What's On

A Walk in Walter's Woods
15.06.2021 - 19.10.2021
Abbotsford

Join Abbotsford's Ranger Anna on a guided walk around the Abbotsford Estate to learn more about wildlife, specimen trees and Scott’s designed landscape.

Summer Family Activities
24.06.2021 - 12.08.2021
Abbotsford

Join Ranger Anna for an exciting array of family activities in the great outdoors this summer. Come and explore the amazing nature and wildlife on the Abbotsford estate with lots of opportunites to learn or create something new.

Biodiversity Walks
29.06.2021 - 28.09.2021
Abbotsford

These 1 hour guided walks around Abbotsford's estate with our Ranger Anna focus on a different theme each month, highlighting the biodiversity at Abbotsford.

Three Inch Fools: The Merry Wives of Windsor
08.07.2021
Abbotsford

A performance in Sir Walter Scott's gardens from travelling Shakespeare company, Three Inch Fools.

Three Inch Fools: Robin Hood
30.07.2021
Abbotsford

Three Inch Fools perform Robin Hood in Sir Walter Scott's gardens. 

Scott's Day
15.08.2021
Abbotsford

Join us to celebrate Sir Walter Scott's 250th birthday with a festive day out for all the family at Abbotsford.

Head for the Hills: What we can learn from walking with Walter Scott
15.08.2021 - 30.04.2022
North-east Scotland

A series of local hill walks led by Hillgoers in partnership with the Walter Scott Research Centre at the University of Aberdeen.

Walter Scott and the Sense of Place 
19.08.2021
Online

This lecture takes on a geographical tour of Scotland in the company of Walter Scott from the Borders to the Shetland Islands.

Walter Scott and Song: Musical Events
01.09.2021 - 31.03.2022
Online

A number of talks, performances and other events will be held to explore Scott’s relationship to song.

Scottish International Storytelling Festival
15.10.2021 - 31.10.2021
Scotland

The Scottish International Storytelling Festival will celebrate Walter Scott 250 with a selection of live storytelling events.

Haunted Scott 
29.10.2021
Online

For Hallowe’en, Penny Fielding will talk about ghosts, visions and prophecies in Scott’s novels and poetry.

Walking with Walter Scott
01.02.2022 - 30.06.2022
The University of Aberdeen

A number of events will take place on the University of Aberdeen's King’s College Campus and in the Cruikshank Botanic Garden to celebrate and explore Scott’s ideas about the restorative power of the natural world.