Each Autumn we drive all of our Highland cattle down from our hill land on the Pentland Hills in a big round-up. We do this so that we can perform full health-checks of our cattle, to check things like their feet (cows naturally have long toes, but we don't want [...]
We are absolutely delighted that Swanston Farm was shortlisted as a finalist for the Agriculture category for the Scottish Rural Awards 2018! The Scottish Rural Awards, partnered by Scottish Field Magazine and the Scottish Countryside Alliance, are the benchmark of excellence in rural Scotland and celebrates the triumphs of businesses, [...]
The 2017 lambing season has now finished here at Swanston Farm and this means the end of many sleepless nights and hard work whilst all of our ewes finished lambing. Our flock of ewes all produced healthy twins and we even have one set of triplets! We were very lucky [...]
A public exhibition was held on Tuesday 5th March 2019 at Swanston Brasserie, 111 Swanston Road, Edinburgh, EH10 7DS from 2pm until 7pm. This took take place in the ground floor function room ('Templar Room') where full plans were available to view. The event was open to all and we [...]
Swanston Farm provided the venue for The Push in 2015, one of Scotland’s most fantastic charity challenges in aid of St Columba’s Hospice. The Push Gold route is one of the toughest challenge events in Scotland, featuring 2400m of height gain over its 26.2 miles, this cross-country challenge event features [...]
The Pentland Hills within the diverse landscape of Swanston Farm were the playground for the 2015 Red Bull Foxhunt with Jeep for the second year running. This women-only mountain-biking race saw over 100 competitors (the ‘Hounds’) tackle the epic downhill terrain from the peak of Caerketton Hill, to the finish [...]
