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Visiting Rosslyn Chapel this Easter
Rosslyn Chapel is open to visitors as usual during the Easter holidays, Monday to Saturday, 9.30am to 5pm and Sunday 12noon to 4.45pm (last admission 30 minutes before closing). As a working church, the Chapel will hold a service for Maundy Thursday on Thursday 29 April, starting at 7pm. On Good Friday, 30 April, there will be…
William lends a paw to attract more visitors
William the Chapel Cat is hoping to encourage more people to explore Rosslyn Chapel this spring by appearing in a feature in ‘Your Cat’, Britain’s best-selling cat magazine. William is the star of the the ‘working cats’ feature of the April edition of the magazine and it is hoped that many readers will be inspired…
Great reaction to n-ice photo!
Although Rosslyn Chapel had to close to visitors for a couple of days during the recent severe weather, it provided a great photo-opportunity for one visitor when it reopened. This photo of the Chapel, posted on twitter by conservator Rob Thomson, showed an amazing icicle in the mouth of a gargoyle at the north door….
Severe weather: Chapel open
Following the extreme weather, Rosslyn Chapel reopened to visitors on Saturday 3 March. All paths leading to the Chapel and visitor centre are clear although there is still snow in the grounds. Huge thanks to our colleagues who have made it in today and to our security team for clearing so much snow. We apologise…
Visitor centre takes centre stage in new book
Rosslyn Chapel has featured in many books over the years but now its visitor centre is taking centre stage in a new publication. The visitor centre, which was opened in 2012, is one of ten case studies in the book ‘Designing for Heritage: contemporary visitor centres’, written by Ruth Dalton. In it, she describes the…
Second phase of work underway at Collegehill House
Collegehill House, the Category-B listed property adjacent to Rosslyn Chapel, has closed today to allow the second phase of conservation repairs to begin. In 2017, the first phase of works included reharling the exterior, repairs to the roof and chimneys, and conservation repairs carried out to the windows. Within this second phase, improvements will be…
Record breaking year for visitors at Rosslyn Chapel
Rosslyn Chapel welcomed a record-breaking number of visitors in 2017, with just over 181,700 paying visitors during the year. The previous record was set in 2006, following the release of The Da Vinci Code film, when the Chapel had 175,074 visitors. The figures for 2017 represent an increase of 13% on 2016. Ian Gardner, Director…
Chapel’s Christmas present from Dalkeith Country Park
Rosslyn Chapel Trust is one of three local organisations to receive an early Christmas present from Dalkeith Country Park. The Chapel, Woodburn Primary School and St Nicholas Buccleuch Church each received a Nordmann Fir tree from the pop-up Christmas tree shop at Restoration Yard. Julie Merrilees, Visitor Services Manager at Dalkeith Country Park, said: “We were delighted…
New book about Chapel now on sale
A new fully-illustrated hardback book about Rosslyn Chapel, written by The Earl and Countess of Rosslyn, is now on sale. The book, published by Scala Arts and Heritage Publishers in association with Rosslyn Chapel Trust, is a personal account of a family chapel which has become a national treasure, now attracting tens of thousands of…
Chapel shortlisted for two Scottish Thistle Awards
Rosslyn Chapel has been shortlisted for two categories in the Regional Final of the prestigious Scottish Thistle Awards. The Chapel is one of the finalists in the ‘Best Heritage Tourism Experience’ category, sponsored by Historic Environment Scotland, and themed to coincide with the ‘Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology 2017’. The two other finalists are…