Historic Scotland is offering a 20% discount on admission tickets at a range of sites across the country as part of its Historic Summer campaign.
The offer, open to UK residents from 26 June to 1 September 2026, aims to encourage people and families to visit their local historic sites and venture further afield to explore participating locations across the country.
Included in the offer are some of the Scotland’s most iconic historic sites, from Stirling Castle, once the seat of royal power for Scottish monarchs, to Fort George, an imposing coastal fort near Inverness that has served the British Army for almost 250 years.
Melrose Abbey in the Scottish Borders will also take part, and is said to be the resting place of the heart of Robert the Bruce and is even home to its own bagpiping pig statue.
Olivia Devine, Senior Marketing Manager at Historic Environment Scotland, said:
“Summer is a wonderful time to visit our sites across Scotland, and we want as many people to enjoy them as possible. We hope the offer will encourage people to rediscover their local landmarks or travel somewhere they haven’t been before.
“We have such rich history at our fingertips in Scotland, and many of our sites can be found within some of the most beautiful landscapes the country has to offer. Historic Summer will allow people and families to make new memories in wonderful places!”
Historic Summer tickets are limited and must be booked online at historicsummer.scot. Terms and conditions apply. Each ticket provides general admission to one site and cannot be reused at another site. Historic Summer ticket holders will be asked for proof of address when they arrive at the site.
Historic Scotland sites taking part in Historic Summer are:
Stirling Castle
Urquhart Castle
Aberdour Castle
Arbroath Abbey
Balvenie Castle
Bishop’s and Earl’s Palaces
The Blackhouse, Arnol
Bonawe Historic Iron Furnace
Bothwell Castle
Broch of Gurness
Caerlaverock Castle
Cairnpapple Hill
Castle Campbell
Corgarff Castle
Craigmillar Castle
Crossraguel Abbey
Dirleton Castle
Doune Castle
Dryburgh Abbey
Duff House
Dumbarton Castle
Dundrennan Abbey
Dunstaffnage Castle and Chapel
Elgin Cathedral
Fort George
Glenluce Abbey
Hermitage Castle
Huntingtower Castle
Huntly Castle
Iona Abbey
Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement
Jedburgh Abbey
Kildrummy Castle
Linlithgow Palace
Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum
Melrose Abbey
New Abbey Corn Mill
Newark Castle
Rothesay Castle
Seton Collegiate Church
Skara Brae
Smailholm Tower
St Andrews Castle
St Vigeans Sculptured Stone Museum
Stanley Mills
Tantallon Castle
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Threave Castle
Tolquhon Castle
