Coronavirus COVID-19
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
CLANDON PARK LAND HAS NEVER BEEN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND HAS NEVER BEEN OPEN TO ANY NATIONAL TRUST CLANDON HOUSE VISITORS. Please be aware we are to remain open as the Clandon Park farm business provides essential animal care, wildlife management and parkland management throughout the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, however we shall be responsive to public health directives and advice.
The health and wellbeing of our clients, our employees, farm workers and animals at Clandon Park is our top priority, and we shall be adapting our processes and policies as and when required.
COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS WHEN
ATTENDING CLANDON PARK:
We ask that visits are kept to a minimum and those that take place are essential for animal welfare reasons. We have strict biosecurity rules on the park and farm and all visitors to Clandon Park in whatever capacity must be responsible and considerate towards our clients and staff members. Our staff and clients rely on their own good health to enable them to care for the varied livestock at Clandon Park and the park’s wildlife.
If you are feeling unwell with or without an obvious respiratory infection of any type you must not attend; If you are well and do attend Clandon Park please respect each other's space by a minimum of 2 metre of space between you and others and you must avoid all unnecessary contact; and maintain
good hygiene practices throughout your visit. Please use soap and water to wash your hands regularly and disinfectant spray must be used on all surfaces both before and after you touch them.
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Clandon Park is a large parkland estate owned by the Earl of Onslow. It is a working farm consisting of Grade 11 Listed parkland grazing, haymaking land, a nationally important quarantine holding for rare breeds, an equine stud, commercial fishing lakes and commercially managed forests near the wonderful town of Guildford in Surrey. (This park should not be confused with the NT Clandon Park House with its immediate 7 acres of car park and garden next door)
Clandon Park has been owned by the Onslow's since the middle of the 1600's. It has been the official uninterrupted Seat of the Baronets Onslow and then later the Barons Onslow & the Earls of Onslow since 1688 . These titles are hereditary and so the Baronet title, Baronies and Earldom passed to Rupert Onslow, the Viscount Cranley (now the 8th Earl of Onslow) in 2011 when his father Michael, the 7th Earl of Onslow very sadly passed away. As his son, Viscount Cranley was also the heir to the Seat, Clandon Park, and, as such, the Estate was also conveyed to him in January 2017.
The current Earl of Onslow inherited many titles from his late father:
8th Earl of Onslow, of Onslow and styled "of Clandon Park in the County of Surrey"
(United Kingdom, let. pat. 19 Jun 1801),
8th Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey
(United Kingdom, let. pat. 19 Jun 1801),
11th Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Shropshire and of Clandon Park in the County of Surrey
(Great Britain, let. pat. 19 Jun 1716) This title was created approximately 15 years before Lord Onslow built Clandon House.
8th Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt in the County of Surrey
(Great Britain, let. pat. 20 May 1776)
12th Baronet Onslow, styled "of Clandon Park, co. Surrey"
(England, let. pat. 8 May 1674 with precedency from 21 Nov 1660) This title was created approximately 70 years before Lord Onslow built Clandon House.
The 8th Earl, Lord Onslow continues to own and oversee the day to day commercial, agricultural, farming & other enterprises that take place on the parkland, just as the many generations of Onslow's have done for well over three centuries.
Some of the homegrown enterprises that take place on Clandon Park include:
Clandon Park Educational Field Study Days. These activities are open to schools, colleges and universities.
Clandon Park Livery Stables.
Clandon Park Riding Club.
Sheep, cattle or pig breeding and farming with an emphasis on heritage and native rare breeds that are endangered.
Occasional annual or summer grass keep for livestock particularly focusing on breeds that contribute positively in terms of conservation parkland/grassland/forest floor species management.
Extensive commercial hay & haylage production.
Sustainably managed commercial forestry.
Clandon Park Clay Pigeon Shooting Club.
Wildlife Conservation and Management
Charity Support Events
Vehicle parking & storage (particularly horse boxes, pony trailers & agricultural machinery) .
Clandon Park Fisheries.
Clandon Park also supports many of Lord Onslow's private business tenants and leaseholders who manage other Clandon Park enterprises such as:
Clandon Park Garden Centre
Clandon Park Cafeteria
Clandon Park Reptile Centre
Surrey Water Garden Centre
Clandon Golf Course (Leased))
Merrow Cricket Club (ClubTenant)
Guildford Clay Shooting Club (Club Tenant)
Clandon Park Rare Breed Quarantine (Managed)
Clandon Park Whitefaced Woodland Flock (Managed)
Merrow Park and Ride Car Park (Leased)
Clandon Lakes Fishing. (Managed)
Clandon Park Ltd. (Business Tenant)
Lord Onslow's business also offers several agricultural & equestrian services. These include:
Agricultural, equestrian and environmental dispute resolution (Qualified Experienced ADR Practitioner)
Small to medium sized event management.
Competition preparation.
Carriage & harness fitting evaluation.
Short & long term animal care & husbandry.
Stable management and animal respite care.
Veterinary referral for rehabilitation, (currently rehab horses accepted at grass only between April and November) with separate management and/or stabling if required, for polo ponies, racehorses and retired horses.
It was planned that between 2008 and 2022 the services and facilities would extend to include:
Dressage and Jumping Coach for Livery owners and visiting riders on their own horses.
24 hour management for livestock quarantine, lambing for the Countess of Onslow's rare breed sheep, foaling and brood mare/stallion management and an *Educational Auditorium.
The quarantine, lambing and foaling business is now thriving and the ne units will be accessible to veterinary students online 24 hrs a day or for veterinary student groups on organised visits during normal working hours from a variety of educational organisations who are registered on our 2020/21 Clandon Park Education Programme. (The Auditorium is subject to Guildford Borough Council Planning Authority approval and Clandon Park terms and conditions)
The Clandon Park Staff currently work closely with several highly skilled veterinary practices, including one of the UK's top veterinary hospitals and research centres. Clandon Park Equestrian Centre staff are able to comply with owner's requests for specialist veterinary care, as and when required.
Although it will take some time to develop, it is our aim to one day fully support a veterinary practice with a specialist outreach veterinary teaching unit to be located at Clandon Park that will be linked with a local university.
Staff and the contractors at Clandon Park include highly experienced and qualified individuals such as a fully qualified BHSAI, BHSII, BHSI (SM), Competition Riders, Event Coach, Stud Groom, ADR Qualified Commercial Dispute Resolution Practitioner that specialises in agricultural, equestrian and environmental dispute resolution, BHS Professional Coach, HGV & Agricultural Vehicle Drivers, Wildlife Manager, Chain Saw Licence holder, Qualified Foresters, Dendrologists, Teachers, Lecturers, Fencing & Fishery specialist contractors and several other associated specialists and coaches.