Edinburgh Maths Circle (in-person) - May 2026

Our in-person Maths Circles are free drop-in sessions for children aged 5 to 16 and their families, with exciting mathematical activities, games and puzzles. These sessions take place at James Clerk Maxwell Building, located in the University King's Building campus. You can just drop in and stay as little or as long as you like. Students and members of staff from the School of Mathematics are on hand to help out, with light refreshments provided.

Our Maths Circle are designed to engage people at all levels of mathematical ability.

If you like mathematics, you can come along to meet aspects of Maths you may have never encountered. If you do not quite like Maths, come along, because you may change your mind, by exploring puzzles or games you would have never associated to Maths.

Below are some feedback quotes from previous participants.

“The questions aren't the typical questions that we see in our books.”

"We could work on tasks as a family but then helpers came round and helped us and chatted and encouraged my son. The tasks were varied and kept his interest."

To get an idea of the kind of activities you'll be able to have a go at, take a look at some of the following, courtesy of NRICH.

• Help the little monkey look after his peaches in Peaches Today, Peaches tomorrow.
• Race against time in the Stop the Clock game.
• Solve the famous Tower of Hanoi puzzle.

Please note that for safeguarding purposes, we ask that all children are accompanied by a responsible adult.

When booking a space, also note that we only need a booking per family/party. You do not need to book a ticket for every single child attending.

PRIVACY NOTICE: By registering to this event you are giving the University of Edinburgh and the Maths Circle team consent to hold and process your data, under data protection regulations, for the purpose of running the event.

Data about age and schools, or whether you previously attended our events, will be used by the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh to analyse the demographics of participants, and may be anonymised and published in the future (appearing in University reports, Education or Science Communication Journals/Conferences, for example).

Other data may be stored by the University of Edinburgh for up to five years, and used for the purpose of evaluating the event. The University will not share any personal data with third parties. If you would like your data to be deleted from our datastore, please email [email protected].

In order to facilitate some of our online bookings for other events, we use Eventbrite - a third party service which is not operated by the University of Edinburgh. Details of Eventbrite's privacy policy can be found at:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/help/en-gb/articles/460838/eventbrite-privacy-policy/

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