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HOSTING A CORPORATE EVENING FOR CLIENTS AND FRIENDS

Delighted to be welcoming our Corporate clients, colleagues and friends for an evening of networking and entertainment while sipping fizz and canapes served by our caterers Saltire Hospitality.  Our Events team will be showing guests our rather unique venue with splendid Georgian and Victorian rooms, through to our 300 seat lecture theatre and break out meeting  Read more »

ELOQUENT THOUGHTS FROM A PHOTOGRAPHER

It can be really fabulous to hear how professionals describe our venue and we couldn’t help but want to share the photographer, Graeme Brown’s articulate and eloquent description of our rooms.  Graeme has shot many weddings in the College so really appreciates just how special the spaces can be for a truly special wedding. We invite you  Read more »

REACH AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE

As an International medical college here at The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh we like to continuously update and modernise our communications to reach our Fellows and Members around the world. Our excellent AV technician Davie has spent the last year installing new and much improved web streaming technology, allowing lectures and meetings to  Read more »

1,003 VISITORS AT DOORS OPEN DAYS

The College was positively buzzing with 1,003 visitors exploring our rooms at Doors Open Days on Sunday.  Many fascinating conversations taking place as people wandered through the rooms, expressing surprise and delight at some of our “hidden treasures”, from paintings, hints of medical symbolism and original Robert Adam features. Thank you to all who came  Read more »

A Walk Around our Historic Buildings for Doors Open Day

Curious to find out what is behind our elegant facade?  Come and explore the historic buildings of The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh for Doors Open Day and you might be rather surprised by the spaces, archticture and medical symbolism that you find.  Enter at 9 Queen Street through the building design by Thomas Hamilton and  Read more »

OFFERING 25% DISCOUNT ON ROOM HIRE

Considering holding a meeting, arranging a special dinner or event in July or August 2012, we are delighted to offer 25% discount on all our room hire rates (subject to availability). Explore the website rcpe-venue.co.uk and then give our Events team a call or email and we will be happy to chat  Read more »

JUBILEE CONNECTIONS

If you happen to choose to host your event at our rather special venue you might be happy to know in this significant Jubilee year that, as our marketing partners Unique Venues of Edinburgh recently highlighted, we have had the pleasure of welcoming a number of the Royal Family to our buildings on quite a few occasions.  Read more »

WEDDING AND EVENT DESIGN – INSPIRATION, IDEAS AND ABSOLUTE GORGEOUSNESS

We love innovative and unusual event design – because our spaces are so well-suited to unique ideas that really make the occasions held here individual, beautiful and memorable. And even though our most spectacular spaces are steeped in historic charms, when dressing for dinner we do like to be on trend. So we’re always looking  Read more »

LORNA & JAMIE – WINTER WEDDING IN THE NEW LIBRARY

Lorna and Jamie’s winter wedding provided the ideal opportunity for Roseparks, one of our recommended florists, to create a beautiful display blending perfectly into the ambience of the surroundings. See the original post here Roseparks: Lorna & Jamie

A SWORDFIGHT IN THE GREAT HALL

One of the more unusual and rather dramatic first dances at Tamsyn and Jamie’s wedding… via YouTube “Our scam of shuffling to Celene Dion for 32 seconds beforehand worked a treat and everyone was suckered and had no idea anything was up until the swords came out. We’d both like thank the staff on the  Read more »