National Field Archery Championships

The weekend of the 18/19th September saw the National Field Archery Championships being held in the woods surrounding the Home Farm. This is a family sport, which was attended by competitors of all ages from around the country. Targets representing quarry species, usually North American, are placed in the woods, 36 to a course, and positioned so as to make the judging of angles and distances as difficult as possible. Two courses were for specialists in the traditional longbow with wooden arrows, as used by Robin Hood and two for the modern composite bows with metal or carbon fibre arrows. About 500 people were based in Home Front Park, many of them camping, with the remainder coming by the day. Catering was provided by Reg & Jackie Cornthwaite and their friends and I believe Reg cooked about 500 breakfasts on the Saturday and there was a hog roast that evening.

Hospitality news

Posted 16/9/2011

Film Locations

Most recently we have been involved in the filming of a new series staring David Jason. For several weeks the crew and actors were around the estate. Previously we have hosted a number of units including filming "Bulla - the Movie" and hosting the unit locations for the popular BBC spy series "Spooks" and the new prodution of Jane Austin's "Emma" last summer, "Cosi" starring Richard E Grant and Sarah Brightman, an episode of the ITV series "Lewis" and for "Any Human Heart" with Jim Broadbent and Kim Cattrall.

Posted 16/9/2011

Shakespeare on the Estate

What a wonderful evenings we all had being entertained by Oddsocks Productions! In 2010 it was "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and in 2011 it was "Macbeth". We hope they will return with their quirky version of "Julius Caesar" in 2012. If you would like to be put on our mailing list please contact the Estate Office: 01442 252421 or estateoffice@gaddesdenestate.co.uk

Posted 3/2/2011

National Field Archery Championships

September saw the NFAS Championships being held in the woods of the Estate. About 500 people were based in Home Front Park to participate in this family sport, which was attended by competitors of all ages from around the country.