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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.

Visitors at Blackness Castle
  • Sunday 14 July 2024
  • Blackness Castle
  • Walks and Guided Tours
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature, Ranger Service
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Coastal Capers

Head to the beach for a fun morning of activities, beach art and games!

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.

a group of re-enactors in costume in a long line in the grounds of Fort George
  • On until Sunday 20 October 2024
  • Multiple venues
  • Living History
  • Technical Level:
  • Nature
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Great Big Living History Week

See history come to life all over Scotland.

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

Potion Maker's Trail

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

The boulder-strewn surface of Goat Fell summit in the foreground of this view of the famous Sleeping Warrior ridge in the Isle of Arran
  • On until Sunday 2 March 2025
  • Blackness Castle
  • Exhibition
  • Technical Level:
  • Landscape
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

In the Land, of the People

Explore how folklore is woven throughout Scotland, through its landscape, its history and its people.

Child in a blue coat peaking round a brick wall holding up a magnifying glass
  • Friday 18 April 2025 to Monday 21 April 2025
  • Multiple venues
  • Living History
  • Technical Level:
  • Highlights
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Easter Eggsplorer Trails

Join us for an Easter trail at our iconic historic sites. Follow our bird-themed clues to pick up an egg-citing chocolate reward.

Two re-enactors in the grounds of a castle battling with swords and a crew of 4 with cameras, videos and clapper board
  • Saturday 30 August 2025 to Sunday 31 August 2025
  • Blackness Castle
  • Living History
  • Technical Level:
  • Highlights
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

On Location

Join us as the castle to learn about the movie magic that brings history to life.