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
Please note the A76 will be closed at Sanquhar between 1st June and 10th July. For traffic updates and diversions please see https://www.dumfriesandgalloway.gov.uk/news/2026/sanquhar-tolbooth-a76-road-closure-your-questions-answered
The museum is now open seven days a week between 10am and 4pm with three guided tours scheduled each day. Gold panning taster sessions can be booked at Reception when you arrive.
From 1st, September until Sunday 27th September, we will be open Wednesday through until Sunday between 11am and 3pm. There will be two guided tours each day we are open.
Please send any queries to info@leadminingmuseum.co.uk
We look forward to seeing you in 2026.
Getting Here
Please note the A76 will be closed at Sanquhar between 1st June and 10th July. For traffic updates and diversions please see https://www.dumfriesandgalloway.gov.uk/news/2026/sanquhar-tolbooth-a76-road-closure-your-questions-answered
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 – please bring your 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.
