Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival celebrating places and stories, new and old. This September, doors will be opened wide across the country, welcoming visitors to uncover hidden gems and experience familiar places through fresh eyes. And the best part? All Doors Open Days events and activities are free!

During Doors Open Days 2026, you can discover and experience twelve Episcopal churches in the diocese, as well as a number of Episcopal churches around the Province among hundreds of fantastic venues across Scotland!

Below is a list of this year’s participants from our diocese. For more information, click on each church for the relevant Doors Open Days page!

•All Saints, Challoch: 5 Sept (10am-4pm)
•Holy Trinity & St Barnabas, Paisley: 5 Sept (10am-4pm)
•Greyfriars, Kirkcudbright: 5 Sept (11am-4pm)
•St Augustine’s, Dumbarton: 12 Sept (10am-2pm)
•Holy Trinity, Motherwell: 12 Sept (10am-4pm)
•Holy Trinity, Ayr: 12 Sept (11am-4pm), 13 Sept (1pm-4pm)
•St Ninian’s, Troon: 13 Sept (10.15am-4.30pm)
•Holy Trinity, Kilmarnock: 13 Sept (12noon-4pm).
•St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow: 17 Sept (10am-3.30pm), 18 Sept (10am-3.30pm), 19 Sept (10am-3.30pm), 20 Sept (12.30pm-3pm, services from 9am, 11am, and 5pm)
•St Margaret’s, Newlands: 18 Sept (12noon-4pm), 19 Sept (12noon-4pm), 20 Sept (12noon-4pm)
•St Ninian’s, Pollokshields: 19 Sept (10am-4pm), 20 Sept (12noon-4pm)
•St Bride’s, Kelvinside: 19 Sept (10am-5pm), 20 Sept (8am-4.30pm)

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