Village near Garstang to have royal visit
Abbeystead is to have a royal visit on Friday October 2.
The Princess Royal, Patron of the British Association of Shooting and Conservation, will join children taking part in the “Let’s Learn Moor” educational project on the Abbeystead Estate.
The project, now ten years old, covers moorland conservation and grouse moor management.
Princess Anne has been association patron since 2022, taking over from her late father Prince Philip.
It is the UK’s largest shooting organisation with 150,000 members.
The 18,000-acre estate was bought in 1980 by the then Duke of Westminster and is now owned by his son, Hugh Grosvenor, the current duke.
Among those greeting the royal visitor will be the Mayor and Mayoress of Lancaster, Coun and Mrs Colin Hartley.
Earlier, the Princess will present new banners to the Combined Cadet Force at Rossall School, Fleetwood.