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  • STEPHEN HALL’S NEW BOOK NOW ON SALE

    By Angus Collingwood-Cameron | 13th September 2025 | Blog, Latest News, News and Events

    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 [...]

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  • DROUGHT BRINGS AUTUMN EARLY

    By Angus Collingwood-Cameron | 31st August 2025 | Blog, Latest News, News and Events

    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 [...]

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  • LADY CORISANDE VISITS THE WILD CATTLE

    By Angus Collingwood-Cameron | 26th July 2025 | Blog, Latest News, News and Events

    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 [...]

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  • BELFORD SCHOOL VISIT

    By Angus Collingwood-Cameron | 17th June 2025 | Blog, Latest News

    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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  • LONG TOUR WITH THE PARK MANAGER- 7th JUNE

    By Angus Collingwood-Cameron | 14th May 2025 | Blog, Latest News

    Angus Collingwood-Cameron, has been involved at Chillingham for over 20 years, firstly as a Trustee and then as Park Manager since 2019. On the 7th June, he will be leading a special long walking tour of the Park with a particular focus on the built infrastructure of the Park. Chillingham Park is best known for its famous inhabitants, its landscape [...]

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  • CUCKOOS ARE BACK!

    By Angus Collingwood-Cameron | 5th May 2025 | Blog, Latest News

    The cuckoo finally made its return at the end of April. It was first heard by Ellie on 29th April. That is a little later than usual but it is always a joy to hear its distinctive call in the Park. It is not that long ago that the call of the Cuckoo was the ubiquitious sound of spring and [...]

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  • OPENING 12th APRIL

    By Angus Collingwood-Cameron | 9th April 2025 | Uncategorised

    Spring is certainly here! What a pleasure it has been over the last couple of weeks to see the sunshine, watch the cattle graze across the Park and listen to the bird song. With the longer days and better weather, come the people! Ellie, Rick, Lara and Emma have been very busy getting the Pavilion and vehicles ready for action [...]

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  • After nearly 3 years……

    By Angus Collingwood-Cameron | 15th October 2024 | Blog, Latest News

    It was very nearly 3 full years ago that Storm Arwen struck north Northumberland, flattening literally millions of trees. My initial thought was that it would take two years to clear up the damage but I had rather underestimated the challenge. This week, the last of the forestry harvesting machinery finally departed from Chillingham. The scale of the damage in [...]

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