Barnardo’s Scotland ‘Your View’ event atop the iconic Forth Bridge returns ‘Your View on the Forth Bridge is truly a once-in-a-lifetime event for those lucky enough to secure a ticket’
It is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that has brought joy to thousands and raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for Scotland’s leading children’s charity. And now, after a six-year hiatus, the famous Barnardo’s Scotland ‘Your View’ event atop the iconic Forth Bridge is bringing back its much-coveted ‘Ultimate Experience’. Your View – now in its seventh year – affords members of the public one of the most sought after and unique experiences in Scotland; namely the chance to ascend 361 feet up the historic bridge and enjoy an uninterrupted 360-degree panoramic view of the Edinburgh and Fife coastline. This memorable experience has brought joy to thousands and raised vital funds for the work of Barnardo’s Scotland.
In addition to the popular Your View event over three days in September, the reprised Ultimate Experience, which is limited to a lucky few ticket holders, provides an extended tour which affords visitors the chance to stand at track level of the legendary bridge for some amazing photo opportunities. And that’s not all: Thereafter, visitors will descend another level for a bridge walk under the railway track on the pathway out on to the Forth.
This remarkable experience culminates with refreshments and a certificate during a further historic talk and exhibition of historical artifacts in the 1930s-listed Bothy which most people will have never even spotted even if they have crossed the bridge many times. This 2½-hour ultimate experience will be offered twice a day across the weekend.
Your View 2025, which is run in conjunction with Network Rail and Balfour Beatty, will take place from Friday, 19 th to Sunday, 21 st September, with tickets going on sale at 10am on Monday (16 th June).
To date, more than 6,000 visitors have experienced the event and there have been around a dozen marriage proposals on the vertiginous viewing platform. Best of all, though, the event has raised more than £375,000 to fund the work of Barnardo’s Scotland. To find out more, or to book tickets for the event, please visit: www.barnardos.org.uk/events/your-view-forth-bridge. This year’s Your View event also coincides with a celebration of 200th anniversary of the railway and the 10th anniversary of the Forth Bridge gaining World Heritage status.
00:00All View Ultimate Experience, which we haven't done since 2019, is for the real bridge aficionados who want to get the full experience, not just of the top platform, which is spectacular, but also right down at track level where you can really see the engineering as well.
00:18We've been lucky enough for the past few years to have support from Network Rail and Balfour Beatty for Bernardo Scotland to provide this opportunity over three days, a long weekend in September.
00:32Tickets for this event go on sale on Monday the 16th of June at 10am and from previous years they go pretty fast, so I'd recommend that people get in there quick if they do want to take part in this year's event.
00:46I've been up here quite a few times, but I have to say every time I come up it's stunning, so even if you've done this before it's well worth doing again.
