Swanston Farm was honoured to welcome talented finalist of Channel 4's 'The Piano' for filming, 10 year old Sum. Sum and his family visited Swanston Farm and our Highland Cows on a chilly winter's morning for some filming ahead of the final episode of Series 2. It was a sparkling, [...]
LS Productions took over the hills here at Swanston Farm for a day, filming for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. An early start saw the most stunning of sunrises and we were blessed with a sunny September day. Our fold of Highland Cows were located to the peaks of [...]
Matt Baker took his Mum Janice and Dad Mike on a special Christmas trip to Edinburgh and popped up to visit us here at Swanston Farm! Along with a wonderful visit to the Royal Yacht Britannia and the Kinloch Anderson Kilts and Highland Dress hub, the family enjoyed a close-up [...]
The Artemis Pentland Peaks Challenge is an annual charity walking event that takes place in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh. The routes include Gold (27 miles), Silver (14 miles) and Bronze (10 miles) test every level of fitness with the Gold route including the challenging peaks of Caerketton and Allermuir [...]
Oxford Films came to Swanston Farm to shoot on location with English actor, author and stand-up comedian Alexei Sayle for a documentary in 2022. The Fringe, Fame and Me is the story of how a small Scottish arts festival that began 75 years ago this year became a national institution – a [...]
We had some very special visitors in June 2023! Team Mouat, which is led by Edinburgh-born skipper, Bruce Mouat, were crowned world curling champions in Ottawa earlier this year after defeating their Canadian hosts. Team Mouat also took home the silver medal at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing and they [...]
Thelma and Louise are our 2 oldest Highland Cows (born in 2004) and because they are a bit slower and creakier than the youngsters, we have to trim their feet more often. This is because they don't wear them down as quickly as the younger cows as they walk about. [...]
The team from Powder UK chose Swanston Farm as a location for shooting a range from their Autumn/Winter 2019 Collection. It was a very chilly January day, with Design Director Lisa Beaumont and her team, including make-up artist, stylist and photographer along with model Lauren, wearing the stunning cosy and [...]
The Ultra Tour of Edinburgh is unique - it's an Ultra Run in a city like no other. Rat Race is the UK’s best known adventure sports outfit and the Edinburgh course weaves 57km through streets, alleyways, onto hills, up crags, past monuments, museums, seats of Royalty, Government and up [...]
In June 2019 we had a visit from The Dick Vet Farm Animal Practice, who came out to perform our Highland Cow vet check. A few feet were trimmed, all the horns were checked and were good and some blood samples taken for a study. Some vet students also attended to [...]
