Stay in Scotland for St Andrew’s Day
A national bank holiday in Scotland (since 2006), St Andrew’s Day celebrates the very best of Scottish culture, with traditional food and drinks, as well as music and dancing.
Celebrated every year in Scotland on 30 November, this is the feast day of Andrew the Apostle.
If you are thinking about experiencing a truly Scottish St Andrew’s Day, by visiting Scotland, Wetherspoon has five hotels across the country, where guests can celebrate.
Jolly’s Hotel (Broughty Ferry), The Guildhall & Linen Exchange (Dunfermline), The White Lady (Corstorphine, Edinburgh), The Golden Acorn (Glenrothes) and The Kings Highway (Inverness) all offer a warm Scottish welcome every day of the year, including St Andrew’s Day.
Each of the hotels, situated above or near a Wetherspoon pub, serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, including some Scottish dishes.
Menu choices include Scottish breakfast, Caledonian burger (served with haggis and whisky sauce), haggis pizza and haggis & cheese panini.
During St Andrew’s Day weekend 2024 (Friday 29 November to Sunday 1 December, inclusive), pubs will also be serving a range of Scottish drinks to mark the occasion, with special offers on craft beer, real ale, whisky and gin.
The White Lady is perfectly situated to enjoy all that the Scottish capital has to offer, located in Corstorphine, close to Murrayfield Stadium, Murrayfield Golf Course and Edinburgh Zoo. Just a couple of miles away, the beautiful and historic city centre offers attractions including Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
The Golden Acorn is in the heart of Fife, east-central Scotland, a golfer’s paradise, with St Andrews just a 20-mile drive away. Golfers and non-golfers alike can enjoy the beautiful countryside scenery, as well as beaches and fishing villages, with great hill walks and coastal paths.
The Guildhall & Linen Exchange is a five- to 10-minute walk from the popular Dunfermline Abbey – the burial place of Robert the Bruce and some of Scotland’s greatest medieval monarchs.
Inverness, home to The Kings Highway, is the gateway to the Scottish Highlands, with a rich variety of places to visit in and around the city. There is a host of historic buildings in Old Town, along with shops – from the Victorian Market to the Eastgate Shopping Centre.
Broughty Ferry, home to Jolly’s Hotel, has always been linked closely with Dundee, as a place and a resort. The coastal city of Dundee, on the waterfront of the Firth of Tay estuary, offers many visitors’ attractions, including art galleries and nautical museums.
If unable to travel to Scotland, why not visit Wetherspoon’s hotel The Saxon Crown, in Corby? The Northamptonshire town may be around 200 miles from the Scottish border, yet has been known since the 1930s as Little Scotland, after thousands of Scots migrated south to work in the Glasgow-based newly constructed Stewarts & Lloyds steelworks there.
The Saxon Crown may be located in England, yet features the same menu choices as Wetherspoon’s Scottish pubs, with Scottish breakfasts, the Caledonian burger and haggis pizza, as well as Scottish beers on draught.
Did you know?
St Andrew became the patron saint of Scotland officially in April 1320, when the country’s independence was declared with the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath.
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