Keep everyone entertained this Half Term with our list of fun, crowd-pleasing activities!
Stories
Sir Winston Churchill was born at Blenheim and returned often during his long life for parties, to paint, to spend time with friends, and he also chose to propose to his wife within the Palace grounds.
You will once again be able to spot Blenheim Palace on the big screen in the action-packed film, Napoleon, due for release on Wednesday 22nd November 2023
We are proud to announce that we have won an Accessibility Award at the Blue Badge Awards 2023, for Best Venue in a Historical Building.
Following our pilot programme last year, we have expanded our reusable cup initiative to encompass the entire Estate.
We recently celebrated International Women’s Day – a day where we come together to celebrate the lives of women before us and the women around us.
Counteract the winter blues with the natural mood-lifting antidote of a walk in the parkland.
With over 300 years of history, Blenheim Palace is home to many a secret. Social Media Apprentice Ella King has taken a trip into the archives to reveal all...
Read about how Lancelot 'Capability' Brown redesigned the entire 2,000 acres of Gardens and Parkland.
Ever wondered why we have an organ in the Long Library? Where did it come from? And how long has it been there? Amelia Robinson, Social Media Apprentice, reveals all…
In 2017, we announced 10 goals to deliver over the next 10 years. 2022 marks the halfway point in our journey so we’re taking a look at what we’ve achieved so far, and what’s still to come…
Funding will be available to local charities and projects within a 20-mile radius of Blenheim.
We are set to unveil the biggest family-themed attraction in our history later this year, with the opening of our brand-new Adventure Play experience.
We are on track to achieve a hugely ambitious set of 10 goals which affect every aspect of our Oxfordshire UNESCO World Heritage Site.
We are embarking on a ground-breaking £2m conservation project - the first of its kind at a Grade 1 Listed World Heritage Site – in an effort to combat the effects of climate change.
We have retained our Gold Award from Green Tourism, making us one of the UK’s ‘greenest’ tourist attractions.
As part of National Apprenticeship Week (7th-13th February) at Blenheim we're on track to achieve our goal of training 100 apprentices within 10 years.
We are launching an exciting series of podcasts on Spotify.
Hosted by the Palace’s social historian, Antonia Keaney, guests include TV presenter Sue Perkins and broadcaster Hugo Vickers.
The country’s brightest young chess players took part in the 26th Delancey UK Schools’ Chess Challenge at the Palace at the weekend.
Award-winning photographer Pete Seaward is giving our visitors the chance to go behind the lens as part of a new exhibition.
We received a silver award for Accessible and Inclusive Tourism at the Beautiful South Awards for Excellence.
We have received the prestigious Sandford Award for Heritage Education for the ninth consecutive time.
Together with Pye Homes, we are sponsoring the Special Recognition category at next year’s Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Award run by the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP).
We're building our own natural hives to help protect dwindling colonies of wild bees across our estate.
The expression ‘great oaks from little acorns grow’ is nowhere more true than on our Estate, where over 20,000 acorns have been collected this year alone as part of our extensive in-house tree growing programme.
Of many pioneering initiatives on the Blenheim Estate, tree planting is the most important facet of our climate change strategy, addressing problems and creating opportunities.
A thousand-year-old oak on our Estate has a starring role in David Attenborough’s landmark BBC series ‘Wild Isles’.
As well as being home to Britain’s Greatest Palace, our Estate is also a great place to discover rich natural heritage.
