News & Events
11 May 2021
Wellbeing in the Garden -Mental Health Awareness Week 2021
This week marks Mental Health Awareness Week, a week to provide valuable opportunities to create important conversations and offer support and advice. With the shut down of gyms, parks and sports activities this past year, our gardens have become more important for our health & wellbeing than ever before. Research shows many tangible health benefits […]
Read Article21 April 2021
Blossom Watch With The National Trust
The emergence of blossom is one of the first signs we are entering into spring. Bringing with it lighter nights and warmer weather, enabling us to fully utilise our gardens again. Whether it is socialising on the patio around the BBQ, keeping busy growing crops in the kitchen garden or just taking a moment to […]
Read Article9 February 2021
Important Business Update
Important information regarding the worldwide Coronavirus.
Read Article20 January 2021
Feefo Gold Award 2021
Westminster Stone has won the Feefo Gold Trusted Service award, an independent seal of excellence that recognises exceptional businesses.
Read Article17 January 2021
Reward Offered For Return Of Historic Flagstones
Greater Manchester Police have appealed to the public for information on the theft of thousands of pounds worth of rare York flagstones. Taken from Hopwood Hall in Rochdale on 1st December 2020. The Grade II-listed building is built on a site dating back to 1426. It is currently in the process of being restored by an […]
Read Article13 January 2021
Shipping Prices and Stock Shortages 2021
In these continually uncertain times, challenges within the shipping industry have led to an increase in freight rates, particularly on imports from Asia and Africa. Freight charges are currency the highest they’ve ever been, in some cases up 500% year on year. Equipment shortages and the reduction of vessel capacity has led to stock […]
Read Article3 November 2020
A Few Lonstone Products Now Handmade By Westminster Stone
A selected range of Lonstone products are now being handmade by Westminster Stone based in Shropshire.
Read Article14 June 2020
British Flowers Week 2020
It’s British Flowers Week 2020! Gardening & spending more time outside at home has fast become a favourite pastime over the last few months with lockdown measures in place. We’ve all had to make our worlds a little smaller, in order to help slow the spread of coronavirus and reduce pressure on the NHS. It […]
Read Article25 May 2020
Top 3 Tips for Working at Home
With working from home becoming a new normal for many of us, here are our top 3 tips for staying happy & healthy while working at home.
Read Article26 April 2020
More Than Half Over-60s To Spend Isolation Gardening
According to a recent survey, more than half of over-60’s will spend a lot of their isolation time gardening.
Read Article26 April 2020
Inspiration For The Layout Of Your Modern Garden Paving Slabs & Tiles
Once you’ve selected your choice of modern garden paving slabs, the fun can really begin as you can start visualising how your outdoor areas will look.
Read Article23 February 2020
National Trust Spring Events
Enjoy our guide to highlighted events, days out and activities at National Trust homes and gardens across the UK in spring 2020.
Read Article3 February 2020
UK Home & Garden Events 2020
Complete listings for the best UK Home & Garden Events in 2020.
Read Article15 November 2019
Autumn Trade Shows
Westminster Stone will be exhibiting at two fantastic Autumn Trade Shows in 2019, the Landscape Show and Futurescape.
Read Article16 October 2019
TasteBudds
Congratulations to Joe Clifford, Westminster Stone’s film and videography consultant, and the elder son of Westminster Stone’s Managing Director, John Clifford. Joe’s business “Tastebudds,” has won the “Food & Beverage Business of the Year 2019” in the North Wales Young Business Awards. Joe undertakes much of the beautiful photography for our website and is currently […]
Read Article8 October 2019
Grand Designs Live 2019
We visited Grand Designs Live 2019 in both Birmingham NEC and London ExCel to find inspiration, discover new brands and meet the people behind them.
Read Article16 September 2019
Things To Do This Autumn
2019 has a host of great things to do this autumn, check out the events and places we’re looking forward to the most.
Read Article22 August 2019
Dinorwic Quarry
Dinorwic Quarry was once the second largest slate quarry in the world, next to its neighbouring Penrhyn, which today holds the world’s fastest zipline, Velocity at Zipworld. It is located between Llanberis and Dinorwig in North Wales and covers more than 700 acres of land, dominating the scenery with equally incredible views of Snowdon and […]
Read Article23 July 2019
Minera Limestone Quarry
Minera Limestone Quarry was once the largest lime production site in North Wales, with lime burning records going back as far as 1620. Full scale production ran from the late 1800’s up to 1993, and now the site is a stunning nature reserve in the care of North Wales Wildlife Trust. Our video takes one […]
Read Article7 July 2019
Rednal Karting
Westminster Stone's head office & production teams visited Rednal Karting in Shropshire for an afternoon of friendly competition at one of the best karting tracks in the UK. We were welcomed by the knowledgable staff and were soon in our racing gear, eager to get behind the wheel after the all important briefing for the […]
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