In Person Highland – Inverness, Black Isle, Easter Ross, Ross & Cromarty Ballone Castle 7 September 2024 Ballone Castle was built in 1590 and is a late example of a Medieval Z Plan Tower House. It is a Category A Listed Building with a strong central tower with two further towers on opposite corners. The castle stands on the cliff edge looking out to sea, a mile east of Portmahomack. It was uninhabited from 1693 and gradually became derelict over three hundred years. The ruin was bought in 1990 by Lachie and Annie Stewart, who set about restoring it as a family home. View Details Facilities Disabled WC WC Refreshments Parking Not Accessible
In Person Highland – Inverness, Black Isle, Easter Ross, Ross & Cromarty Fairburn Tower 7 September 2024 8 September 2024 Fairburn Tower is a rare survival from the Scottish Renaissance. Situated in beautiful Highland landscape, half an hour’s drive north-west of Inverness, Fairburn Tower was built around 1545 for Murdo Mackenzie, a favourite at the rich court of King James V and Mary of Guise. View Details Facilities WC Events For Children Not Accessible
In Person Highland – Inverness, Black Isle, Easter Ross, Ross & Cromarty Fearn Abbey new 7 September 2024 The Premonstratensian Monastery at Fearn Abbey was established in 1238, after nearly 800 years of worship on the site, the church is now closed. This grade A-listed building is of great historical interest and the attached cemetery contain a number of interesting stones. View Details Facilities Disabled WC Disabled Access Events For Children Refreshments WC Parking
In Person Highland – Inverness, Black Isle, Easter Ross, Ross & Cromarty Gairloch Museum 7 September 2024 Explore 7,000 years of history displayed within a former nuclear bunker, from the making of mountains to the mighty midge. View Details Facilities Disabled Access Disabled WC WC Refreshments Parking
In Person Highland – Inverness, Black Isle, Easter Ross, Ross & Cromarty Highland Archive Centre 7 September 2024 High Life Highland’s Highland Archive Service cares for historic documents of the Highlands, dating from the 1200s to the present day, in its four archive centres in Inverness, Wick, Fort William and Portree. View Details Facilities Disabled Access Disabled WC WC Events For Children Parking
In Person 2024 Theme Highland – Inverness, Black Isle, Easter Ross, Ross & Cromarty Highland Museum of Childhood new 7 September 2024 Based in Strathpeffer’s Victorian Railway Station, the Highland Museum of Childhood shares the stories of childhood through a treasured collection of toys, books, costumes and vintage household items, and of course, the stories told by the people who previously owned them. View Details Facilities Disabled Access Disabled WC WC Refreshments Events For Children Parking
Highland – Inverness, Black Isle, Easter Ross, Ross & Cromarty Inverness Creative Academy - Wasps Studios new 7 September 2024 8 September 2024 Inverness Creative Academy - formally the site of Inverness Royal Academy from 1895 until 1980 - was officially reopened in 2022 as the first cultural and artistic hub for the Highlands. Restored by Wasps Studios, the building now provides upwards of 60 workspaces to the artists and makers of the region. The old Assembly Hall and Gym Hall rooms have been transformed into new events spaces, hosting exhibitions, symposiums, screenings, markets and even ceilidhs. Located in the historic Crown area, Inverness Creative Academy is a short walk from the city centre. View Details Facilities Disabled WC Disabled Access Refreshments WC Parking
In Person Highland – Inverness, Black Isle, Easter Ross, Ross & Cromarty Inverness Justice Centre new 7 September 2024 Inverness Sheriff Court, matters pertaining to the Justice System. View Details Facilities Disabled WC Disabled Access WC
In Person 2024 Theme Highland – Inverness, Black Isle, Easter Ross, Ross & Cromarty Inverness Masjid new 7 September 2024 8 September 2024 Inverness Masjid is a mosque and community centre for Inverness and the surrounding areas. View Details Facilities Disabled WC Limited Access Parking Events For Children Refreshments
In Person Highland – Inverness, Black Isle, Easter Ross, Ross & Cromarty Northern Meeting Park Story-gathering Project new 7 September 2024 The Northern Meeting Park Story-gathering Project is a community heritage project, run by High Life Highland and the Highland Council with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. It aims to work with the local community to research the history of the Northern Meeting Park in Inverness, to collect people’s stories about it, and to produce new interpretation using the material we gather which will be completed in time for the official re-opening of the Park in spring 2025. The Northern Meeting Park, built in 1864, is the world’s oldest purpose-built Highland Games venue and since it opened it has been a popular venue for Highland games and other sports, concerts, festivals and special events, as well as being the sports ground for three local primary schools (Central, Bishop Eden’s and St Joseph’s). View Details Facilities WC Disabled WC Disabled Access Events For Children Parking
