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        • Elcho Castle
        • Lochleven Castle
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        • Glamis Castle
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        • Fyvie Castle
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        • Castle Rednock Trekking Centre
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        • Blairdrummond Safari Park
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      • Rough Castle – the Antonine Wall – Hidden Gems
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      • The Pineapple – Hidden Gems
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        • Edinburgh’s Festivals
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        • Exmoor Pony Trekking
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          • Craigmillar Castle
          • Canongate Kirkyard: Hidden Gems
          • Edinburgh Castle
          • The Georgian House
          • John Knox House
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        • Edinburgh Zoo
        • Gorgie City Farm
      • Crafts
        • Kiss the Fish
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        • ‘The Botanics’ – The Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh
        • Dunbar’s Close
        • Inverleith Park
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        • National Museum of Scotland
        • Museum on the Mound
        • Museum of Edinburgh
        • Museum of Fire
      • Stately Homes
        • Hopetoun House
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        • Camera Obscura and the World of Illusions
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        • The Edinburgh Dungeon
        • Greyfriar’s Bobby
        • Our Dynamic Earth
        • Mary King’s Close
        • The Royal Yacht Britannia
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        • Ocean Terminal
    • The Lothians
      • Activities and Leisure
        • Go Ape Beecraigs – West Lothian
      • Animals and Wildlife
        • Almond Valley Heritage Centre – West Lothian
        • Butterfly and Insect World – Midlothian
        • Craigie’s
      • Green Spaces and Parks
        • Beecraigs Country Park – West Lothian
      • Historic Places
        • Avon Aqueduct
        • Blackness Castle – West Lothian
        • Cairnpapple
        • Linlithgow – West Lothian
      • Museums, Science Centres and Galleries
      • Stately Homes
      • Visitor Attractions
        • East Links Family Park – East Lothian
        • Jupiter Artland – West Lothian
        • LUCS – Linlithgow Union Canal Society
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    • In the City
      • Historic Places
        • Bearsden Bathhouse
        • The Tall Ship
      • Museums, Science Centres and Galleries
        • Glasgow Science Centre
        • Kelvingrove Art Gallery
        • Riverside Museum – Glasgow’s Transport Museum
        • Strathclyde Police Museum
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      • Museums, Science Centres and Galleries
        • National Museum of Rural Life
        • Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life
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      • Museums, Science Centres & Galleries
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    • The Borders
      • Animals and Wildlife
        • Woodside Walled Garden
      • Green Spaces and Parks
        • Dawyck Botanic Garden
        • Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre
        • Wilton Lodge Park, Hawick
      • Historic Places
        • Edin’s Hall Broch
        • Hermitage Castle
        • Traquair House
        • Hidden Gems – St Ronan’s Wells
        • Melrose Abbey
        • Rhymer’s Stone
      • Stately Homes
        • Abbotsford House
        • Paxton House
      • Visitor Attractions
        • Borders Textile Towerhouse
        • Robert Smail’s Print Works
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      • Historic Places
        • Sanquhar Post Office – HIdden Gems
      • Museums, Science Centres and Galleries
        • National Museum of Costume
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    • Animals and Wildlife
    • Historic Places
      • Culloden Moor
      • Glenfinnan Monument & Visitor Centre
    • Museums, Science Centres and Galleries
      • Museum of Scottish Lighthouses
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Scotland’s for Families is an unbiased online guide to some of the best venues, attractions, locations and activities in Scotland. We’ve visited the places and venues on the site, so you can get a better idea of what to expect, and to make a better decision whether you want to visit too. Five minutes here may be the difference between a good and a great day out, or it could avoid one of those nightmare visits that we’ve all had and would really like to avoid again.

The concept  behind Scotland’s for Families is pretty broad. We’ve tried to think about what families like to know – what the surfaces are like,  where the best views are, whether there are loos or not, and what’s nearby if you’re making a day of it. The information on this site should help all kinds of family days out.

We don’t use promotional blurb from venues. We research and visit the places listed, so if there’s something to be aware of, we’ll do our best to tell you.

 

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  • Beyond the Forth
    • Fife and Tayside
      • Animals & Wildlife
        • St Andrews Aquarium
      • Green Spaces and Parks
      • Historic Places
        • St Andrew’s Castle
        • St Andrew’s Cathedral
        • The Howff – Hidden Gems
      • Museums, Science Centres & Galleries
        • British Golf Museum
        • Sensation Science Centre
      • Museums, Science Centres and Galleries
      • Visitor Attractions
        • Discovery Point
        • Scotland’s Secret Bunker
    • Perthshire & Angus
      • Green Spaces and Parks
        • Crombie Park
        • The Birks of Aberfeldy
      • Historic Places
        • Aberlemno Stones – Hidden Gems
        • Abernethy Round Tower – Hidden Gems
        • Elcho Castle
        • Glamis Castle
        • Lochleven Castle
        • The Fortingall Yew – Hidden Gems
      • Visitor Attractions
        • Brechin Castle Country Park
        • Pictavia
        • Scottish Crannog Centre
    • The North-East
      • Activities and Leisure
        • Go Ape Crathes
      • Animals and Wildlife
      • Historic Places
        • Fyvie Castle
  • Central Scotland
    • Green Spaces and Parks
      • Muiravonside Country Park
    • Historic Places
      • Antonine Wall – Bar Hill Fort – Hidden Gem
      • Doune Castle
      • Kinneil House and Estate
      • Rough Castle – the Antonine Wall – Hidden Gems
      • Stirling Castle
      • The Antonine Wall overview
      • The Pineapple – Hidden Gems
    • Stirling & Surrounds
      • Activities and Leisure
        • Castle Rednock Trekking Centre
        • Go Ape Aberfoyle
        • Segway Trekking & Orienteering at Castle Rednock
      • Animals and Wildlife
        • Blairdrummond Safari Park
    • Visitor Attractions
      • The Falkirk Wheel
  • Edinburgh & Lothians
    • In the City
      • Activities, Sports and Leisure
        • Edinburgh International Climbing Arena (EICA)
        • Edinburgh’s Festivals
          • Edinburgh International Book Festival
          • Edinburgh International Science Festival
          • Imaginate
          • Scottish International Storytelling Festival
        • Exmoor Pony Trekking
        • Gambado
        • Historic Places
          • Canongate Kirkyard: Hidden Gems
          • Craigmillar Castle
          • Edinburgh Castle
          • John Knox House
          • The Georgian House
      • Animals and Wildlife
        • Edinburgh Zoo
        • Gorgie City Farm
      • Crafts
        • Kiss the Fish
      • Green Spaces and Parks
        • ‘The Botanics’ – The Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh
        • Dunbar’s Close
        • Inverleith Park
        • The Meadows
      • Museums, Science Centres and Galleries
        • Museum of Edinburgh
        • Museum of Fire
        • Museum on the Mound
        • National Museum of Scotland
        • The Dean Gallery and The Gallery of Modern Art
          • Dean Gallery
          • The Gallery of Modern Art
      • Shopping
        • Ocean Terminal
      • Stately Homes
        • Hopetoun House
      • Visitor Attractions
        • Bus Tours
        • Camera Obscura and the World of Illusions
        • Ghost Walks
        • Greyfriar’s Bobby
        • Mary King’s Close
        • Our Dynamic Earth
        • The Edinburgh Dungeon
        • The Royal Yacht Britannia
    • The Lothians
      • Activities and Leisure
        • Go Ape Beecraigs – West Lothian
      • Animals and Wildlife
        • Almond Valley Heritage Centre – West Lothian
        • Butterfly and Insect World – Midlothian
        • Craigie’s
      • Green Spaces and Parks
        • Beecraigs Country Park – West Lothian
      • Historic Places
        • Avon Aqueduct
        • Blackness Castle – West Lothian
        • Cairnpapple
        • Linlithgow – West Lothian
      • Museums, Science Centres and Galleries
      • Stately Homes
      • Visitor Attractions
        • East Links Family Park – East Lothian
        • Jupiter Artland – West Lothian
        • LUCS – Linlithgow Union Canal Society
  • Glasgow & Lanarkshire
    • In the City
      • Historic Places
        • Bearsden Bathhouse
        • The Tall Ship
      • Museums, Science Centres and Galleries
        • Glasgow Science Centre
        • Kelvingrove Art Gallery
        • Riverside Museum – Glasgow’s Transport Museum
        • Strathclyde Police Museum
    • Lanarkshire
      • Museums, Science Centres & Galleries
      • Visitor Attractions
        • New Lanark
    • Out of Town
      • Museums, Science Centres and Galleries
        • National Museum of Rural Life
        • Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life
  • Southern Scotland
    • Dumfries and Galloway
      • Historic Places
        • Sanquhar Post Office – HIdden Gems
      • Museums, Science Centres and Galleries
        • National Museum of Costume
    • The Borders
      • Animals and Wildlife
        • Woodside Walled Garden
      • Green Spaces and Parks
        • Dawyck Botanic Garden
        • Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre
        • Wilton Lodge Park, Hawick
      • Historic Places
        • Edin’s Hall Broch
        • Hermitage Castle
        • Hidden Gems – St Ronan’s Wells
        • Melrose Abbey
        • Rhymer’s Stone
        • Traquair House
      • Stately Homes
        • Abbotsford House
        • Paxton House
      • Visitor Attractions
        • Borders Textile Towerhouse
        • Robert Smail’s Print Works
  • The North
    • Animals and Wildlife
    • Historic Places
      • Culloden Moor
      • Glenfinnan Monument & Visitor Centre
    • Museums, Science Centres and Galleries
      • Museum of Scottish Lighthouses
  • The West
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