Archive of: 2018

• Mulgrave to Menu

  

  05 July 2018

  The Mulgrave Estate takes its wildlife management and deer control very seriously. We ensure our wildlife and conservation work side by side and our deer management policy is a key example. Mulgrave Deer are sustainably controlled to ensure that our farm crops and young trees are not damaged by an over populated herd. A healthy, managed population that can thrive alongside our Estate operations is what we try to achieve. To that end, we are very pleased to supply the Dunlsey Hall Hotel menu with quality venison, carefully taken from the Mulgrave Woods. We hope you will visit Dunsley Hall and enjoy the wild flavours of our venison and marvel that it arrives from wood to fork in less than one mile.

  To book a table at the Dunsley restaurant and enjoy, call 01947 893437.

• ‘Green Light’ given to significant Countryside Stewardship schemes

  

  18 June 2018

  Natural England has given the green light for the Estate to enter a significant Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship scheme which focuses on developing an extensive agri environment plan on the across the Estate. The scheme, which will run for 10 years until 2028, will involve a number of ‘green farming’ options such as…

• Mulgrave Castle 10k

  

  07 June 2018

  On Sunday 3rd June, 200 athletes of all abilities, from all over the North came to take part in the annual Mulgrave run organised by Mulgrave Community Sports Association. The challenging route includes views of the old medieval castle, the fords crossing the becks at Sandsend and a hill climb to 430m. Hardly a walk in the park! Jay Ferns of Glaisdale won 1st place with a time of 36:12 and the first lady home was Catherine Williamson of Whitby in 42:17, who took sixth place overall. A huge thank you to all the runners and everyone involved in organising the event.

• Stiddy Firing to commemorate the Royal Wedding

  

  22 May 2018

  To celebrate the Royal Wedding which took place on Saturday (19th May), crowds gathered in Lythe to watch the firing of the Stiddy. Lady Normnaby, Castle staff and our maintenance team all took turns in lighting the Stiddy.

  Click the heading to see more pictures.

• Royal Wedding Celebrations

  

  18 May 2018

  ​Lythe Village School are celebrating the Royal Wedding by having a picnic in Mulgrave Castle Gardens in the sunshine.

• Now taking Bookings for 2019!

  

  01 May 2018

  ​Please note that our arrival day has now changed to Friday!

  You can now book our cottages for 2019. Changeover day is now a Friday for most of our cottages however you can still book Vancouver from a Saturday.

• New Timber drying facility at Mulgrave Sawmill

  01 May 2018

  The woodland department at the Mulgrave Estate will soon be benefitting from extra capacity and facilities at the Sawmill yard, Sandsend.

  A new timber drying facility is being built to double the storage capacity for saw logs at the yard. Keeping saw logs under cover is essential as they air dry and season prior to splitting, bagging and sale in the forthcoming winter. This will be a real boost for the Sawmill in its plans to expand and develop new markets for the future.

  A tractor driven splitting machine will also be purchased to provide dry kindling to sell to customers and offer a complete package to keep the home fires burning this winter. The EU LEADER programme, through its forest productivity element is providing some match funding for the project. John Beech, Asst. Rural Surveyor at the Estate noted ‘We are very grateful for the financial assistance of the LEADER programme, the forest productivity element ties in perfectly with our vision for the sustainable management of the Estates’ woodlands, whilst providing new products and expanding our woodland business for the future’.

  Further information on the LEADER project is available at http://www.moorscoastandhills.org.uk To order logs from the Estate please see our Woodland & Firewood section.

• New Wildlife Manager

  

  13 April 2018

  Stephen joined the Estate in 2018 as Wildlife Manager, having previously worked on various Estate across the north of England and Scotland. He also worked for the Food & Environment Research Agency where he carried out wildlife management and research projects across the UK. Stephen is an experienced deer manager and has dealt with wildlife control on estates for over 22 years. In his spare time Stephen enjoys partaking in martial arts.

• Improving water quality at Mulgrave Estate

  23 March 2018

  Mulgrave Estate have been successful in applying for some grant aid in the form of agricultural materials to prevent poaching and run off in part of the Sandsend beck catchment. The Estate have acquired materials to install over 400m of fencing to stop grazing livestock entering the watercourse at Dunsley. This reduces the opportunity for livestock to pollute the drains and watercourses which eventually flow into the bay and the Sandsend bathing beach. As an alternative to livestock drinking from the beck the project will also install a large trough, pipework and concrete sleepers for hardstanding to enable livestock to still graze the land and have a constant supply of clean water. Work on installing the materials will begin in April.

• Dry Stone Walling work complete at Kettleness

  

  23 February 2018

  A notable landscape feature at Kettleness has had a major facelift thanks to the dedication of a local drystone waller. Work on the traditional boundary feature, alongside the Cleveland Way at Kettleness has now been completed and has made a huge impact on the coastal landscape.