Doors Open Day 2025

Members of the public are to be offered free guided tours of the interior of the Queensferry Crossing deck, hosted by Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland.

The event will form part of Doors Open Days, Scotland’s largest free festival that celebrates places and stories, new and old. It will be the first event of its kind on the UK’s tallest bridge, which opened in 2017.

Guided tours will depart every 20 minutes on 27 September from the Contact and Education Centre in South Queensferry. Tours will last 90 minutes, visiting parts of the Queensferry Crossing normally closed to the public, including the interior of the box girder deck and the central reservation where the bridge’s cable stays are anchored. Commentary will be provided by experienced members of staff from BEAR Scotland.

There will be no charge for the tours, however donations to charity will be welcomed. All money raised will go to BEAR Scotland’s national charity partner Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland.

A total of 180 places will be available, allocated via a random ballot which will open later this month. Members of the public are encouraged to follow @setrunkroads and @theforthbridges on X to be first in line when the ballot opens.

Everyone who attends will have the chance to enter a charity prize draw for one of five trips for two to the top of the Queensferry Crossing’s main towers.

David Bishop, BEAR Scotland’s South East Bridges Manager, said: “For the past three years we’ve held successful Doors Open Day events at the Forth Road Bridge, and this year we want to offer a similar opportunity for members of the public to get behind the scenes at the Queensferry Crossing.

“The tours will give people an unprecedented chance to see the bridge up close in areas normally inaccessible to the public, and to learn from the engineers who manage and maintain this iconic structure.

“Last year’s Forth Road Bridge Doors Open Day attracted over 12,000 applications, and we expect a similar level of demand for this event.

“Hopefully we can raise lots of money for a great cause in Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland.”