Scottish Independence and Edinburgh Tour

Tour Rates

£120 Starting Private Group Price

Currently only available on a private tour basis

Meeting Point Outside Castle Coffee at the West End of Princes Street, Edinburgh.

Tour Duration

2 hours

About Scottish Independence Walking Tour

Unfortunately this tour is not currently available on a regular basis. If you are interested in doing the tour please contact us directly.

Despite a majority vote against leaving the United Kingdom in the 2014 referendum, the issue of independence continues to dominate Scottish politics. With recent polls suggesting that most Scots would currently back separation another vote is possible in the coming years. The tour will consider how we got to this point by exploring important sites of Scottish and British nationhood within Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns, this will allow us to consider some key questions. How did Scotland find itself from 1707 in a political union with its oldest enemy? What factors allowed this unlikely marriage to survive for over 300 years? And finally why did Scottish nationalism reemerge as a political force in the twentieth century?

This tour will be led by Dr. Gains Murdoch, an experienced walking tour guide with a PhD in Scottish history and is a great opportunity for both locals and visitors to Edinburgh to learn more about the issue of Scottish independence. Ultimately the goal is in no way to tell you which side to be on (there are perfectly valid arguments on both sides of this contentious issue) but to provide you with the historical context to come to your own conclusions.