{"id":482935,"date":"2025-10-08T12:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/482935\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:31:12","slug":"historic-characters-return-to-edinburgh-castle-this-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/482935\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic characters return to Edinburgh Castle this October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Families visiting Edinburgh Castle and Craigmillar Castle during the October school holiday can meet characters from Scotland\u2019s past as part of Historic Environment Scotland\u2019s (HES) popular\u00a0Living History programme returns this month.<\/p>\n<p>At Edinburgh Castle, there will be daily performances from Saturday 11 October \u2013 Sunday 26 October. This includes the King\u2019s master gunner (Saturday 11 \u2013 Monday 13 October) who will explain the extensive preparations that went into transporting Mons Meg to Northumberland in 1497, as well as an archer (Tuesday 14 \u2013 Thursday 16 October) who will tell visitors about his 15th\u00a0century crossbow, protective clothing and archer\u2019s shield.<\/p>\n<p>From Monday 20 \u2013 Wednesday 22 October, the musician to both King James IV and King James V will be on-site to show visitors his collection of instruments. From Friday 17 \u2013 Sunday 19 and Thursday 23 and Friday 24 October, visitors will get to meet a variety of characters to find out what life was like in Edinburgh Castle in the medieval period and the 16th\u00a0century, and on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 October, visitors will meet a range of characters from the Castle\u2019s eerie past to celebrate Halloween.<\/p>\n<p>At Craigmillar Castle, visitors will get to meet characters to find out what life was like at a medieval castle on Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 October.<\/p>\n<p>Gillian Urquhart, Events Manager at HES, said: \u201cAutumn is a great time to visit our sites and this October we are offering visitors the opportunity to converse with a courtier, meet a medieval knight, speak to a royal King and Queen, and more. As an added extra to the visitor experience, our Living History programme is the perfect way to find out more about our sites and the people who lived and worked at them, and meet a range of historical characters along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Part of a nationwide programme at 15 historic sites across Scotland, the Living History programme features dynamic costumed performers who bring Scotland\u2019s past vividly to life and is included in admission. To view the full programme, visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicenvironment.scot\/visit-a-place\/whats-on\/living-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HES website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Entry is free for Historic Scotland members. The Historic Scotland\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicenvironment.scot\/visit-a-place\/explorer-passes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Explorer Pass<\/a>\u00a0also allows visitors to explore 5,000 years of history over just 14 days. Entry to Edinburgh and Craigmillar castles, as well as sites across Scotland, is free for Explorer Pass holders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Families visiting Edinburgh Castle and Craigmillar Castle during the October school holiday can meet characters from Scotland\u2019s past&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-482935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115338561777042137","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}