Virtual visits only this year
Edinburgh and East Lothian Doors Open Days is supported by:
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Virtual AND in-person visits this year
This year, we are delighted to open our doors to the public once more. Discover our wonderful building’s history through a self-guided tour and a series of free activities throughout the day.
Our Doors Open Days event takes place on Saturday 25 September 2021 (10-11:30 children/family activities, 11:30-16:00 all public):
The offices of the Consulate General of France in Scotland, the offices of the Edinburgh Art Festival and those of the RSNO will not be open to the public.
Edinburgh and East Lothian Doors Open Days is supported by:
Event Sponsor
Virtual AND in-person visits this year
Custom House is delighted to open its doors again to the public on Saturday 25th September from 10am-4pm (last entry at 4pm). Visits must be pre-booked on the Eventbrite link below.
Visitors will enter in timeslots to ensure smooth movement around the building, and should check in with a member of our team at the front door. You will have an opportunity to hear about the ongoing restoration project before visiting our tenants’ studios and seeing the building’s historic features. Booking is essential.
Make the most of your visit by meeting our tenants, viewing their work, and enjoy the café and activities in Custom Lane. On Saturday, be sure to make the most of Leith Market in the Dock Place car park where you will be able to sample some of wares of local vendors!
Edinburgh and East Lothian Doors Open Days is supported by:
Event Sponsor
Virtual visits only this year
Edinburgh and East Lothian Doors Open Days is supported by:
Event Sponsor
The historic South Leith Parish Church is over five hundred years old. Beginning life as a chapel dedicated to St Mary, the first building on site was erected in 1483. It has been used variously as a place of worship, as a refuge during time of war and as a magazine for armaments. The current A-listed building contains a particularly …
Edinburgh and East Lothian Doors Open Days is supported by:
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With its sharpened monumental obelisk, commemorating five political martyrs, boldly piercing the skyline above Calton Hill, the Old Calton Burial Ground draws the attention of many a pedestrian crossing Edinburgh’s great North Bridge. First opened in 1718, the burial ground was divided in two just after the Napoleonic wars. It would eventually become the final resting place of thousands of …
Edinburgh and East Lothian Doors Open Days is supported by:
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Virtual AND in-person visits this year
Free entry to Gladstone’s Land for Doors Open Days visitors on Saturday 25th 2021 from 10am to 3pm.
Pre-booking at the link below is strongly recommended, but not compulsory (walk-ins will be accepted if there is space). We will be hosting Historical food demonstrations and tastings during the course of the day.
Edinburgh and East Lothian Doors Open Days is supported by:
Event Sponsor
Virtual visits only this year
Edinburgh and East Lothian Doors Open Days is supported by:
Event Sponsor
Virtual visits only this year
Edinburgh and East Lothian Doors Open Days is supported by:
Event Sponsor
Virtual visits only this year
Edinburgh and East Lothian Doors Open Days is supported by:
Event Sponsor
