Friends of Kinneil

Kinneil’s 350-year-old #WhiteLady takes her leave for another year 👻 after #Halloween 🎃 - to read her story, visit www.kinneil.org.uk/ghost
#Halloween2025 #HistoricScotland

New Kinneil Masterplan needs more work, Friends to tell Councillors The Friends of Kinneil will next week urge Falkirk Councillors across parties not to approve a proposed new 10-year ‘Masterplan’ for historic Kinneil Estate until more work is done on i…

Falkirk Councillors are due to consider draft new 10-year strategic masterplan for Kinneil next Thursday - we think it doesn't stack up, lacks substance & needs more work, so are asking Councillors across parties not to sign it off: kinneil.org.uk/2025/10/29/n...

New Kinneil Masterplan needs more work, Friends to tell Councillors The Friends of Kinneil will next week urge Falkirk Councillors across parties not to approve a proposed new 10-year ‘Masterplan’ for historic Kinneil Estate until more work is done on i…

Falkirk Councillors are due to consider draft new 10-year strategic masterplan for Kinneil next Thursday - we think it doesn't stack up, lacks substance & needs more work, so are asking Councillors across parties not to sign it off: kinneil.org.uk/2025/10/29/n...

West Lothian #SpokesMap – 5th edition! The 5th edition of our highly praised West Lothian Cycle Map was launched on 11 October by Kirsteen Sullivan, MP for Bathgate and Linlithgow and Cllr Peter Heggie, Council Deputy Provost, at West Lothian Bike Library / Crofthead Community Centre. The whole county was surveyed in detail by Spokes volunteers, together with a new area covering Falkirk, Bo’ness and the Kelpies. The map was then completely redrawn and revised by our maps group’s skilled volunteer cartographer, using new software which enables simpler future updating.

Kisteen Sullivan MP & Deputy Provost Peter Heggie launch the Spokes Map at West Lothian Bike Library (see weather-proof map copies on the Library's fence behind)

Map extract, extending to Falkirk, Bo'ness Steam Railway - and the Kelpies!

Special Offer [ending 31 October] Until 31 October 2025 you can order direct from Spokes, by post or email [office@spokes.org.uk] at the special price of £7 each including postage. You can also order 6 maps for our standard bulk-order price of £30 – perfect to resell at your workplace, school or amongst friends and relations – give them a cheap price or raise cash for a charity. Or as a present to your 6 best friends! [Postage may be added if delivery or collection cannot be arranged].

😍 #WestLothian #SpokesMap 2025 is here!!

INFO--> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/10/west...

Launched by MP @kittysull1.bsky.social & Deputy Provost #PeterHeggie

🤩 See Special Offer [ends 31 Oct]

@edi.bike @thecockburn.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghminute.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social

Great news about launch last weekend of new weekly
#parkrun at Bo'ness & Kinneil foreshore - next event tomorrow!
👉 parkrun.org.uk/bonessforesh...
It should bring many new/repeat visitors to discover area's remarkable setting & heritage (featured at kinneil.org.uk/nature-reser...) #parkrunuk

Thanks to #HistoricScotland, to the fabulous Antonine Guard & all other contributors & volunteers for Saturday’s free Roman #DoorsOpenDays at Kinneil - nearly 800 people saw inside Kinneil House & many more enjoying free activities in museum & outdoors including our guided walks

Free Roman ‘Doors Open Day’ on Saturday 27 September Come and view Kinneil House, see a Roman encampment alongside mediaeval re-enactors, and other family activities, on Saturday 27 September. See the spectacle of the Antonine Guard’s encampmen…

Romans return to Kinneil this Saturday, 27 September! Free #HistoricScotland open day as part of #DoorsOpenDays - joined by fabulous Antonine Guard: come along & see their encampment on the Antonine Wall #WorldHeritageSite, & join activities 👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/09/16/f...
@antoninewall.bsky.social

An aberrant plumaged (black/brown) Carrion Crow foraging through seaweed, by the foreshore at Kinneil LNR, Scotland.

An aberrant plumaged (black/brown) Carrion Crow foraging through seaweed, by the foreshore at Kinneil LNR, Scotland.

An aberrant plumaged (black/brown) Carrion Crow foraging through seaweed, by the foreshore at Kinneil LNR, Scotland.

I've seen plenty of aberrant plumaged Carrion Crows over the years, but I'm sure that they have all been black/white or black/grey (when Hoodie hybrids), which made this 1 at Kinneil LNR the other day all the more noticeable #BirdingScotland @kinneil.bsky.social

Or perhaps a mutation having some connection to the nearby ‘Corbie’ Inn - renowned for its excellent real ale…! 🍺

Interesting: that must be the Rust-Mottled Crow - a particular Bo'ness sub-species having evolved alongside the area's cast-iron, industrial and shipbreaking heritage... 😉

Romans returning to Bo'ness for annual open day at Kinneil House The Romans return to Bo’ness on Saturday as Kinneil House hosts its annual Doors Open Day event.

Roman-themed fun this weekend at Kinneil House near Bo'ness, right next to the Antonine Wall.
@kinneil.bsky.social
www.falkirkherald.co.uk/whats-on/thi...

Free Roman ‘Doors Open Day’ on Saturday 27 September Come and view Kinneil House, see a Roman encampment alongside mediaeval re-enactors, and other family activities, on Saturday 27 September. See the spectacle of the Antonine Guard’s encampmen…

Romans return to Kinneil this Saturday, 27 September! Free #HistoricScotland open day as part of #DoorsOpenDays - joined by fabulous Antonine Guard: come along & see their encampment on the Antonine Wall #WorldHeritageSite, & join activities 👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/09/16/f...
@antoninewall.bsky.social

Fatally wounded & highest-ranking casualty during defeat by Jacobites at Battle of Prestonpans 280 years ago #OTD, 21 September 1745 - Colonel James Gardiner, of 13th Dragoons - born 1687 at Burnfoot, Carriden, just East of Bo'ness & remembered in plaque at Carriden Kirk this morning

We’ve had a wonderful day out!We started at the Barony Theatre watching the RSNO perform live and listening to the story of ‘Yoyo and The Little Auk”.We then went to Kinneil woods and took time to slow down and explore in nature.R remembered how to identify brambles and we found some oak trees too!

This weekend (6/7 September) don't miss spectacle of historic Bo'ness Hill Climb motor-racing event + (on Sunday) Classic Car Show! *NB!* both Kinneil House & Museum will be closed for event, & with no indoor/outdoor guided tours
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/09/02/k...
#historicscotland #motorracing

Church on Sunday ✝️ … Spotted this summer in Panes, Asturias, Spain - Romanesque Church of St John of Ciliergo, with uncanny likeness to Kinneil Kirk & from similar period: ruined in Spanish Civil War, recently restored by local council #historicscotland #celticconnections

*Please note*: regrettably our usual volunteer-led free outdoor guided walk at Kinneil at midday this Saturday, 30 August, & next Saturday, 6 September, will not take place due to other activities & events taking place - sincere apologies - next free guided walk will be Saturday 13 September

No. 80105 steam locomotive approaches Kinneil Halt, Bo'ness, Scotland. On Saturday 23 August 2025. #steamlocomotive #steamtrain #visitscotlandfeature #visitscotland #visitfalkirk #canonphotography #eosr7 #rf100500

Visit Kinneil today 🏰 ⛅️ ! The house is *open* on Saturdays for indoor tours, plus a free midday guided outdoor walk:

👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...

Kinneil House's 16/17C wall paintings said to be finest from period of any Scottish house & among best in Britain: the 'Parable' room, once powerful ex-Regent Arran's presence chamber, depicts Good Samaritan story & is visitor highlight - come for Saturday tours kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...

Kinneil foreshore and island made from colliery waste on the site of the bing and lagoons now public open space and local nature reserve
#Coal #MiningLandscape #MiningHeritage

Kinneil House in one of earliest known paintings of it, by William Woolard. Anyone know any earlier, or other local Woolard scenes?

📣Visit on Saturdays for regular indoor/outdoor guided tours👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...

More on Woolard's pictures of Kinneil: ➡️ kinneil.org.uk/2024/11/21/v...

Kinneil House's 16/17C wall paintings said to be finest from period of any Scottish house & among best in Britain: the 'Parable' room, once powerful ex-Regent Arran's presence chamber, depicts Good Samaritan story & is visitor highlight - come for Saturday tours kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...

We kind of guessed that the lumps of #pottery often with a intriguing thumb and forefinger print that litter Bo’ness foreshore (West Lothian) held a utensil now thanks to former project volunteer Kerry we now know what - firing cup/jug handles
#industrialheritage

Join us for a walk through at Kinneil Estate. Learn more about the work we're doing with Falkirk Council to develop a management plan for the Woodland and share your ideas.

In person: 2 August, 11:00 – 13:00: bit.ly/3GZEutW

Online consultation until 3 August: bit.ly/41hh1uW

Give your views on revamped forestry plans for Kinneil Woods All who enjoy Kinneil Woods are encouraged to give their views on a fresh management plan for Kinneil Woods, and/or to join two consultation walks in the woods which are being led by those putting …

Do you enjoy Kinneil Woods? Want to have a say on latest plans for major tree felling and re-planting? Fill out quick survey & provide your views (deadline 3 August) &/or register for free walk this Saturday morning to discuss further with managers kinneil.org.uk/2025/07/24/g...

Kinneil House in one of earliest known paintings of it, by William Woolard. Anyone know any earlier, or other local Woolard scenes?

📣Visit on Saturdays for regular indoor/outdoor guided tours👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...

More on Woolard's pictures of Kinneil: ➡️ kinneil.org.uk/2024/11/21/v...

Have your say on deficient Kinneil plans Everyone interested in Kinneil Estate is encouraged to make their voices heard as Falkirk Council have begun a consultation on a draft new 10-year ‘Masterplan’ for 2026-36 for Kinneil E…

*Speak up!* on new draft 10-year Kinneil Masterplan from Falkirk Council - lacking firm commitments & undermined at outset by Council's museum closure proposal: we're asking for joint future strategy with #HistoricScotland for viable national historic attraction kinneil.org.uk/2025/07/08/h...

Tony Marsh was born #OnThisDay in ’31 & raced 4 #F1 GPs for Cooper & Lotus in ’57, ’58 & ’61. He was a big star of the #BritishHillclimbChampionship, winning it a record 6 times. Pic: Marsh in his ex-Jo Bonnier BRM P48, lifting an inside rear wheel at Bo’ness Hillclimb in ’66.

I see your "edge of empire" and raise you the entrance to the small Roman fortlet on the Antonine Wall at Kinneil.

The most northerly gate into the Roman Empire :)

#RomanFortThursday