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November 8 2012

Debut performance for Junior Guides

8 November 2012

For those of you who have been following our Chapel news, you’ll know that the Junior Tour Guide Launch was held a few weeks ago, with Roslin Primary’s Junior Guides performing to an excited audience of friends, families and also Councillor Joe Wallace, the Provost of Midlothian. Today, however, was yet another special day for…

October 24 2012

Roslin Primary Junior Guide launch

24 October 2012

Twenty eight pupils from Roslin Primary School will travel back in time tomorrow (Thursday 25th October) at Rosslyn Chapel when they take on the guise of historic characters and become the Chapel’s new Junior Guides for the morning. The story of the iconic 15th-century Chapel will be presented to visitors, families and friends during two…

October 8 2012

New guidebook on sale

8 October 2012

The new official Rosslyn Chapel Guidebook, written by the Earl of Rosslyn and recently updated to include information on the conservation work and new visitor centre is on sale now. This in depth guidebook includes a walking tour of the Chapel with many wonderful colour photographs. It also features the family history and poetry from…

August 10 2012

Classic car rally comes to Rosslyn

10 August 2012

On Thursday 9th August, we were visited by members of a Classic car organisation. They were travelling from the Netherlands to a ‘meet’ further north. The group stopped off to enjoy a guided tour at the Chapel, and our other visitors enjoyed seeing and taking photographs of this wonderful collection of Vintage cars.

June 26 2012

Chapel exterior back on view

26 June 2012

There have been some exciting developments here at the Chapel over the past few weeks. Much of the north facade is now back in full view, while public access through the south door has also been restored. Scaffolding and tarpaulins have been taken down from both these areas, revealing the rosey hues of the freshly-conserved…

May 9 2012

Royal visitor comes to Rosslyn

9 May 2012

Yesterday was a big day for the Chapel, as we welcomed Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Rothesay and other guests to a special service and celebration marking the opening of our new visitor centre, and also the official completion of the conservation project. The sun was out and so were our Junior Guides from…

March 21 2012

Admission Policy

21 March 2012

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…

March 17 2012

Cleaning up work continues

17 March 2012

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…

January 16 2012

Junior Guides Second Phase begins

16 January 2012

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…

January 9 2012

Bell Rope replacement

9 January 2012

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…

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