Forth Boat Tours

27/11/2024

Great family event to start the Christmas celebrations. Then book our Festive Blackness Castle Cruise sailings on 1 & 14 December Book at forthtours.com 😀 🎄🎉

20/11/2024

Celebrate the festive season with friends and family and get your jingle on with our Festive Blackness Castle Cruise with a choice of an optional Afternoon Tea or Cream Tea. The perfect day out with friends and family this festive season. Enjoy one of the best days out in Scotland. So, get your jingle on and start planning your seasonal celebration! 🎅🎄☃

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14/11/2024

Get a fabulous 20% Off All Our Cruises throughout November & December.

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13/11/2024

20% OFF All our Cruises

Seal spotting throughout December. Join us on our Three Bridges Cruise for seal spotting, views of Inchcolm Island and the medieval abbey, the Edinburgh skyline, and the magnificent Three Bridges. Sailings on Sat & Sunday from 11am.

Don't forget to unlock your exclusive discounts to other visitor attractions with your cruise ticket.

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08/11/2024

Seal spotting throughout November and December. This weekend join us on our Three Bridges Cruise as we sail down to Inchcolm Island for seal spotting, views of Inchcolm Island and the medieval abbey, the Edinburgh skyline, and the magnificent Three Bridges. Sailings on Sat & Sunday from 11am.

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07/11/2024

Celebrate the festive season and get your jingle on with our Festive Blackness Castle Cruise with a choice of Afternoon Tea or Cream Tea. The perfect day out with friends and family this festive season. Enjoy one of the best days out in Scotland. We have sailings on 16 November, 1 December, and 14 December. Advance booking is advisable to avoid disappointment. So, get your jingle on and start planning your seasonal celebration! 🎅🎄☃

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01/11/2024

Celebrate the festive season and get your jingle on with our Festive Blackness Castle Cruise with a choice of Afternoon Tea or Cream Tea. The perfect day out with friends and family this festive season. Enjoy one of the best days out in Scotland. We have sailings on 16 November, 1 December, and 14 December. Advance booking is advisable to avoid disappointment.

Set sail on journey of indulgence while gliding past the iconic riverside views with a prosecco afternoon tea on the Firth of Forth. Unwind with a glass of prosecco while admiring the UNESCO World Heritage Forth Bridge, take your pick from the sandwich selection on your way to Limekilns, and enjoy scones, clotted cream and jam as you journey past Blackness Castle. So, get your jingle on and start planning your seasonal celebration! 🎅🎄☃

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31/10/2024

Inchcolm Island is now closed. It has been a fabulous season taking the thousands of customers to visit the Iona of the East. It has also been a pleasure working in partnership with Historic Scotland to bring you this amazing visitor attraction.

We never stop. Our winter timetable is now available to book. Our Three Bridges Cruise will take you down to Inchcolm Island for views of the abbey, the seals, and the other marine wildlife, as well as views of the Edinburgh skyline and the magnificent Three Bridges.

Celebrate the festive season and get your jingle on with our Festive Blackness Castle Cruise with a choice of Afternoon Tea or Cream Tea. the perfect day out with friends and family this festive season.

Book at forthtours.com

28/10/2024

Inchcolm Island will close for the season on 31 October. It is not too late to visit the Iona of the East. Our Inchcolm Island Cruise is the perfect day out. Climb the bell tower for great views. Take a walk through the ammunition tunnel. Don't forget to visit the shop and the museum. For seals, Edinburgh skyline, and the magnificent Three Bridges.
Daily sailings with island landings from 11am.

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21/10/2024

Inchcolm Island closes on 31 October. Forth Boat Tours have daily sailings with island landings from 11am right up to 31 October.

The abbots house is the first building you meet when you land. It has been suggested that it was an infirmary for the old and sick canons, or where every canon went to be bled by leeches. More likely, it was a private house for the abbot. Find out more on our Inchcolm Island Cruise and don't forget to visit the shop and museum and to say hello to the Historic Scotland team who are waiting to welcome you. For seal spotting, Edinburgh skyline, and the magnificent Three Bridges. Daily sailings from 11am.

Don't forget to unlock your exclusive discounts with your ticket

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15/10/2024

Our fabulous festive Blackness Castle Cruise with Afternoon Tea or Cream Tea is now available to book. We have sailings on 16 November, 1 December, and 14 December. Advance booking is advisable to avoid disappointment.

Enjoy one of the best days out in Scotland with friends and family. Set sail on journey of indulgence while gliding past the iconic riverside views with a prosecco afternoon tea on the Firth of Forth. Unwind with a glass of prosecco while admiring the UNESCO World Heritage Forth Bridge, take your pick from the sandwich selection on your way to Limekilns, and enjoy scones, clotted cream and jam as you journey past Blackness Castle.

So, get your jingle on and start planning your seasonal celebration!

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Enjoy a day out with Forth Boat Tours, sail the Firth of Forth and past Edinburgh's three bridges. CRUISE TIMETABLE, GROUPS & PRIVATE HIRE.

09/10/2024

Fabulous family fun on our Inchcolm Island Cruise this October half-term. Explore the island the abbey and look out for seals. Daily sailings with island landings from 11am.

Don't forget to unlock your exclusive discounts with your ticket.

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07/10/2024

Enjoy one of the best days out in Scotland on our Blackness Castle Cruise with an optional extra Afternoon or Cream Tea. Join us on board the Forth Princess, Scotland's Dunkirk veteran.

Take in views of the historic village of Limekilns, as featured in Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped. We also take in the views of the ruins of the massive kilns at Charlestown before we cross over to see Blackness Castle known as the ship that never sails. Perfect for Outlander fans.

Unwind with a glass of prosecco while admiring the UNESCO World Heritage Forth Bridge, take your pick from the sandwich selection on your way to Limekilns, and enjoy scones, clotted cream and jam as you journey past Blackness Castle.

Don't forget to unlock exclusive discounts with your cruise ticket.

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03/10/2024

October half-term is just around the corner. Our Inchcolm Island Cruise is the perfect day out. Climb the bell tower for great views. Take a walk through the ammunition tunnel. Enjoy a picnic and the beaches. Don't forget to visit the shop and the museum. For seals, Edinburgh skyline, and the magnificent Three Bridges. Daily sailings with island landings from 11am.

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01/10/2024

We are on the radio! Catch us on the BBC Radio Scotland Out of Doors show this Sat 5 October or on BBC Sounds. BBC Radio Scotland

30/09/2024

There is a cruise liner calling at Hawes Pier on Tuesday & Thursday. Don't worry, we don't cancel our cruises. You have a choice of THREE fantastic cruises. Sailings from Port Edgar Marina with Inchcolm Island landings from 11am.

Our Three Bridges & Inchcolm Island Cruises for views of the Edinburgh skyline, Inchcolm landings, & the magnificent Three Bridges. Look out for the dolphins and seals. Landing on Inchcolm? Don't forget to visit the museum & shop and say hello to the Historic Scotland team who are waiting to welcome you.

Board the Boat & Bridges Tour, includes a sightseeing bus tour from Waterloo Place in the centre of Edinburgh, and a Three Bridges Cruise.

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27/09/2024

Inchcolm served as a quarantine station for ships stricken by plague in the 1600s. In the 1790s a hospital was established on the island to serve the Russian fleet moored in the Forth. A gun battery was built here in 1795. Most the remains today date from the First & Second World wars. Find out more on our Inchcolm Island Cruise. Daily sailings with island landings to explore this fabulous island from 11am. For seals, Edinburgh skyline, and the magnificent Three Bridges.

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26/09/2024

The iconic Oxcars lighthouse. The tower is 22m high & it came into operation in 1886. It was the first manned Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouse. It was automated in 1894. Find out more on our Inchcolm Island Cruise. Daily sailings with island landings from 11am. For seals, the Edinburgh skyline & the magnificent Three Bridges.

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