Saturday 27th November 2010
Historic Scotland marks St Andrews 2010 with free days
Edinburgh Guide
Historic Scotland is offering free entrance to many of its sites in the run up to St Andrew's Day. For the past four years, the government heritage agency has opened its doors for free at a wide range of its properties as part of a special Scotland-wide St Andrew’s Day promotion.
This year, the free entry offer has been extended to four days: Saturday 27th through to St Andrew’s Day itself on Tuesday 30th November. In Edinburgh and the Lothians, a blue-covered Edinburgh Castle, Craigmillar Castle and Dirleton Castle are three of the 48 attractions throughout Scotland that you can see for free.
Beyond Edinburgh, the St Andrew’s free entry offer covers a selection of leading historic attractions across the length and breadth of Scotland.
This includes sites in Orkney and the Western Isles – Skara Brae and the Arnol Blackhouse; in the North and Grampian – including Corgarff Castle, Elgin Cathedral, Fort George and Urquhart Castle; in Perthshire, Kinross and Angus - including Arbroath Abbey, Edzell Castle, and Huntingtower Castle; in the Central and West region – including Castle Campbell, Doune Castle, Iona Abbey, and Stirling Castle; in the Glasgow and Clyde region – including Bothwell Castle, Dumbarton Castle, and Glasgow Cathedral; in Fife - including Dunfermline Palace and St Andrews Cathedral, in the Borders - including Melrose Abbey and Smailholm Tower, and in Dumfries and Galloway - including Caerlaverock Castle, New Abbey Corn Mill, and Sweetheart Abbey.