11th Apr 2025 to 18th Apr 2025 | |
11am – 3pm / Drop in | |
Holyrood Park Holyrood Park Queen's Dr, Edinburgh East EH8 8HG |
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Event organiser/part of Edinburgh Science Festival | |
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Kickstart a family adventure in Holyrood Park with Dynamic Earth!
Drop by and use our high-tech equipment to complete a weather report and work together to engineer rockets that can soar to great heights, plus lots more activities for the whole family, all in the great outdoors of Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park!
Suitable for Ages 5+
Children must be accompanied by an adult, and adults cannot participate without a child.
Presented by Dynamic Earth
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