May 2018
Songs of Praise drops in on Scone Palace during visit to City of Perth
Scone Palace is to feature in the next episode of BBC Songs of Praise as the popular TV programme visits Perthshire this Sunday, May 27 at 16.25 on BBC One.
IMCF World Championships draw to a close at Scone Palace
The International Medieval Combat Federation (IMCF) World Championships have drawn to a close at Scone Palace after four days of fierce competition.
April 2018
Scone Palace opens its doors to the public for 2018 summer season
Scone Palace marked opening its doors to the public on Friday, March 30, 2018 by gifting the first visitors arriving at the Palace with a Palace and Grounds Season Ticket and a large chocolate Easter bunny.
Teams drawn for IMCF World Championships at Scone Palace
The teams have been drawn for this year’s International Medieval Combat Federation (IMCF) World Championships, which will take place at Scone Palace from May 10 to May 13, 2018.
February 2018
WW1 memorial walk in honour of Scone’s fallen to be unveiled next month
A memorial walk which has been developed to honour those Scone men who lost their lives during World War 1 is to be unveiled next month.
The walk, which runs around Scone and its outskirts, including Scone Palace, will be accompanied by audio stories which tell the tales of the 71 Scone men who served in the Great War. The walk will be unveiled at a launch event at Scone Palace on Wednesday 7th March 2018.
January 2018
Scone Palace to host BBC Biggest Weekend
Scone Palace is "thrilled" to be the only venue in Scotland for BBC Music's The Biggest Weekend, to take place this May bank holiday.
On Friday 26th May and Saturday 27th May, Scone Palace will be host to artists including Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Nigel Kennedy and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Tickets are available here: www.bbc.co.uk/biggestweekend
Thousands to descend on Scone Palace as it hosts world championship in medieval combat in a first for U.K.
Scone Palace is getting back to its medieval roots this May when it plays host to the world championships for full- contact medieval combat, a sport rising in popularity around the globe.
Thousands will descend on the historic visitor attraction, known for being the crowning place of medieval kings, when it hosts the International Medieval Combat Federation World Championships from May 10th to 13th 2018.
2017 a bumper year for Scone Palace as visitor numbers and scone sales soar
‘The Mary Berry effect’ sees surge in interest in historic attraction
It was a year of record visitor numbers, primetime TV and thousands upon thousands of scones for one of Scotland’s favourite visitor attractions, Scone Palace.
The crowning place of the Kings of Scots saw a bumper tourist year with 115,000 visitors through its gates between April and October and a staggering 42,500 buying a scone.
And while the popularity of its home-baked goods kept Palace staff extra busy in the kitchen, they made room for one special visitor: TV cook Mary Berry. Scone Palace was among four country homes featured in BBC One’s Mary Berry’s Country Secrets which saw Mary lift the lid on what it’s like to live in and run a national treasure.
November 2017
Mary Berry programme is dedicated to Scone Palace’s Lady Butler
This week’s episode of Mary Berry’s Country House Secrets will be dedicated to long-time staff member Jean Stewart, who passed away shortly after the BBC One show was filmed there.
Jean, the Lady Butler, had worked at Scone Palace for 39 years, first for the late Lord Mansfield and then for the current Earl and Countess of Mansfield. Jean, 75, died last May after a bout of pneumonia a couple of months after the filming of the TV programme. She is honoured with a mention in Wednesday night’s episode.
Scone Palace is ‘King of Scones’ as visitors devour them in record numbers
Record number of scones scoffed as Perthshire attraction lives up to its name
Scone Palace is known worldwide for being the crowning place of the Kings of Scots, among them Robert the Bruce and Macbeth. But visitors to the five-star visitor attraction in Perthshire are not only devouring history – they’re scoffing the Palace scones in record numbers.
During this tourist season, which ran from April to October, Scone Palace has sold a record 42,500 scones. Given that 100,000 people pass over the Palace’s royal threshold, the popularity of its home baked goods has been keeping Palace staff extra busy in the coffee shop and restaurant.
Scone Palace features in new Mary Berry show as it shares its recipes with TV's favourite cook
Scone Palace will offer the public a behind-the-scenes peek at stately home life when it features in a new four-part cooking series, Mary Berry’s Country House Secrets.
The historic Perthshire visitor attraction is known worldwide for being the crowning place of the Kings of Scots. In the new programme, which airs on BBC One on November 29th, TV cook and personality Mary Berry will create dishes inspired by Scone Palace’s long, lauded heritage.
Mary’s visit to Scone Palace takes her off the well-trodden tourist paths to meet the staff and owners, visit its gardens, private quarters and wider estate, and create sumptuous dishes in the Palace’s stunning Victorian-style Old Kitchen. Scone Palace’s kitchen gardens – headed up by Brian Cunningham of BBC’s Beechgrove Garden - provide the ingredients for many of the dishes cooked there, including its annual festive lunches every Christmas.
Second Spirits of Scone event a screaming success
With more than 4,000 visitors over six nights, Scone Palace’s second Spirits of Scone event was declared a screaming success.
The Palace transformed its grounds into a horrorfest in the run-up to Halloween to offer an illuminated tour featuring some of Perthshire’s scariest folk tales.
October 2017
Scone Palace announces winners for kids’ spooky story competition
Scone Palace has announced two lucky winners for its Halloween short story competition.
Young Perthshire writers Fraser MacCuish, 10, and Olivia Pankhurst, 11, were named joint winners for, respectively, The Cave of Horrors and Outside.
Their prize includes a family ticket to Scone Palace’s Spirits of Scone event, launching tonight (Thursday), a season ticket to the Palace and publication on The Courier’s website. The winning writers will also read out their stories as part of the six-night event, which runs from October 26th to October 31st.
September 2017
Scone Palace appoints Stephen Brannigan as Head of House Opening
Scone Palace has appointed Stephen Brannigan, a contract caterer with an impressive pedigree in event management, as Head of House Opening.
Stephen, formerly General Manager with Elior UK at Rangers Football Club, has joined the historic Perthshire visitor attraction in a newly created role in which he will oversee the catering, caretaking and housekeeping teams and be involved in the Palace’s accommodation lets.
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Scone Palace plays host to a number of exciting events throughout the year. From The GWCT Scottish Game Fair to The 80's Rewind Scotland Festival in the Parklands to our Antiques Fairs and Chilli Festival at the Palace, there is a great range of events happening at Scone Palace.