We have all sorts of wonderful wildlife here at Chillingham. Most of which is wild in every sense of the word. However, occasionally something will decide to become less wild and join the team at the Pavilion. Our latest addition is a cock pheasant who now goes by the name of Leonardo. He comes to the Pavilion every morning for [...]
This year's AGM is set to take place on the 10th July in the Minstrel's Gallery in Chillingham Castle, by kind permission of Sir Humphry Wakefield. Lunch will be served at 1.00pm with the actual AGM beginning at 2.00pm. Please could all those Members planning to attend book their lunch asap. Lunch can be booked here. After the formal business [...]
Ellie has been very busy over the last few months developing her Wilding Woods wood school area just behind the Pavilion. Good as it was, it did have one downside – the weather! Like all outdoor learning areas, activities could be curtailed if it turned wet. Although we do have the benefit of the covered veranda back at the Pavilion, [...]
Some of the rarest animals in the world, the iconic Wild Cattle of Chillingham have lived untouched by human interference in the same Northumberland parkland for hundreds of years. Stories of the noble Chillingham herd, often mentioned with White Park, had occasionally popped up as I chatted with owners and keepers of the old English rare breeds I’d visited over [...]
There seem to be quite a lot of road improvements planned for the Chillingham area over the next few weeks. Although that is no bad thing as the roads could do with some attention, it is a bit of a worry from our point of view. It is very difficult for us to delay a tour if people get delayed [...]
The Park is now open for the 2026 season. The Pavilion is open 9.30 - 3.30 and there will be four tours a day, seven days a week until the end of October. We do already have quite a number of group bookings and educational tours booked in, which will mean that tours are limited on certain days so do [...]
Seasonal Warden – 2026 Season Chillingham Wild Cattle Association Chillingham Park, Northumberland NE66 5NP Seasonal role - Approx. 28 hours per week We’re looking for a friendly, enthusiastic Seasonal Warden to join our small team for the 2026 season at one of the UK’s most unique and fascinating conservation sites. Our season runs from 30th March until 1st November, but [...]
On the 20th September we were delighted to welcome the Whittingham Scout Group to Chillingham Park. Although the weather wasnt perfect, it did not seem to dampen the enthusiasm of the Scouts. Denene took 24 Scouts for a long walk around the Park, where they learnt all about the Cattle and their precious environment, along with the history of Chillingham. [...]
Nobody knows more about the Chillingham Cattle and their Park than Prof Stephen Hall. His first involvement at Chillingham was in the 1970s and he has been involved in various capacities ever since. Not only has he conducted much research in the Park, but he has promoted the Cattle and the Park as a research resource and co-ordinated much of [...]
Like most of the country, Chillingham Park has seen little in the way of proper rain since February. Fortunately, we have had occasional showers and not too much burning sun so the grass has kept growing through the summer. The streams have also kept flowing so the cattle have not been short of food and drink. As we come to [...]
At the recent AGM of the Chillingham Wild Cattle Association, Charles Bain-Smith was elected Chairman of the Association. This event was witnessed by his Mother who had traveled from Kent for the occasion. That is hardly an extraordinary event, except that his Mother is Lady Corisande Bain Smith (Ne Bennett), daughter of the 8th Earl of Tankerville and Violet, Countess [...]
On the 11th June we were delighted to welcome 20 pupils from Belford Primary School, along with their teachers, for some outdoor education. The main purpose of the day was to examine how the Wild Cattle interact with, and benefit, their surrounding environment. The day consisted of field work in the Park and some table top analysis back at the [...]
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