Museum of Lead Mining

The Visitor Centre is situated in the heart of the village of Wanlockhead, which is Scotland's highest Village at 1531 ft./468.08 m. above sea level.
The Visitor Centre was once the Village Smiddy and the top image on the left shows the interio...

Vale and Downland Museum and Visitor Centre

The Museum is housed within a converted 16th century cloth merchant’s house with modern extensions and a reconstructed barn. The main phase of the museum’s refurbishment was completed in July 1999. An interactive auditorium presents the history o...

Wanlockhead Beam Engine

An early 19th-century wooden water-balance pump for draining a lead mine, with the track of a horse engine beside it. Nearby is the privately operated museum of Scottish lead mining.

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