Contact
The only Scottish lead mining museum
Contact Details
Museum of Lead Mining
Wanlockhead Village
Dumfries and Galloway
ML12 6UT
Phone: +44 (0) 1659 74387
Email: info@leadminingmuseum.co.uk
Visitor Information
The museum is now closed until Spring 2027! The office is manned intermittently, but we will reply to your emails.
Please send any queries to info@leadminingmuseum.co.uk
We look forward to seeing you in 2027.
Getting Here
By car we are just under an hour from Glasgow, an hour and a half from Edinburgh and just over an hour from Carlisle.
EV charger (22kW) available 24/7 – please bring your own cable!
Directions from M74 – approx. 15 minutes
Your junction number from the M74 will be determined by the direction in which you are travelling. If you are travelling northbound on the M74 then use junction 14.
If you are travelling southbound then leave at junction 13.
The Museum is well signposted from both junctions.
Directions from A76 – approx. 15 mins
To reach us from the A76 Dumfries to Kilmarnock road, check out the map and you will see the junction for Wanlockhead (B797) is just outside the village of Mennock, two miles from Sanquhar.
This route will take you through the spectacular Mennock Pass, as it climbs up to the village.
