Active Events in Edinburgh in December 2025
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Events in Edinburgh
Curious About Edinburgh - Quirky Heritage Walks for the Curious!
Have fun discovering Edinburgh on this award-winning, quirky, self-guided, heritage walk with a treasure hunt theme from Curious About!
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Arthur’s Secrets
Come along on a guided walk to learn more about Arthur's Seat's turbulent past, created by fire and ice!
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Portobello Health Walk
Join Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland’s Walking for Health Project for this free weekly walk in Portobello. It's a low level, inclusive health walk open to everyone!
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Blast 5km Series @ The Meadows 2025
Join Blast Running in the heart of Edinburgh for the Monthly Blast 5K Series at The Meadows – a lively lunchtime race that’s become a firm favourite on the city’s running calendar.
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Sundown Adventures
For the very first time Go Ape's popular Sundown Adventures will be available at Dalkeith Country Park between 28th November and 30th December.
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Edinburgh Santa Fun Run & Walk 2025
Edinburgh Santa Fun Run & Walk is celebrating 21 incredible years and we are ready to welcome our Santa’s back to West Princes Street Gardens for our much loved family fundraising event!
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Fun orienteering at St Mark’s Park, Edinburgh
Online entries are open for Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club's last fun local event of 2025 at St Mark's Park on Saturday 13th December.
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Santa & Elf Dash 2025
Put on your Santa hat and join Blast Running for festive fun at the Santa & Elf Dash, set in the beautiful Cammo Nature Reserve in north-west Edinburgh on Sunday 21st December!
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Active Events in East Renfrewshire
Here's a selection of Active Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:
Monday Runday - Run Club for Mums
Monday Runday is a free community run club for mums of all ages and stages... improve both your physical and mental health every Monday morning!
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East Renfrewshire Health Walks
East Renfrewshire Council HSCP and East Renfrewshire Community Hub run several walking groups throughout the week perfect for beginners upwards!
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Rouken Glen Junior Parkrun
Rouken Glen Junior Parkrun is a weekly, free 2km timed run held on Sunday mornings at Rouken Glen Park!
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Active Events in Glasgow
Here's a selection of Active Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:
TrySkating: Indoor Skating
Join TrySkating for their weekly Sunday morning open skating sessions at Arc Sports Hall, new skaters always welcome!
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Glasgow 850
2025 will be a big year for Glasgow as we celebrate the city's 850th birthday. It's a milestone and everyone who has or does call Glasgow home is invited to the party!
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Victoria Parkrun
Victoria Parkrun is a weekly, free 5km timed run held on Saturday mornings at Victoria Park in the West End of Glasgow!
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Here's a selection of Active Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
South Lanarkshire Super Race Series: Jingle All The Way 5k
The Jingle All The Way 5k returns to Chatelherault Country Park on Sunday 7th December!
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Get Walking Lanarkshire Health Walks
Join Get Walking Lanarkshire on one of their regular health walks! Enjoy the fresh air, meet new people and have a good blether!
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Strathclyde Parkrun
Strathclyde Parkrun is a weekly, free 5km timed run held on Saturday mornings at Strathclyde Country Park!
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Here's a selection of Active Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Buds Bootcamp
St Mirren FC Charitable Foundation's Buds Bootcamp is back. With fitness testing, upgraded sessions, energising workouts, and a whole lot of motivation, there's never been a better time to start!
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Barshaw Junior Parkrun
Barshaw Junior Parkrun is a weekly, free 2km timed run held on Sunday mornings at Barshaw Park, Paisley!
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Renfrewshire Walking Network Community Walks
Enjoy some fresh air and activity on one of Renfrewshire Walking Network's free weekly health walks, held in locations across Renfrewshire!
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Here's a selection of Active Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
Denny Health Walk
Join Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland’s Walking for Health Project for this free weekly walk in Denny. It's a low level, inclusive health walk open to everyone!
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Preschool Activities With Active Stirling
Come along to The PEAK, Stirling for three very different, but fun, weekly preschool sports activities!
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