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Tour Events in Edinburgh in September 2025

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Events in Edinburgh

Curious About Edinburgh - Quirky Heritage Walks for the Curious!

1st January 2024 - 31st December 2025
Various Locations Edinburgh

Have fun discovering Edinburgh on this award-winning, quirky, self-guided, heritage walk with a treasure hunt theme from Curious About!

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Monumental Treasure Hunt: West Princes Street Gardens

18th January 2025 - 27th November 2025

Welcome to the Monument-al Treasure Hunt in West Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh, a cultural & historical exploration for children & adults of all ages to enjoy.

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Dr Arnott’s Sampling Sensation

Selected dates between 1st March 2025 - 28th December 2025

Uncover the secrets of 17th-century medicine with a hands-on workshop led by an expert from his time: Dr Arnott, who examined his patients’ health by analysing urine’s colour, smell & TASTE!

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Some Kind of Tours: 5 million years of Edinburgh history in 90 minutes

27th April 2025 - 26th October 2025
Edinburgh Old Town

Unearth the twisted tales of Greyfriars Kirkyard and uncover Scotland's sinister past on this unique, 90 minute walking tour of Edinburgh’s atmospheric Old Town.

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High Speed Seafari Adventure

Selected dates between 4th May 2025 - 21st September 2025
South Queensferry

Experience the thrill of the Firth of Forth on Maid of the Forth's 1-hour RIB trips! Perfect for adventure-seekers and nature lovers alike.

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Scottish Folk Music Cruise with Pure Malt

Selected dates between 23rd May 2025 - 12th September 2025
South Queensferry

Step aboard Maid of the Forth for a magical evening on a Scottish Folk Cruise with live music from the fantastic Pure Malt!

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Ghosts - Tales of Terror at Lauriston Castle

Selected dates between 24th May 2025 - 27th September 2025

Come along and see the sights of Lauriston Castle as never seen before – hear the history of the castle and ghostly tales of the city!

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Innovations & Inventions Tour

1st June 2025 - 31st October 2025

Join The Lost Close for this Innovations & Inventions Tour and learn just how much Scotland has brought to the world!

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The Meadows Tour

Selected dates between 7th June 2025 - 27th September 2025

Returning after a short Spring special, this highly popular 1-hour walking tour of Edinburgh's Meadows is a unique little experience.

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A Trail of Burke & Hare

11th June 2025 - 31st December 2025
Edinburgh South

Follow a tale from Edinburgh's fascinating history as you journey through the very sites and locations where it all took place on outdoor escape room, A Trail of Burke & Hare!

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Powderhall Bronze Foundry Tour

Selected dates between 5th August 2025 - 2nd September 2025

Take a tour around Powderhall Bronze Foundry with directors Kerry Hammond and Brian Caster and learn about the ancient lost wax casting process to create the bronze sculptures.

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Summer Family Picnic Rides

Selected dates between 10th August 2025 - 7th September 2025
Portobello

Join Porty Community Energy for a bike ride, led by one of our bike leaders from our bike library, from Porty Prom to a favourite local family picnic destination.

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Edinburgh Street Historians LGBTQ Free Walking Tour

21st August 2025 - 31st October 2025
Edinburgh Old Town

This walking tour of Edinburgh focuses on LGBTQ history from the battle of legalisation to the modern issues faced by the community in the current day!

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Picturesque Edinburgh Tour

Selected dates between 23rd August 2025 - 25th October 2025
Various Locations Edinburgh

Why trust your holiday photos to a selfie camera? With this walking tour by Dan of the Edinburgh Street Historians, you can have professionally taken photographs to celebrate your time in the city!

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Edinburgh Forgotten Women

Selected dates between 24th August 2025 - 26th October 2025
Various Locations Edinburgh

Join one of the Edinburgh Street Historians' highly skilled and experienced guides on an unforgettable walking tour all about the amazing women of our city's past 1000 years!

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The Fun and Funny Old Town Tour

27th August 2025 - 27th September 2025
Edinburgh Old Town

This free walking tour is fun and funny, performed by local independent tour guides, it will really help you to know the city and understand something about what life is all about!

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Myths and Legends Tour

Selected dates between 5th September 2025 - 27th September 2025

This September, step beneath the Royal Mile and into a world where history and folklore entwine, with The Real Mary King’s Close new 'Myths and Legends Tour'!

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Curator’s talk and optional guided tour

6th September 2025

Join curator & founder of Abandoned Artists, Alena Rogozhkina and her team of artists, for an inspiring conversation that reveals the story behind the production of 'a match is silent, but it speaks'!

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Guided Walk Cramond Village

6th September 2025
Cramond

This is the last chance this summer for a public guided walk around the historic Cramond village with Cramond Heritage Trust on Saturday 6th September.

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Collective Gala

7th September 2025

Join Collective Edinburgh on Sunday 7th September as Collective Gala returns with a full day of activities!

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Guided Walk - Cramond Island

9th September 2025
Cramond

Join Cramond Heritage Trust on Tuesday 9th September for a guided walk out and over to the uninhabited Cramond Island and learn about it's history!

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Doors Open Days Midlothian

13th September 2025 - 14th September 2025
Various Locations Midlothian

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across Midlothian! This year's event will be held 13th & 14th September!

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Old Town Ghost Walk

Selected dates between 19th September 2025 - 26th September 2025
Edinburgh Old Town

Join North Edinburgh Nightmares for a night of thrills and chills in Edinburgh's Old Town that you won't soon forget!

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Doors Open Days West Lothian

20th September 2025 - 21st September 2025
Various Locations West Lothian

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across West Lothian! This year's event will be held on 20th & 21st September!

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Haunted Leith Ghost Walk

Selected dates between 20th September 2025 - 27th September 2025
Leith

Join North Edinburgh Nightmares this September on a hair-raising ghost walk through the historic back streets of Leith!

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Doors Open 2025: Newhailes House

27th September 2025

Explore 300 years of history within Newhailes House this Doors Open Day on Saturday 27th September!

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Doors Open Day: Adam Smith’s Panmure House

27th September 2025 - 28th September 2025

Explore the historic Adam Smith's Panmure House in the heart of Edinburgh for Doors Open Day weekend!

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Doors Open Days - East Lothian

27th September 2025 - 28th September 2025
Various Locations East Lothian

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across East Lothian! This year's event will be held on 27th & 28th September!

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Doors Open Days - Edinburgh

27th September 2025 - 28th September 2025
Various Locations Edinburgh

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across Edinburgh! This year's event will be held on September 27th & 28th!

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Doors Open Days: Out of the Blue Drill Hall

27th September 2025

On Saturday 27th September, hourly tours will be running at the Out of the Blue Drill Hall from 11am until 1pm as part of Edinburgh Doors Open Days!

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Edinburgh Open Workshop - Doors Open Day

27th September 2025

Discover creativity on your doorstep as Edinburgh Open Workshop invites you to step inside for Doors Open Day 2025 on Saturday 27th September!

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Tour Events in East Renfrewshire

Here's a selection of Tour Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:

Doors Open Days: Eastwood House - Guided Tours

Doors Open Days: Eastwood House - Guided Tours

21st September 2025

To celebrate Doors Open Day 2025 and its theme of Architectural Heritage the team at Eastwood House are offering a truly unique opportunity to learn about this magnificent mansion house.

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Doors Open Days East Renfrewshire

Doors Open Days East Renfrewshire

20th September 2025 - 21st September 2025

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across East Renfrewshire! This year's event will be held on September 20th & 21st.

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Doors Open Days: Eastwood Park Theatre - Guided Tours

Doors Open Days: Eastwood Park Theatre - Guided Tours

21st September 2025

Join the team at Eastwood Park Theatre on Sunday 21st September for a behind the scenes tour as part of Doors Open Day 2025!

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Tour Events in Fife

Here's a selection of Tour Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:

Falkland Palace Ghost Tours 2025

Falkland Palace Ghost Tours 2025

Selected dates between 6th September 2025 - 18th October 2025

Come along to Falkland Palace this September and October for an after-hours journey through its dark history and ghostly legends.

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Doors Open Days - Fife East

Doors Open Days - Fife East

6th September 2025 - 14th September 2025

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across Fife on selected dates in September!

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Doors Open Days - Fife Central

Doors Open Days - Fife Central

6th September 2025 - 15th September 2025

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across Fife on selected dates in September!

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Tour Events in Glasgow

Here's a selection of Tour Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:

Gothic Glasgow

Gothic Glasgow

Selected dates between 2nd April 2025 - 31st December 2025

Join Gothic Glasgow's sinister host Vincent (The Man in the Hat), for a unique evening walking tour uncovering Glasgow's ghostly, strange, supernatural, creepy history!

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Kelvin Hall Building Tour

Kelvin Hall Building Tour

Selected dates between 18th January 2025 - 13th December 2025

Join the volunteer tour guides for a free 45 minute tour of Kelvin Hall and take a peek behind the scenes in Glasgow Museums' store!

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BDP Project Insights: Guided Tour of Glasgow Queen Street Station

BDP Project Insights: Guided Tour of Glasgow Queen Street Station

24th September 2025

BDP is delighted to offer a unique close-look at one of the city's most significant transport landmarks, Glasgow Queen Street Station, for a behind-the-scenes architectural tour.

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Tour Events in Lanarkshire

Here's a selection of Tour Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:

Hamilton Mausoleum Tour

Hamilton Mausoleum Tour

Selected dates between 8th February 2025 - 22nd November 2025

Take a tour of one of the finest private tombs in the country and the town's most striking historic landmark, Hamilton Mausoleum.

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Doors Open Days North Lanarkshire

Doors Open Days North Lanarkshire

13th September 2025 - 14th September 2025

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across North Lanarkshire! This year's event will be held on September 13th & 14th!

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Doors Open Days: Jackton Distillery Maltings Tours

Doors Open Days: Jackton Distillery Maltings Tours

18th September 2025 - 21st September 2025

Exclusively for Glasgow Doors Open Days 2025, Jackton Distillery will be showing off their state-of-the-art maltings - for the first time ever!

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Tour Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

Here's a selection of Tour Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:

Doors Open Days: Inchinnan Parish Church

Doors Open Days: Inchinnan Parish Church

6th September 2025

Inchinnan Parish Church will have its doors open on Saturday 6th September, welcoming all with free tours, friendly faces, and complimentary tea and coffee!

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Paisley Mural Trail Walk

Paisley Mural Trail Walk

21st September 2025

Join a guided walk on a search through the streets of Paisley for the stunning murals that are dotted all over the town centre!

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Doors Open Days Renfrewshire

Doors Open Days Renfrewshire

6th September 2025 - 7th September 2025

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across Renfrewshire! This year's event will be held on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th September.

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Tour Events in Stirling

Here's a selection of Tour Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:

Doors Open Days Stirling 2025

Doors Open Days Stirling 2025

27th September 2025 - 28th September 2025

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across Stirling!

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Stirling Ghostwalk

Stirling Ghostwalk

3rd January 2025 - 27th December 2025

Take a tour of the strange tales and stranger characters of Stirling's Old Town on the Stirling Ghostwalk... comedy, drama, fact and fable - fun for boys & ghouls of all ages!

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Events in Other Areas

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Popular Events

Open Rehearsal for the Chapter House Singers
Curious about singing in a choir? Then come along to our Open Rehearsal on Wednesday 25th September at Walpole Hall and see what Chapter House Singers is all about!
Ania Magliano: Peach Fuzz
Fresh from starring in the latest series of Taskmaster, Ania Magliano brings a brand-new show full of jokes, confessions, and occasionally unhinged observations to The Stand Edinburgh!
Ready to Dance Cuban Rueda
This 7-week course run by OnOne Salsa is perfect for dancers who want to start learning Rueda Casino in a fun & friendly way!
Conifox Terror Scream Park
Terror Scream Park, Edinburgh’s most intense 18+ horror event, launches for the very first time this autumn at Conifox Adventure Park.
A Play, A Pie and A Pint
A popular feature of the Traverse programme, A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Òran Mór returns this Autumn!

Popular Listings

Corn Exchange Haddington Edinburgh Playhouse Festival Theatre Edinburgh Howden Park Centre Livingston Kings Theatre Edinburgh National Museum of Scotland O2 Academy Edinburgh The Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh Traverse Theatre Usher Hall