Free Festivals & Events in November (NON LONDON AREA)

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Free Weekend - St Andrew's Day 2010


Historic Scotland's St Andrews Day weekend offer is a great opportunity to enjoy a FREE family day out on either Saturday 27 or Sunday 28 November.

Participating Sites
·Aberdour Castle
·Arbroath Abbey
·Arnol Blackhouse (not open on 28th November, Sunday)
·Blackness Castle
·Bothwell Castle
·Caerlaverock Castle
·Cardoness Castle
·Castle Campbell
·Corgarff Castle
·Craigmillar Castle
·Craignethan Castle
·Dallas Dhu Distillery
·Dirleton Castle
·Doune Castle
·Dryburgh Abbey
Duff House
·Dumbarton Castle
·Dunblane Cathedral
·Dunfermline Palace
·Dundrennan Abbey
·Dunstaffnage Castle
·Edinburgh Castle *
·Edzell Castle
·Elgin Cathedral
·Fort George
·Glasgow Cathedral (normally a donation only based site without admission charges)
·Huntingtower Castle
·Huntly Castle
·Iona Abbey
·Jedburgh Abbey
·Linlithgow Palace
·Maeshowe Visitor Centre
·Melrose Abbey
·New Abbey Corn Mill
·Rothesay Castle
·Skara Brae
·Smailholm Tower
·Spynie Palace
·St Andrews Castle *
·St Andrews Cathedral *
·St Vigeans
·Stanley Mills
·Stirling Castle
·Sweetheart Abbey
·Tantallon Castle
·Tolquhon Castle
·Trinity House
·Urquhart Castle

Opening times for Edinburgh Castle, Stirling Castle and Urquhart Castle are from 9.30am to 5pm. For all other properties listed above, opening times are from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

* Edinburgh Castle, St Andrews Castle and St Andrews Cathedral will also be free entry on St Andrews Day Tuesday 30th November.

http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/places/events/freeweekend.htm

temps

stirling castle is brilliant, will go again this year

zoold

Great find crazyterrier :T

Haven't been to Edinburgh castle for years as its so expensive. Will definately be going.

temps

The Story of Scotland's Lighthouses at National Museum of Scotland

Telling the story of the people who designed, built and operated Scotland’s lighthouses, lighting a safe passage for mariners for more than 250 years, the exhibition will mark the 200th anniversary of the lighting of the world’s oldest rock lighthouse, the Bell Rock near Arbroath.
Daily at National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh.

Admission Free.

http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/national_museum.aspx