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Four re-enactors in costume wearing masks with linked arms and walking under a portcullis gate
  • Saturday 25 October 2025 to 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 pumpkin carved and lit for Halloween, on the ground of castle ruins
  • Saturday 25 October 2025 to Sunday 26 October 2025
  • Stirling Castle
  • Living History
  • Technical Level:
  • Halloween
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Stirling C-aaahstle: Halloween Shenanigans

A weekend of Halloween themed activities at Stirling Castle.

The grounds of a castle ruin with a ghostly scarecrow and people milling around the grounds
  • Saturday 25 October 2025 to Sunday 26 October 2025
  • Craigmillar Castle
  • Living History
  • Technical Level:
  • Halloween
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Craig-thriller Castle: Halloween Shenanigans

Come along to the creepy setting of Craigmillar Castle to meet the master of owls and Ravina the spooky storyteller.

Two large pumpkins, a lit candle, a bag of gold coins and a ship in a bottle
  • Monday 27 October 2025 to Tuesday 28 October 2025
  • Trinity House
  • Walks and Guided Tours
  • Technical Level:
  • Halloween
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Little Ones Halloween Tales

Join us for a family friendly visit and discover the darker side of Trinity House's maritime history and hear tales of hauntings, superstition and mystery

Lanterns with lit candles inside, small pumpkins, some rope and a picture of a ship with a whale
  • Monday 27 October 2025 to Tuesday 28 October 2025
  • Trinity House
  • Walks and Guided Tours
  • Technical Level:
  • Halloween
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Halloween Tales

Discover the darker side of Trinity House's maritime history and hear tales of hauntings, superstition and mystery

Two peg dolls with balls of wool behind them
  • Friday 31 October 2025 to Sunday 2 November 2025
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Living History
  • Technical Level:
  • HES, Edinburgh Castle
  • Feature weight: 0

Make a peg doll

Join us to create you own peg doll

stained glass window in St Margaret's Chapel at Edinburgh Castle
  • Selected dates from Friday 31 October 2025 to Sunday 2 November 2025
  • Holyrood Park
  • Walks and Guided Tours
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature, Ranger Service, Halloween
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Saints and Sinners

Moderate Ranger-led guided walk around Holyrood Park

A person's hand picks up a small circular metal disc from a selection on the viewing platform of a microscope-like machine.
  • Tuesday 11 November 2025
  • Engine Shed
  • Lecture
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Materials, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Heritage Science at the Engine Shed

An introduction to the applied use of material science in heritage conservation in Scotland.

An arched, bricked corridor with bricks lying on the sides.
  • Monday 17 November 2025
  • Engine Shed
  • Learning session
  • Technical Level: Least technical
  • Enthusiast
  • HES, Engine Shed
  • Feature weight: 0

Using Archives to Explore Scotland’s Brick Heritage

This talk will use HES Archives to highlight the role of bricks in building Scotland's heritage.

Close up of a gloved left hand of a restoration worker reaching out to touch an old fashioned slate roof. Some of the dark grey slates are not straight, with gaps in between.
  • Thursday 20 November 2025
  • Engine Shed
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Sustainability, Technical Conservation, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Traditional Building Maintenance with optional Stirling maintenance walk

We will explore how to reduce decay and damage in buildings with regular maintenance.

Exterior of Edinburgh Castle with lots of colour and pattern being projected onto it
  • Selected dates from Friday 21 November 2025 to Sunday 4 January 2026
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Festive events
  • Technical Level:
  • Music, Highlights
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Castle of Light: Fire and Ice

Enjoy the Defender of the Nation illuminated in a spectacular after-dark trail.

A collage of maps and planning documents sitting on a table, with a pen. Some of the maps are historic, others modern Ordnance Survey versions.
  • Wednesday 26 November 2025
  • Engine Shed
  • Lecture
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Structures & Components, Building Management, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Heritage Planning

We will provide an overview of the legislative framework governing how Scotland’s historic environment is managed and protected.

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