Opening times

Edinburgh Castle is open daily from 9.30am. Last entry and closing times vary by season. You should allow at least 2 hours to see all of the castle highlights. The castle is busiest from 9.30am to 11am. 

Season	Opens	Last entry	Closing time
Summer (1 Aug - 30 Sep)	9.30am	5pm	6pm
Winter (1 Oct - 31 Mar)	9.30am	4pm	5pm

Closing commences 1 hour before the actual closing time.

Following government guidelines you must book your tickets in advance to visit the castle:

Areas/facilities that will be open during your visit:

• All external spaces with visitor access
• Great Hall
• Palace Apartments, the Laich Hall and Antechamber are open (The Mary Room and The Birthing Room will be closed)
• St Margaret’s Chapel
• Mons Meg
• One o’Clock Gun
• Scottish National War Memorial
• The Redcoat Café open as a takeaway service only with a reduced menu offer.
• Red Food Truck on the esplanade serving coffee/tea, cakes and snacks
• Ice cream van on the esplanade
• Audio guides available to hire from the ticket office
• Toilets in Lower Ward (just over the drawbridge) and of Crown Square are open
• Accessible toilet available in the Queen Anne Building (Queen Anne Tea Room remains closed)

Some areas/facilities will remain closed好福利app下载 for now, we have a phased approach to re-opening while we work to make them safe.

The castle is closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day (25 and 26 December). On 1 January, we’re open from 11am to 5pm. Normal opening times resume on 2 January.

The gun is fired every day at 1pm, except on Sundays, Good Friday and Christmas Day.