Old Calton Burial Ground

Old Calton Burial Ground, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, EH8 8BG
Email: Bereavement@edinburgh.gov.uk

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 …


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Gladstone’s Land

477B Lawnmarket, Royal Mile, Edinburgh,, EH1 2NT
Phone: 0131 226 5856
Email: gladstonesland@nts.org.uk

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre

The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 25 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AP
Email: info@arthurconandoylecentre.com

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Mortonhall Crematorium and Grounds

30A Howdenhall Road, Edinburgh, EH16 6TX
Email: Bereavement@edinburgh.gov.uk

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St Giles’ Cathedral

Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH1 1RE
Email: info@stgilescathedral.org.uk

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Supreme Courts of Scotland

Parliament House, Parliament Square, Edinburgh, EH1 1RQ
Email: library@scotcourts.gov.uk

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The Royal Observatory Edinburgh

Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HU
Email: vis@roe.ac.uk

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National Library of Scotland

7 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW
Email: nlsevents@nls.uk

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The National Library of Scotland will host limited capacity tours of George IV Bridge on Sunday 26 September.

See their events page from 8 September for further details and how to book. Attendees to adhere to 1m social distancing and wear face masks for the duration of their tour.

If you are passing-by the National Library on Saturday 25th September, on the way to other Doors Open Days venues, you are also invited to pop-in and visit the Library’s current free exhibition, ‘Petticoats and Pinnacles’, celebrating the lives of pioneering Scottish women climbers.

 

 

 

 

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Northern Lighthouse Board

84 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3DA
Email: enquiries@nlb.org.uk

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Stewart’s Melville College

Queensferry Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3EZ
Phone: 0131 357 1748

The Old College, by David Rhind, opened in 1855 as Daniel Stewart’s Hospital for 50 destitute boys. In 1870 the Edinburgh Merchant Company turned the Hospital into a fee paying day school and changed the name to Daniel Stewart’s College. The old courtyard at the north side of the building was eventually roofed over and this reopened in 2007 following …


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