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ISL guide Gordon Hay smiling and gesturing with his hands to welcome you to Edinburgh Castle
  • Friday 17 January 2025
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Walks and Guided Tours
  • Technical Level:
  • British Sign Language
  • HES, Edinburgh Castle
  • Feature weight: 70

Edinburgh Castle ISL Tour

Join Deaf Guide Gordon Hay on a ISL (International Sign Language) tour of Edinburgh Castle.

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

Black and white aerial image with views over Arthur's Seat and Edinburgh Castle
  • Monday 27 January 2025
  • John Sinclair House
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 20

Edinburgh from Above

Aerial image highlights from HES Archive.

A group of re-enactors lined up and ready to defend a fortress
  • On until Sunday 10 August 2025
  • Fort George
  • Living History
  • Technical Level:
  • Military and wars, Highlights, Campaign: A Little History
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 10

Celebration of the Centuries

Fort George is once again set to host Celebration of the Centuries - our largest re-enactment event

A stern looking costumed performer in chainmail and wearing a helmet, with other fellow costumed performers in the background
  • On until Sunday 8 September 2024
  • Blackness Castle
  • Regional Events
  • Technical Level:
  • Military and wars, Monarchs and castle life, Highlights, Campaign: A Little History
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 7

Siege on the Forth

Join us and Inner Forth Festival as we recreate the rich history of the ship that never sailed.

A black and white picture of girls sitting at wooden school desks some are knitting and some are holding the wool for the knitters
  • Saturday 12 April 2025
  • Glasgow Cathedral
  • Workshop
  • Technical Level:
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 5

Knitting in the Nave

Come along and knit or crochet squares to be made into blankets for Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

A man in historical chef whites standing over a chopping board with onions and apples, looking out of a window of a stone building
  • Friday 3 November 2023
  • MacLellan's Castle
  • Living History
  • Technical Level:
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Cook Up the Castle

Join us for a free night of projections, entertainment and historic food

Image is an aerial photograph of a landscape of trees and houses. The houses are at either side, in the centre of the landscape is a large stretch of trees running in a straight line to the horizon. The sun is setting over the hills in the distance.
  • Friday 3 November 2023
  • Engine Shed
  • Film screening
  • Technical Level: Least technical
  • Archives, Conservation
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed
  • Feature weight: 0

The Antonine Wall: A 37 Mile Landmark

Central Scotland Documentary Film Festival Special Screening.

A man, wearing a blue shirt, is reaching for and taking hold of a display piece of fabric insulation. Other sections of insulation sit in the background on a table, each is about half a metre square and 20 centimetres high.
  • Tuesday 14 November 2023
  • Holyrood Park Education Centre
  • Lecture
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Materials, Sustainability, Technical Conservation
  • Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Energy Efficiency and Adaptive Re-use of Buildings

We will examine the basic principles of making traditional Scottish buildings more energy efficient, with insights into current practical techniques.

Exterior view of Dunstaffnage castle
  • On until Sunday 26 November 2023
  • Dunstaffnage Castle and Chapel
  • Living History
  • Technical Level:
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Tales from the Castle Kitchen

Take a seat by the fire (place) in the old kitchen and discover life in the 13th century castle.

The back of a man wearing a sleeveless jacket with 'Edinburgh Castle' written on it and people looking at him
  • Sunday 26 November 2023
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Walks and Guided Tours
  • Technical Level:
  • British Sign Language
  • HES, Edinburgh Castle
  • Feature weight: 0

Over 50s BSL Tour

Join Deaf guide John Hay on a BSL tour of the castle.

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