Stately Home to the Spencer family for 500 years, Althorp is one of England's premier historic houses.
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14 Feb 2025
We are thrilled to confirm the full line up for the Althorp Literary Festival, which will take place 11th - 13th April 2025 📚
Tickets will be available to purchase from our website on Friday 21st February.
Day schedule and FAQs to follow early next week.
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Mar 5
The magnificent "Crimea" oak in Althorp Park this foggy morning. This huge oak is so called because at the time of the Crimean war 1853 - 1856 The Royal Navy tried to buy her for ship building. She is 650 years old.
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#Spencerestates #oaktrees #History
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Mar 2
The month of March gets off to a decent start weather wise here at Althorp. It's actually feeling a little like spring at the moment.
Our brown hare population certainty have a "spring" in their step.
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#hares #springtime #Spencerestates
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Feb 17
Taking the waist measurements of a mature lady for our records.
This particular lady is over 750 years of age and looking very good for her years I must say.
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#oaks #Spencerestates
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16 Oct 2025
My handsome neighbours at @AlthorpHouse are looking their very finest now.
14 Oct 2025
Black fallow bucks @AlthorpHouse
The rutting season is upon us here in the deer park. We had a long hot summer with the bucks happily chilling out together, but now they've become very pugnacious all of a sudden!
Conservation@althorp.com #fallowdeer #nature #rut #Spencerestates
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29 Jul 2025
Lovely shot by the head of Conservation here of one of the birds that grace the Park at @AlthorpHouse
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16 Jul 2025
Biggest brood of tufted ducks I've ever seen @AlthorpHouse
They were all busy chasing insects across the water.
Mother did well to hatch that lot!
Conservation@althorp.com #Spencerestates
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15 Jul 2025
A rather chilled out hare on the lawn @AlthorpHouse this morning.
The brown hares here in the park are definitely less concerned about humans being around them.
Visitors to Althorp often comment on how nice it is to see them.
Conservation@althorp.com #hares #Spencerestates
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9 Jul 2025
The Billiard Room at @AlthorpHouse - ready to receive this month and August’s day visitors to Althorp.
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7 Jul 2025
Quite a bed…. The Queen Mary Room, at @AlthorpHouse
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7 Jul 2025
Tim the Peacock on manoeuvres, at @AlthorpHouse Tim loves July and August, when Althorp is open to day visitors, because he’s worked out that people always drop crumbs from the cafe tables.
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6 Jul 2025
The Great Room at @AlthorpHouse - once the main reception room for guests of the family, but now a dining room.
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1 Jul 2025
Tufted ducks nest hidden in the Lake margins @AlthorpHouse today.
Hoping to see 11 ducklings very soon🤞
Conservation@althorp.com #wildfowl #Spencerestates
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29 Jun 2025
Sika deer calf sitting tightly in long grass @AlthorpHouse today.
Sika calves are small and very vulnerable at this age, the mother leaves them for several hours at a time. Never attempt to touch them and always keep dogs under control.
Conservation@althorp.com #deer
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28 Jun 2025
At the top of the main staircase at @AlthorpHouse - 20th century family portraits by William Orpen, Augustus John, and (2 by) Nelson Shanks.
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12 Jun 2025
Meet our newest recruits: Andora, Embla, Tyra and Oda the alpacas!
The two mothers and their adorable crias joined us at Althorp at the start of June and are settling in beautifully.
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12 Jun 2025
First thing today - the pollarded lime avenue at @AlthorpHouse
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1 Jun 2025
The new Althorp Alpaca herd started today, with the arrival of this gorgeous quartet; two mothers with their crias (babes).
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8 Jun 2025
A beautiful common spotted Orchid @AlthorpHouse today.
There are two other species of orchid found in Althorp Park, they are, Bee orchids & Pyramidal orchids.
Conservation@althorp.com #orchids Spencerestates
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28 May 2025
Fun evening at @AlthorpHouse last night, hosting a bbq for @NorthantsCCC team. Coach @darren_lehmann, captains @david_willey & Luke Procter, plus wives & girlfriends. I’ve been a Life Member of the club for 40 years, was president & am now patron.
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21 May 2025
Early morning manoeuvres at @AlthorpHouse today - adult geese beginning to show their goslings round the Park. The warm weather this spring has played its part in ensuring a particularly successful breeding season.
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