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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.

People wearing Christmas hats sitting round a table, clinking wine glasses and enjoying some food
  • Selected dates until Saturday 16 December 2023
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Festive events
  • Technical Level:
  • Highlights
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Christmas Lunch

Make Christmas 2023 special with a three course lunch in the opulent Queen Anne Room at Edinburgh Castle, and enjoy a dining experience fit for royalty.

Some flowers and herbs in a mortal and pestle
  • On until Sunday 3 November 2024
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Living History
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature, Halloween
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Feature weight: 0

Potion Maker's Trail

Children are invited to find the answers to break the spell on the castle. A certificate and sticker are awarded at the end.

A re-enactor dressed as a Garrison
  • On until Friday 18 October 2024
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Living History
  • Technical Level:
  • HES, Edinburgh Castle
  • Feature weight: 0

The Herbologist

James Buchanan, an itinerant Apothecary who travels from town to town, has arrived at the castle to attend to the needs of the Garrison.

Four re-enactors, three of them wearing floral crowns and gold facemasks, and enticing you towards them with their hands
  • Selected dates until Saturday 1 November 2025
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Walks and Guided Tours
  • Technical Level:
  • Halloween, Campaign: A Little History
  • HES, Edinburgh Castle
  • Feature weight: 0

Whispers of the past

Come along this Halloween and join a ghoulish guide for a tour through some of the darker stories and places from Edinburgh Castle's History

A group of costumed performers in different period costumes standing on a grassy hill
  • On until Sunday 26 October 2025
  • Multiple venues
  • Living History
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature, Campaign: A Little History
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Great Big Living History Week

See history come to life all over Scotland.

Four re-enactors in costume wearing masks with linked arms and walking under a portcullis gate
  • On until Sunday 26 October 2025
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Living History
  • Technical Level:
  • Halloween
  • HES, Edinburgh Castle
  • Feature weight: 0

Edin-boo! Castle: Halloween Shenanigans

Some special guests await you in the Great Hall and they have a story to tell!

A childs hand holding the mini castle they made
  • On until Monday 29 December 2025
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Workshop
  • Technical Level:
  • HES, Edinburgh Castle
  • Feature weight: 0

Make a Mini Castle

Join us to create your own mini castle

BSL guide Gordon Hay smiling and pointing towards the entrance of Edinburgh Castle
  • Saturday 17 January 2026
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Walks and Guided Tours
  • Technical Level:
  • British Sign Language
  • HES, Edinburgh Castle
  • Feature weight: 0

British Sign Language (BSL) Tour

Join Deaf Guide Gordon Hay for a tour of the castle to celebrate Burns Night.

A castle tour guide facing visitors and talking to them
  • On until Sunday 8 March 2026
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Walks and Guided Tours
  • Technical Level:
  • Monarchs and castle life
  • HES, Edinburgh Castle
  • Feature weight: 0

Queens of the Castle tour

Our sell-out 'Queens of the Castle' tour returns for the 3rd year

Woman in historical costume sitting on old concrete stairs with wicker baskets
  • Sunday 8 March 2026
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Living History
  • Technical Level:
  • HES, Edinburgh Castle
  • Feature weight: 0

Celebrating International Women's Day

Come along to Edinburgh Castle this international women's day and celebrate with us.

F24 aerial camera with a five inch lens and hand grip mounting, used by the Royal Air Force for reconnaissance during the Second World War.
  • On until Sunday 4 October 2026
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Exhibition
  • Technical Level:
  • Military and wars
  • HES, Edinburgh Castle
  • Feature weight: 0

Maps: Memories from the Second World War

Through personal stories, photography and memorabilia, this new exhibition charts the creation and use of maps during the Second World War.

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