Free planning visit

Visiting the property prior to your group visit can greatly enhance the day itself and its free.  To book a free planning visit simply phone, 0131 668 8793 / 8736, for Edinburgh and Stirling Castles, or phone all other properties direct.

A planning visit can help you devise the precise experience you want your pupils to have, gather essential information about the facilities and prepare your risk assessments.  To further assist with risk assessment preparation, hazard planning sheets are available to download from the link below:

Hazard Planning Sheets


We also offer a wide range of support materials and on-site resources to help you plan successful site visits.  To find out more about these, visit the Free Teachers' Resources page.

The Education Unit is always looking to find ways to improve and develop our service.  We would be very grateful if you could please complete and return an appraisal form after you have been on a general or activity visit to any of our sites.

Education Unit - Evaluation Form (General Visits) [pdf, 52 kb]
Education Unit - Evaluation Form (Activity Visits) [pdf, 52 kb]