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  1. chdot
    Admin

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    Tickets to some of the region’s best- known heritage attractions up for grabs to celebrate St Andrew's Day!

    Some of Edinburgh and the Lothians best known heritage attractions will be giving away free tickets to people who pre-register online as part of this year’s St. Andrew’s celebrations.

    Edinburgh Castle, Blackness Castle, Craigmillar Castle, Dirleton Castle, Linlithgow Palace and Tantallon Castle are amongst 35 of Historic Scotland’s winter ticketed attractions participating across the length and breadth of the country.

    Members of the public can register for tickets from today, 10th November, at a special website, http://www.ticketgiveaway.co.uk. Visitors can register for a free ticket for their chosen site for either Saturday 29th or Sunday 30th November which will provide admission for up to two adults and three children.

    There is no limit to how many sites can be applied for, although visitors are being urged to be quick to register so they don’t miss out on the chance to visit a great historic property for free with registration closing at 5pm on Friday, 28th November.

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    Posted 10 years ago #

  2. cb
    Member

    The wording above suggested to me that there was some kind of lottery aspect to this and you would have to wait and see if you were successful or not.

    I've just booked tickets for Edinburgh Castle and they emailed them through more or less straight-away.

    So feels more like a first come, first served system.

    (Thanks for the heads up chdot).

    Posted 10 years ago #

  3. acsimpson
    Member

    I don't know when they changed it but a few years ago we went to Blackness Castle on one of these days. It was so busy that there was no parking anywhere in the village and cars were parked up the hill towards the main road.

    I guess they've had their fingers burnt and need to regulate the number of visitors now.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  4. Nelly
    Member

    Website has gone a bit slow......

    Posted 10 years ago #

  5. chdot
    Admin

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    As part of this year’s St Andrew’s Day celebrations people in Edinburgh and the Lothians still have time to get their hands on tickets offering them free access to some of the area’s top heritage attractions by pre-registering online.

    Whilst tickets have been snapped up for Edinburgh Castle, Craigmillar Castle, and Linlithgow Palace limited tickets are still available for Blackness Castle, Dirleton Castle and Tantallon Castle which are amongst 35 of Historic Scotland’s winter ticketed attractions participating in the St. Andrew’s weekend ticket giveaway.

    Thousands of free tickets have been released allowing visitors free entry to experience some of the nation’s top historic attractions and properties by pre- registering online for tickets at http://www.ticketgiveaway.co.uk.

    Applications for remaining ticketed Historic Scotland properties can be made for either Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th November with each ticket offering free admission for up to two adults and three children. Registration closes at 5pm on Friday, 28th November.

    Whilst the number of tickets available are based on capacity at each attraction – to ensure a quality experience for visitors – there is no limit to how many sites can be applied for. To avoid disappointment visitors are being urged to act quickly and register so they don’t miss out on the chance to visit a great historic property for free.

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    Posted 10 years ago #

  6. gibbo
    Member

    This sucks. A few years ago, Edinburgh Castle was free - as in, you could turn up and it was free - on St Andrews day.

    Now it's free for a limited number of people?

    Posted 10 years ago #

  7. chrisfl
    Member

    It was just getting to the point that so many people were turning up that no one was enjoying it. Hence moving to the model of pre booked tickets, which possibly also has the advantage that they will still sell to tourists turning up on the day.

    Personally I'm happy about this, as free tickets are still available, but with the advantage that it's not going to be completely mobbed.

    Disadvantage is that they now have your email address.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  8. MeepMeep
    Member

    ...And address and phone details.

    Continuing to receive "An unexpected error has occurred" error messages sporadically throughout different parts of the checkout journey.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  9. Nelly
    Member

    meepmeep - try later, very busy during the day when I got my edin castle tickets a few weeks ago. eventually got them ordered and printed about 10.30pm !

    Posted 10 years ago #

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