friendsofstrathavencastle

While the castle stands there looking all forlorn and ignored there has been a lot of activity going on in the background. Our leaders have been working hard to develop a plan to secure the castle’s future. This article sets out what has been going on and how it has brought us to where we […]

In January 2026, Les Hoggan interviewed Jan Dawson and Jeremy Osborne for Avondale Radio. These interviews took place just before and just after our Open Day. Les has kindly let us have the clips from the shows to share with you here so you can hear about the progress we’ve been making. Please note that

Lots of you have been in touch to say that you would find it more convenient to sign our supporters register online, rather than track down a paper copy in the library or in the pubs and shops. So, you asked and you got! And what better day to launch it than on the third

Since Friends of Strathaven Castle was created in 2022, originally as a Facebook group and later as a registered charity, we have enjoyed the support of our elected representatives in both parliaments. In 2023 Dr. Lisa Cameron, who was then MP for the constituency, tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament in support and recognition

FoSC held a drop in event at Strathaven library in the Powmillon room on Friday 16th January 2026 from 1pm to 7pm. The aim was to share what we know about the state of the castle, the size of the challenge to deal with the known issues, and our plans to address these. We were

After a busy period during the latter part of 2025, Friends of Strathaven Castle (FoSC) have managed to acquire the full structural survey of the Castle undertaken in April 2023 along with the budget costs produced in September 2024. This information provides the basis for the work we need to do to the castle to

In the Summer of 2025, JSB Media Services kindly sent a drone up to record this video of Strathaven Castle from the air. It demonstrates how much the fabric of the castle has deteriorated and how much vegetation has encroached since the images from 1959. Share with your friends

Recently we acquired some black and white photographs which were taken in 1959 to document the condition of the castle. These had been scanned and stored on Canmore (now https://www.trove.scot/). We had them restored and put together a very short slide show to highlight the condition in 1959 compared to now. These photographs © Crown