Wanlockhead Lead Mining Museum

A gem in the crown of Scotland's industrial past. Hard hats on, you can enter a real lead mine, see the cottages of the mining families who lived and worked here between 1740 and 1890, and pan for some of the purest gold in the world! Visit one of Scotland's oldest subscription libraries: the miners' desire for education prompted them to form a 'reading society' and buy books as early as 1756. 3000 rare books - and a multimedia presentation - put flesh on the bones of the past.

Visitor Centre, tearoom and museum shop.

STB access category 2: assisted wheelchair.