As of 1st April 2012, The admission price for Adults will be £9 and Concessions £7. We are also introducing a ‘Privilege Pass’ for local residents living within the EH25 post code area. If you live within this area, you can receive your FREE annual pass by providing us with a passport photo (and proof…
Over the past few months, there has been scaffolding around the north side of the Chapel. This scaffolding is to allow stonemasons access to various areas of the building so that they can clean up the exterior stone. This week, work has been taking place to move the scaffolding to a new area on the…
Roslin Primary school has 44 children in their P7 class this year, so our Junior Guides Programme has to be run in two phases. We have just started rehearsing the phase 2 group, so we have new Junior Guides training on Tuesdays, with experienced guides in the chapel every second Wednesday. We have to fit…
The Rosslyn Chapel congregation will once again be able to enjoy the sound of the Chapel Bells ringing after church this year. The Chapel has two bells, installed in the year 2000 to mark the Millenium. Recently it was decided to replace the ropes, and two new bell ropes were sourced from Ellis Ropes Ltd…
The first flurry of snow has fallen on the Chapel and the nights have drawn in, but the plummeting temperatures will not affect the staff and visitors to Rosslyn this year, as this is the first year for a very long time that the Chapel has a proper heating system installed. Our new Biomass heating…
Over the past few weeks, a team of stone conservators have been working their way around the interior of the Chapel cleaning up the dust and cobwebs from the building. The process is time consuming because, like all the work carried out to the Chapel, it needs to be done with a great deal of…
We thought you might find this link interesting. It is an item from the Guardian website that shows a video featuring a Rosslyn Chapel image at the V&A Museum in London. LINK TO GUARDIAN WEBSITE
Our long awaited new visitor centre at Rosslyn Chapel opened this morning (25th October). The new building is about 3 times the size of the original one which was designed to accommodate around 25,000 visitors, way short of the current 130,000 visitors per annum. There are greatly improved facilities with interactive interpretative displays, a dedicated…
These are the first pictures of the completed visitor centre. Our staff are looking forward to welcoming visitors through the doors as from tomorrow (25th October) We have a host of new technology in the centre which will add to the wealth of interpretation already available. The new shop will also offer a wide selection…
We are delighted to announce the official launch of our new Multimedia Audio Guides. These multi-language handsets include tours in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Mandarin. This project is being part-financed by the Scottish Government, Midlothian Council and the European Community tyne Esk Leader 2007 -2013 Programme.
