THE KILMAHEW EDUCATION TRUST
Eight Centuries of Scottish History
in a single estate.
SAFETY ADVICE
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ALL STRUCTURES AND BUILDINGS WITHIN THE ESTATE ARE UNSAFE AND SHOULD NOT BE CLIMBED UPON.
The Kilmahew Estate is currently closed to visitors exploring the ruins and architecture on the Estate.
Please be aware that climbing on the structures results in damages to the A listed buildings and can result in fatal injuries and falling from 4 floors.
PLEASE RESPECT THE BUILDINGS AND DO NOT CLIMB ON THE STRUCTURES.
Your right to roam does not apply within the curtilage of the Historic Kilmahew Estate . Please use the core path network only.
Thankyou.
OUR VISION
Custodians for Future Generations
The post-pandemic world needs open spaces, it needs to continue the creative process that has kept us all going during lockdown and it needs to rebuild the economy too. We are all in different stages of rehabilitation and we recognise that we cannot continue living the way we did.
More than ten years ago we began to recognise the need to slow down and spend time together as families and these qualities have informed the primary requirements of our ethos and designs across the Kilmahew Estate.
WHAT WE DO
The Kilmahew Education Trust are hoping to unify the wide array of architectural gems that cover many centuries, into a single programme that is accessible to all generations. The Kilmahew Estate is far more than the Seminary complex alone.The architecture and landscape have multiple tangible and intangible assets which we would like to explore in order to provide life long learning to visitors. We would want to offer education in the broader sense to children in pre-school through to adults and to provide the opportunity for continuous professional development and scientific and historical research.
The Kilmahew Education Trust would also like to provide and promote commercial enterprise, skills and training and job opportunities for young people entering a crowded and competitive job market. The architectural elements all contribute strongly, yet discreetly, with these ambitions.
"Light creates ambience and feel of a place, as well as the expression of a structure."
Le Corbusier
WHERE WE ARE
We let our Outstanding Universal Values speak for themselves.
The Kilmahew Education Trust is located at the Kilmahew Estate, north of Cardross in Argyll & Bute and contains 140 acres of semi ancient woodland, a Site of Interest for Nature Conservation. Scheduled Ancient Monument in Kilmahew Castle and the iconic RIBA award winning and Grade A Listed Seminary complex.
The Estate was shaped by the Napier Clan from the 13th Century, James Burns in Victorian times and, since the end of WWII by the Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow. They bequeathed the Kilmahew Estate to our Trust in 2020.
WHAT’S NEW
Recent Updates & Activities
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CONTACT US
Get in touch with The Kilmahew Education Trust.
Find Us At:
The Kilmahew Estate
Cardross
Dumbarton
Argyll & Bute
G82 5EY
Contact Us At:
PO Box 5455
Bath
BA1 0YU
Email Us At:
Scottish Charity No. SC051082