What we do
The Findhorn Hinterland Trust is a member-led not-for-profit that owns and manages 50 hectares of sand dunes and woodland land on the Findhorn peninsula (‘the hinterland’) to the east of the Findhorn village and north of the Findhorn Ecovillage community. The FHT’s Purpose is to promote ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION and improvement; EDUCATE the local community and wider public; encourage COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT and to provide RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. The FHT also owns and manages a small Green (natural) Burial ground situated within the Findhorn Hinterland.
We invite you to become a member, you will support our work and receive a regular (quarterly) newsletter keeping you up to date with what’s happening on the land.
Community Development
Conservation
Education
Recreational Facilities
Green Burial
LATEST NEWS
Meet the Team: Dan Metcalfe
Tell us a little about yourself and your background.I grew up in Southport, Merseyside, studied Philosophy at Cambridge University, then fell into a career of finance and entrepreneurship. More recently I spent 12 years in the Netherlands building a hotel chain,...
Local Biodiversity Action Plan for the Hinterland
In recent months we’ve been drawing up a Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP) for the land that the Findhorn Hinterland Trust is responsible for. This has been drafted primarily by local ecologist Sean Reed, who we work closely with, and with input from various FHT...
News from the Land – Winter/Spring 2026
We’ve had a good winter. Just after Christmas we’ve had a spell of frost and snow - which actually stayed around for about two white weeks. Unusual for our coastal patch of the land. Magical. But It is March now, and spring has come early. The hazels have been...


