Things to Do in Edinburgh
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Edinburgh: Edinburgh Castle Entry Ticket + Harry Potter Walking Tour
📍 Edinburgh Castle
£58.00
Coffee Connections Edinburgh 12.08.2026
📍 The Alchemist George Street
Free - £27.80
Wander with Words- Festival Escape Wellbeing Walk With Poetry and Nature
📍 Holyrood Park
£11.55 - £20.00
FREEWhittle a Mushroom with Iain
📍 Ravenscraig Park Car Park
Summer Family Trail
📍 St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh
£0.00
Hug The Cactus - Networking in Edinburgh and Fife
£22.38
FREEEdinburgh: Old Town Guided Walking Tour
📍 Scott-Denkmal
Edinburgh Fun Team Building Interactive Treasure Hunt!
📍 Edinburgh City Centre
£18.00 - £70.00
Edinburgh Entrepreneurs – Ready for Networking with a Difference?
📍 Brewhemia
Free - £5.00
Introduction to Woodwork for Beginners - Edinburgh - 19 August 2026
📍 Community Renewal Lifting Neighbourhoods Together
£45.00
FREEFree Festival at a&o Edinburgh
📍 a&o Hostel Edinburgh City
FREEIntroduction to the Solitary Bees of south and central Scotland
📍 Water of Leith Visitor Centre and Cafe
FREEScotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Humbie Dean
📍 Various Locations East Lothian
FREEScotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Longwood
📍 Various Locations East Lothian
Something to Cry About
📍 Hotpod Yoga Edinburgh
From £11.00
EIF 26: Lawrence Brownlee & Iain Burnside
📍 The Queen's Hall
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Tom Corradini: <I>Shaolin Clown</I>
📍 Fruitmarket
£7 – £10
FREEEdinburgh: Harry Potter Walking Tour
📍 Duke of Wellington Equestrian Statue
FREEScottish National Networking Business Networking Event
📍 Brewhemia
(Edinburgh - Indoors) Comedy Walking Tour
📍 The Parliament Arms
FREETake a Walk in Their Shoes - Dementia Workshop
📍 Fife Carers Centre
FREEStaff Pride Network Central Coffee & Cake
📍 Canopy Cafe, Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh
FREEHolyrood Park Guided Walk - signed in British Sign Language
📍 Broad Pavement Car Park
FREEOvercoming Trauma | Free Lecture in EDINBURGH
📍 HUBBARD ACADEMY OF PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE
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