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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
Current opening times, until Sunday, 4th May 2025, Wednesday – Sunday, between 11am and 3pm.
Additional opening Monday 21st April and Monday, 5th May between 11am and 3pm
Opening times between 6th May and 1st June, Tuesday until Sunday between 11am and 3pm
Opening times between 2nd June and 31st August – every day between 10am and 4pm
Opening times between 4th September and 28th September, Wednesday until Sunday between 11am and 3pm.
Tickets are available through the website
Please send any queries to info@leadminingmuseum.co.uk
We look forward to seeing you in 2025.
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.
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.
