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How to contact Historic Scotland

We aim to provide the most extensive range of information through our website and we recommend you visit the appropriate web page, in the first instance, for the information you require. Should you need more help, however, please do not hesitate to contact us.

To ensure your query is dealt with efficiently, please choose the relevant contact details from the drop down menu below.

If you are contacting us by phone from abroad, please keep in mind +44 is the UK-wide country code.

General Enquiries

General Enquiries by Mail

Head Office, Historic Scotland, Longmore House, Salisbury Place, Edinburgh, EH9 1SH

General Enquiries by Telephone

0131 668 8600

Built Heritage

Listed Buildings

Email	hs.listingandconsents@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8707 / 8720 / 8702 / 8981
Website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/historicbuildings

Contact our listed buildings team for enquiries regarding historical homes and buildings and their possible additions to the List of Listed Buildings.

If contacting us by phone about an already listed building, please select the numbers from the list below according to your council.

Council	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Cackmannan, Dundee, Fife, Loch Lomond & theTrossachs, Moray, Perth & Kinross, Shetland, Stiling.
Telephone	0131 668 8707 or 0131 668 8719

Council	Argyll & Bute, Highland, Orkney, Western Isles.
Telephone	0131 668 8705 or 0131 668 8720

Council	Dumfries & Galloway, East Ayrshire, East Dumbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, West Dunbartonshire.
Telephone	0131 668 8703 or 0131 668 8981

Council	Edinburgh, East Lothian, Falkirk, Midlothian, North Lanarkshire, Scottish Borders, South Lanarkshire, West Lothian.
Telephone	0131 668 8702 or 0131 668 8717

Grants

Website

www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/grants

Contact our teams for enquiries about the grants we offer.

Historic Buildings Repair Grants

Email	hs.grants@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8801

Ancient Monuments Grants

Email	hs.ancientmonuments@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8764

Archaeology Grants

Email
Telephone	0131 668 8648

Conservation Educational Grants

Email	hs.conservation.bureau@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8668

Ancient Monuments and Scheduling

Email	hs.ancientmonuments@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8777
Website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/ancientmonuments

Contact our Ancient Monuments section for enquiries regarding scheduled monuments, monuments wardens, Ancient Monument grants, management agreements, or if you have questions regarding an ancient monument on your land.

Conservation Publications

Email	hs.conservation.bureau@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8638
Fax	0131 668 8669
Website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/technicalpublications

Our range of conservation publictions includes Technical Advice Notes, Research Reports, Conference Proceedings and Guides for Practitioners. Contact our Conservation Publications team to place an order by phone or enquire about upcoming publications.

Conservation Enquiries

Email	hs.conservation.bureau@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8668
Website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/conservationbureau

Contact our Conservation Bureau enquiry line for questions about buildings' conservation, stone masonry and iron works conservation, recommendations on conservators, fellowships' information, upcoming conferences and training.

Visiting our properties

Events at our properties

Email	hs.events@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8830 or 0131 668 8885
Website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/events

The Events team is responsible for Historic Scotland's annual programme of family events including costumed performances, jousting at Stirling castle, Magic October, Easter festivities and many more entertaining activities for all ages.

Hiring our properties for weddings

Email	hs.weddings@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8973 or 0131 668 8916
Website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/weddings

Historic Scotland has an exclusive and extensive portfolio of unique venues for all types of wedding ceremonies and receptions. Contact the Weddings department to discuss your requirements.

Hiring our properties for corporate functions and events

Email	hs.functions@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8686 or 0131 668 8640
Corporate events website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/corpevents

Historic Scotland offers unique corporate hospitality packages at our exclusive venues across Scotland. Our professional corporate team caters for a wide array of events including formal banquets, seminars, conferences and themed corporate events.

Contact the team to discuss your requirements.

Filming at our properties

Telephone	0131 668 8885
Website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/filming

Historic Scotland offers scenic locations for film and television productions.
Visit our filming section to find your required location(s), submit your specifications and for guidelines on making arrangements.

Photographic Library

Email	hs.photolibrary@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8647
Website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/photolibrary

The Photographic library stocks an extensive collections of photographs of everything from stunning landscapes to architectural details at Historic Scotland sites. Contact the photo library to request images, arrange a visit to the library, use images from our photo collection.

Shop or retail enquiries

Email	hs.shop@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 657 8440
Website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/shop

Travel Trade and Explorer Passes

Explorer Passes offer a flexible and discounted way to see the best of our properties. For those working in the Travel industry - tour and coach operators, travel agents and group tour organisers - Travel Trade aims to make your job of planning tours to Historic Scotland properties easier.

Email	hs.explorer@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8831 or 0131 668 8664
Travel Trade website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/traveltrade
Explorer Passes website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/explorer

Education Enquiries

Historic Scotland is an agency within the Scottish Executive's Education Department. The agency is responsible for the promotion of understanding and enjoyment of Scotland's built heritage.

Education Unit
The Education unit works to promote heritage education for all learners - schools, teachers, community groups.

Email	hs.education@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8793 or 0131 668 8736
Website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/education_unit

Rangers Unit
The Rangers unit works to promote education at Holyrood Park in Edinburgh and Linlithgow Peel.

Website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/rangerservice
Email	hs.rangers@scotland.gov.uk

Historic Scotland Ranger Service
Holyrood Park Education Centre
1 Queens Drive
Edinburgh
EH8 8HG

Telephone 0131 652 8150

Fax 0131 652 8151

Historic Scotland Ranger Service
Linlithgow Peel
Kirkgate
Linlithgow
EH49 7AL

Telephone 01506 842 065

Fax 01506 842 065

Technical Conservation, Research and Education (TCRE)
TCRE's wide remit includes awarding grants, fellowships and internships, and organising conferences and seminars; commissioning research projects; producing technical publications and maintaining links with training providers and industry lead bodies in the conservation field.

Email	hs.conservation.bureau@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8668
Website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/conservation

Membership Enquiries

Email	hs.friends@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8999
Website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/member

Historic Scotland Membership allows you to contribute to the preotection and conservation of Scotland's heritage. Benefits of the Membership include free entry to our properties, Friends Magazine, exclusive offers, competitions and events, access to the Members' only website.

Already a member?
Contact the Membership team with queries on your membership, renewals, to book events, inquire about an event or offer.

Media Enquiries

Email	hs.communications@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8603

Historic Scotland's Communications and Media team handles our agency's corporate communications and media enquiries relating to historic buildings, ancient monuments, gardens and designed landscapes, archaeology, grants, policy and conservation.

For media enquiries regarding the properties in our care please contact our Marketing office on 0131 8731 or e-mail paul.spence@scotland.gsi.gov.uk.

Marketing, Media and PR Enquiries

Email	paul.spence@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8731

Contact the Marketing and Media unit about promotions of the properties in our care, media launches at our sites, and media enquiries relating to our properties.

For media enquiries regarding historic buildings, ancient monuments, gardens and designed landscapes, archaeology, grants, policy and conservation please contact our Media office on 0131 668 8603 or email hs.communications@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Website Enquiries

hs.website@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Contact the web team to report any problem or error you might have seen or encountered whilst using the Historic Scotland website.

We are constantly aiming to develop and improve the Historic Scotland website and welcome feedback from our users. Please contact us to submit your comments - questions, suggestions and critic - about the website.

Gardens and Designed Landscapes

Website

www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/gardens

Contact our Gardens and Designed Landscapes team for enquiries about gardens and landscapes of particular significance and about the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes.

The Team

Contact	Email	Telephone
Tony Cairns	tony.cairns@scotland.gsi.gov.uk	0131 668 8798
Raoul Curtis-Machin	raoul.curtis-machin@scotland.gsi.gov.uk	0131 668 8809
Catherine Middleton	catherine.middelton@scotland.gsi.gov.uk	0131 668 8729
David Fraser	david.fraser@scotland.gsi.gov.uk	0131 668 8940

Collections

Email	hs.collections@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8946

Contact our Collections team if you have enquiries about objects held in our care, or exhibited at our properties.

Visitor Information Service

To help you plan your visit to a Historic Scotland property, contact the Visitor Information Service on 0131 668 8800 for information on getting to the property, its opening times, facilities, etc.

Visit www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/properties for details on our properties.

Corporate enquiries

Procurement Enquiries

Website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/procurement
Fax number	0131 668 8877

Contact the Procuremennt unit for enquiries regarding contractual policies and procedures of open tendering, selection processes, tenders and contracts.

The Team

Name	Email	Telephone
Keith Downie	keith.downie@scotland.gsi.gov.uk	0131 668 8860
Kirsty Lamb	kirsty.lamb@scotland.gsi.gov.uk	0131 668 8632
Lynn Lowe	lynn.lowe@scotland.gsi.gov.uk	0131 668 8866
Jennie Smith	jennie.smith@scotland.gsi.gov.uk	0131 668 8721
Simon McLean	simon.mclean@scotland.gsi.gov.uk	0131 668 8622

Freedom of Information

Email	hs.foi@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Enquiry Line	0131 668 8742
Website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/foi

Contact the Freedom of Information team for enquiries regarding the scheme, our recently released information logs and information classes.

Human Resources

Email	hs.recruit@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone	0131 668 8840 or 0131 668 8870
Website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/careers

Contact Human Resources for enquiries about working for Historic Scotland, our benefits and further job information.

Note: Historic Scotland regularly advertises in local and national newspapers for vacancies.

Policy Enquiries

Email	hs.policy@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Website	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/policyandguidance

Contact the Policy Group for enquiries about national policies relating to the historic environment and the Historic Enviroment Audit.

For enquiries about Strategic Enviromental Assessment please contact hssea.gateway@scotland.gsi.gov.uk.

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