The Best Outdoor Venues in Edinburgh

With its dramatic architecture, booming arts scene and a thriving university life as well as corporate industry, Edinburgh is a quirky place to party. Discover gothic courtyards and stunning gardens for hire to give your event that something special.

Party the night away at Why Not, one of the UK’s best clubs who can offer you everything from a formal city down dinner, exclusive hire or private room. Look a little out of the city centre and you have venues such as Carberry Towers to plan your dream wedding garden party or outdoor corporate event.

What’s so good about an outdoor venue?

Much has been made of how the risk of COVID transmission is lower outdoors when compared to in. Outdoor venue hire in Edinburgh has seen a surge of interest and bookings quite simply because people feel safer when they are based outside.

But there’s also something about Edinburgh in the summertime. There’s nowhere quite like it, is there? No matter where you’re based in the city centre - or if you’re travelling in from the suburbs - you’ll most likely have a favourite venue with a beer garden or secret rooftop or exclusive balcony. Having a couple of drinks and mixing with your friends (in a socially distanced way, naturally) just hits different when you’re in the great outdoors.

You’ll find some of the best outdoor venues in Edinburgh on VenueScanner, and we’re also well represented if you’re searching for somewhere to get married. We get plenty of enquiries for venues with outside space for birthday drinks, as well, and throwing an oudoor party in Edinburgh is a strong choice if it’s your job to arrange this year’s office away day.

What is VenueScanner Concierge?

In short, it’s an express event service that saves you time and money when organising large corporate functions.

This is another free service designed to help PAs source a venue in a short timeframe. After the event organiser has told us about their requirements, we negotiate the best rates with suitable venues, provide bespoke recommendations and then curate one document detailing all the venue offers for you to view and compare.

The whole process is 100% transparent - we communicate, but you see all the contact - and we can also recommend event suppliers if you need them. We aim to help you select the best option and get you booked in within one week of your initial enquiry.

Venues with outside space in Edinburgh are a popular request for our corporate bookers. If you want to plan something similar but don’t have the time to do it yourself, contact us here and we’ll do the rest.

How do I get started?

If you’ve read all the way down to here: fair play. You must really love learning about Edinburgh’s best outdoor venues.

To get started, simply head to the top of this page and begin searching. Once you’ve found your way to a results page like this one, you can apply additional filters to start narrowing your options and honing in on the space that’s best suited to all your needs.

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