Trinity House Family Tours: Edinburgh’s final date from £4.50
Families have one remaining 2026 date to explore Leith’s seafaring past at Trinity House. The final listed Trinity House Family Tour takes place on 26 August at Trinity House, 99 Kirkgate, Edinburgh EH6 6BJ. Tickets cost £4.50 to £7.50 per person, the tour is suitable for all ages, and advance booking is required.
The Forever Edinburgh Events listing does not provide a start or finish time. Families should therefore check the session details when booking before planning their journey.
Maritime objects make the visit hands-on
Trinity House was once the base of the Incorporation of Mariners and Shipmasters. The guided tour offers visitors a chance to see inside the historic building and explore maritime treasures associated with life and work at sea.
For children, the experience goes beyond looking at a collection. The family programme includes an activity trail and opportunities to handle objects once used at sea. Visitors can also discover some of the animals sailors would have encountered during their travels, adding a tangible thread to the story of Leith’s maritime connections.
The published 2026 programme began on 8 April and continued with tours on 5, 12 and 19 August. That makes the 26 August session the final confirmed opportunity in the current listing rather than part of a regularly published schedule extending beyond the summer.
Check the access limits before booking
Disabled access is available on the ground floor of Trinity House only. The building’s 16th-century vaults are reached by steep stairs, so the complete tour route may not be accessible to everyone in a family or group.
This distinction is worth considering before tickets are booked: visitors requiring step-free access can reach the ground floor, but the source does not indicate an accessible route into the vaults. Further access information is linked from the Forever Edinburgh Events listing.
Anyone with an EH6 postcode can receive a 10% discount on admission tickets, according to the listing. The standard published ticket range is £4.50 to £7.50 per person.
Getting to Trinity House at the Foot of Leith Walk
Trinity House stands on Kirkgate at the Foot of Leith Walk. Several Lothian Buses services travel regularly to the area. Visitors using Edinburgh Trams can get off at the Foot of the Walk stop.
For the final tour on 26 August, the practical next step is to book in advance through the event information and confirm the session time there. Families should also take account of the ground-floor-only disabled access and steep stairs to the vaults when deciding whether the full route suits their group.
Source: Forever Edinburgh Events
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Dates, admission prices, venue information, access limits and transport details were drawn from the published Forever Edinburgh Events listing.
- Matched the final tour date against the published 2026 schedule.
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- Retained the published ground-floor access limit and warning about steep vault stairs.
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- 2026-08-24 10:00
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