Christmas lights in Edinburgh 2026

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  Garden light trail · Edinburgh

  Christmas at the Botanics

  Edinburgh's illuminated garden trail with the 'Christmas Cathedral' of lights, a Light Sphere and a Laser Garden.

  ✨ Date night🧒 With kids

  What's there

  • ★Christmas Cathedral tunnel of lights
  • ★Laser Garden
  • ★Glasshouse illuminations
  • ★36 nights

  The best light trail in Scotland — combine with the city-centre markets.

  2026

  19 Nov – 30 Dec 2026, from 4.15pm

  Last season

  20 Nov – 30 Dec 2025

  Cost

  £14–£27 per person (2025); family tickets

  Getting there and parking

  • Buses from the city centre to Inverleith; about 25 minutes' walk from Princes Street.

  Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith EH3Official site

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