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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.

Tools and accessories used for book binding
  • Selected dates until Tuesday 1 October 2024
  • Urquhart Castle
  • Workshop
  • Technical Level:
  • Archaeology
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Creative Mapping and Book Binding

Create your own maps, sketchbooks, notebooks and zines inspired by the rich history and archaeology of Glenurquhart and Loch Ness.

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

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 group of people intently looking at a display in a museum setting; the display is a small white house indicating heat loss from a building. Another person is pointing something out as if explaining the display.
  • Monday 14 October 2024
  • Engine Shed
  • Lecture
  • Technical Level: Least technical
  • Technical Conservation, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Exploring Micro-volunteering in the Inner Forth

Join us to find out how small actions can make a big difference to the historic buildings and natural environment in the Inner Forth area.

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.

Excavation work taking place at Arthur's Seat with views over Edinburgh South in the background
  • Sunday 20 October 2024
  • Holyrood Park Education Centre
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Hidden History

Hear about the findings from the recent archaeological excavations

Linlithgow Palace entrance at night, floodlit with red and green
  • Friday 25 October 2024
  • Linlithgow Palace
  • Film screening
  • Technical Level:
  • Highlights, Halloween
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

The Silver Scream

An eerie film screening double bill for Halloween.

Soldiers convalescing in the Dining Room at Glamis Castle during the First World War
  • Monday 11 November 2024
  • John Sinclair House
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level:
  • Military and wars
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

WWI & WWII Commemorative Talks

Join us on Armistice Day for this special event as we hear from archivists from some of Scotland's most iconic locations - Glamis Castle, Mount Stuart, Blair Castle and Inveraray Castle.

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 25 January 2026
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Exhibition
  • Technical Level:
  • Military and wars
  • 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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