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A black and white image of a camp set up in Holyrood Park with Arthur's Seat in the background and soldiers in kilts, taken during Great European War 1914
  • Sunday 26 January 2025
  • Holyrood Park
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature, Ranger Service
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 30

Edinburgh in Wartime

Series of lectures covering a range of topics, delivered by different speakers

A ranger leading a walk in Holyrood Park
  • Selected dates until Sunday 15 September 2024
  • Holyrood Park
  • Walks and Guided Tours
  • Technical Level:
  • Archaeology, Nature, Ranger Service
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Arthur's Adventure

Come along on a more challenging guided walk to learn about Arthur’s Seat’s turbulent past, created by fire and ice!

Painting of birds in the water and in reeds, and a fish jumping out of the water with birds flying over the water
  • On until Sunday 19 May 2024
  • Skara Brae Prehistoric Village
  • Free Weekend/Open Days
  • Technical Level:
  • Ranger Service
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Nature Weekend

Learn about the flora and fauna of Skara Brae 5000 years ago and have a go at spotting wildlife that lives in the area today!

Visitors on the shore at Blackness using binoculars to enjoy the view, blackness castle in the background
  • Saturday 21 September 2024
  • Blackness Castle
  • Walks and Guided Tours
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature, Ranger Service
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Seashore Foraging

Join herbalist and plant expert Anna Canning to discover the useful plants that grow around the shores of Blackness Castle

A curlew and her young on the Firth of Forth
  • Saturday 21 September 2024
  • Blackness Castle
  • Walks and Guided Tours
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature, Ranger Service
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Blackness Birding

Drop into Blackness Castle and join the Rangers on the battlements.

People on a guided walk with a Ranger in Holyrood Park
  • Sunday 22 September 2024
  • Holyrood Park
  • Walks and Guided Tours
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature, Ranger Service
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Celtic Crag

A guided walk back into Holyrood's ancient past. Discover the Park’s history from the Stone Age up to the present day.

Coloured lithograph entitled Royal Review of Scottish Volunteers, Queen's Park, by McFarlane & Erskine. The Royal Review of Scottish Volunteers of 25 August 1881 was one of a series of military parades held in Holyrood Park. It was known as the 'Wet Review' as more than 40,000 Volunteers and spectators were drenched by rain.
  • Saturday 28 September 2024
  • Holyrood Park
  • Walks and Guided Tours
  • Technical Level:
  • Military and wars, Ranger Service
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Military March (CANCELLED)

Walk in the footsteps of Holyrood’s warriors, both ancient and modern

A volcano erupting with grey/white smoke and a very blue sky
  • Sunday 24 November 2024
  • Holyrood Park Education Centre
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature, Ranger Service
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Arthur's Seat and other volcanoes

Explore the story of the volcanic eruptions at Arthur's Seat and how it compares with other volcanoes around the world today

Sulphur Tuft Mushrooms
  • Saturday 14 December 2024
  • Holyrood Park
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature, Ranger Service
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Fungi  - but not as you know them

An interactive talk on how fungi influence our environment. Speaker: Cameron Diekonigin

Coralie Mills investigating tree rings
  • Thursday 6 March 2025
  • Holyrood Park
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature, Ranger Service
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Rings of Power

What dendrochronology tells us about south-east Scotland’s built heritage and woodland history.

A Ranger with a visitor crouched down by the loch looking at some wildlife and Linlithgow Palace in the background
  • Sunday 13 April 2025
  • Linlithgow Peel
  • Walks and Guided Tours
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature, Ranger Service
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Spring Stroll

Join us on a ranger-led walk focusing on the wildlife and history of Linlithgow Peel and loch.

Blue sky and bright sunshine over Dunsapie Loch and the high road
  • Selected dates until Saturday 21 June 2025
  • Holyrood Park
  • Walks and Guided Tours
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature, Ranger Service, Landscape
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Take The High Road

Enjoy spectacular views and learn more about what makes Holyrood Park so special.

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