Dawnay Estates

The Dawnay Estates consists of a group of thriving rural businesses based in some of the most beautiful countryside in Yorkshire.  The Estates are managed with a long term view which includes an acute recognition of the responsibility to maintain the environment.  This responsibility goes hand in hand with a commercial and innovative approach to business.

The Estate is celebrating being awarded The Royal Agricultural Society of England’s prestigious Bledisloe Gold Medal for 2018. It is presented to the Estate which “has shown outstanding achievement in the successful land management and development of an English agricultural estate”.  The award recognises the Estates’ drive to conserve, diversify and regenerate the environment.  The Judges commented “As we celebrate the 60^th Anniversary of the award, the Royal Agricultural Society of England are delighted to award the Gold Medal to the Dawnay Estates, who have exemplified the high standards of modern rural Estate management.”