Wood in Bladon on Halloween.

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Our Ground-breaking Partnership to Rewild River

Our Ground-breaking Partnership to Rewild River

We've joined forces with the Environment Agency, Thames Water and the Evenlode Catchment Partnership in a unique partnership to help restore one of Oxfordshire’s most important floodplains.

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We've Won Estates Gazette Awards With West Oxfordshire District Council

We've Won Estates Gazette Awards With West Oxfordshire District Council

We have won the inaugural Public/Private Partnership of the Year Award at the Estates Gazette Awards in partnership with West Oxfordshire District Council.

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We've Reached Finals in Five More Property Awards

We've Reached Finals in Five More Property Awards

Alongside our partner Pye Homes we have been nominated for five more property awards.

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First Affordable Homes Available at Park View

First Affordable Homes Available at Park View

The first phase of affordable housing has become available at our ground-breaking Park View development in Woodstock.

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We've Reached Finals in Sustainable Housebuilder of the Year

We've Reached Finals in Sustainable Housebuilder of the Year

We have reached the final of the Sustainable Housebuilder of the Year at the annual Housebuilder Awards.

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We've Been Shortlisted For Estates Gazette Awards

We've Been Shortlisted For Estates Gazette Awards

Blenheim Estate Homes and West Oxfordshire District Council have been nominated as finalists in The Public/Private Partnership Award category of 2021’s Estate Gazette Awards.

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MP Impressed With Our Environmental Initiatives

MP Impressed With Our Environmental Initiatives

MP Robert Courts has praised our commitment to the environment during a visit this week.

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Queen Bee Attempts Palace Coup

Queen Bee Attempts Palace Coup

The Palace is used to welcoming royalty, but when a queen bee inadvertently led her colony to swarm on a stone plinth outside the Duke of Marlborough’s private entrance it was decided she needed to be gently escorted off the premises.

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We're Offering a ‘Dream’ Role for Shepherd

We're Offering a ‘Dream’ Role for Shepherd

We are looking to recruit a shepherd to help care for our 1,000-strong flock of sheep, as well as our collection of rare breed British white cattle .

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We've Welcomed A New National Planning Code

We've Welcomed A New National Planning Code

We have welcomed the government’s new national model design code, which was published this week.

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Shepherd’s Cutie Pies – Sheepdog Puppies at the Palace

Shepherd’s Cutie Pies – Sheepdog Puppies at the Palace

The eight-week-old border collie puppies are the latest generation born from our sheepdogs who work across the Estate.

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Rural Housing Alliance Praises Our Affordable Housing

Rural Housing Alliance Praises Our Affordable Housing

During Rural Housing Week the Rural Housing Alliance has praised our response to the urgent need for additional affordable housing in the country.

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Dry Stone Wall Restoration Uncovers Ghostly Relics

Dry Stone Wall Restoration Uncovers Ghostly Relics

Restoration work on our traditional dry stone walling has revealed a fascinating glimpse into the estate’s past.

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We've been Shortlisted for Prestigious Future of Real Estate Award

We've been Shortlisted for Prestigious Future of Real Estate Award

Blenheim Estate Homes has been shortlisted for the Estates Gazette Future of Real Estate Award 2021.

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Re-discovered 200-year-old Guide Reveals Lost Treasures of one of Britain’s Most Luxurious Roman Villas

Re-discovered 200-year-old Guide Reveals Lost Treasures of one of Britain’s Most Luxurious Roman Villas

Our Palace Archivist has re-discovered a 200-year-old guide revealing the lost treasures of one of Britain’s largest and most luxurious Roman villas

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