Carlowrie Castle | Edinburgh’s unique venue for weddings, corporate events and special occasions

Carlowrie Castle

Contemporary Heritage

Exclusive use venue for private celebrations, corporate events, weddings and family gatherings.

Voted one of the top three venues in Europe under 200 bedrooms at The International Hotel Awards.

“Carlowrie Castle is one of Scotland’s finest venues”

Peter Lederer OBE, CBE, past Chairman of Gleneagles Hotel & Visit Scotland

“Carlowrie encapsulates the essence of modern Scotland like no other castle. With it’s firm historical roots but a distinct contemporary look and feel they are trailblazing the future of Scottish hospitality”

Jack Cairney, Founder of Hidden Scotland

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Meet Isobel Wylie Hutchison

Carlowrie Castle’s most intriguing inhabitant.

Isobel set off unaccompanied for the Arctic at a time when most women could not vote and few ever ventured beyond the domestic sphere. Discover a daring twentieth-century Scottish woman who defied social convention in order to live authentically and independently.

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Carlowrie Castle was once home to one of Scotland’s most intriguing woman, the remarkable but little-known twentieth century Arctic explorer, botanist and writer Isobel Wylie Hutchison. Learn more about some of Isobel’s life below.

1. Isobel became the first Scotswoman to set foot in Greenland when she landed at Angmagssalik (Ammassalik) in 1927

2. Isobel loved going on long-distance walks which she called ‘strolls’: she walked from Carlowrie to London, and from Carlowrie to John o’Groats; she also walked the length of the Western Isles.

3. As a child, Isobel had a secret ambition to be a poet. When she grew up, she combined this with her interest in botany, and wrote poems about beautiful and sought-after plant species.

4. In 1925 Isobel walked right across Iceland, with only a rough hand-drawn sketch map to guide her. It was a distance of 260 miles, and it took her two weeks.

5. A talented linguist, Isobel learned Scots, Gaelic, French, Norwegian, Danish, Greenlandic, Greek, Arabic and Hebrew.

6. In the winter of 1933 Isobel spent seven weeks marooned on a strip of shingle off the northern coast of Alaska. Cut off from the world until the sea froze, she shared an isolated trading cabin with its owner, Gus Masik.

7. Isobel was the first non-native woman to cross from Alaska into Canada at Demarcation Point. She was photographed standing at the boundary, marked by a lonely obelisk on the shore of the Beaufort Sea.

8. In 1949, the University of St Andrews awarded Isobel an honorary Doctorate of Laws for her work as an explorer, botanist, writer and artist. With typical modesty, Isobel confessed: “I really can’t think why they are giving me this degree.”

9. Isobel slept in a snow house in the Arctic. In the winter of 1933, when she and her companion, Gus Masik, were caught in a snowstorm, Gus cut blocks of snow and built an igloo for shelter.

10. Isobel’s paintings of Arctic life and landscape were exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy.

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“Just attended a wedding here in May - amazing place, amazing staff - an experience of a lifetime.”
“The venue is quite simply superb, with every aspect of service delivered to the highest possible standard.”
“Stunning castle in gorgeous grounds. Visited for a wedding and stayed overnight. Incredible.”
“Very cool place. Was there for a friend's wedding and we had a whale of a time.”