Places to Visit
Lead Mining Museum
The ore-field around Wanlockhead is the most important lead-zinc and mineral deposit in Scotland. The award-winning Museum is only 2 minutes walk from the house. It has a mine, cottages and library tour and you can also try your hand at panning for gold!
The museum has a small shop and great café for a coffee and slice of cake or la light lunch. Group discounts available.
Visit the website here: https://www.leadminingmuseum.co.uk/
Drumlanrig Castle
Drumlanrig Castle is a 17th century Scottish castle with beautiful gardens, woodlands & country estate. Enjoy Castle Tours, adventure playground, walking, cycling & mountain biking and you can even stay on the historic estate. Fairy-tale wedding venue. See website for detail's.
Visit the website: https://www.drumlanrigcastle.co.uk/
Leadhill & Wanlockhead Railway
The Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway is Britain's highest adhesion narrow gauge railway. The railway welcomes you every weekend during the summer months from Easter Sunday until the Last Sunday in September, plus other Special Events outwith these times.
Visit their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/LeadhillsRailway
Visit Moffat
Moffat is another nearby town, about 35 minutes drive away, it is the home of the famous ‘Moffat Toffee’ and it has a lovely river walk, playpark, boating pond, shops, cafes, pubs/restaurants etc.
Visit the website here: https://www.visitmoffat.co.uk/
Explore Biggar
The town of Biggar is also only about 25 minutes drive away where there is a good golf course, play-park, puppet theatre and museums as well as lots of lovely shops, cafes and pubs.
Visit the website here: https://www.visitlanarkshire.com/explore/biggar/
New Lanark
A great day trip is New Lanark World Heritage Site, about 30 mins drive away just next to Lanark. New Lanark is a fully restored 18th Century Cotton Mill village with an award winning visitor centre and various exhibitions. It is also next to the Falls of Clyde, where a short forest walk leads to spectacular waterfalls.
Visit the website here: https://www.newlanark.org/
Lowther Leisure Pool
Lowther Leisure Pool in Wanlockhead near Leadhills, Abington, Biggar, Sanquhar & South Lanarkshire with is an Indoor Private Hire Swimming Pool. The perfect Family & Group Swimming Pool.
The unsupervised pool is 9m long by 4m wide with a depth of 1.2m. There are steps to enter the pool and it is heated to 28-31c. The Pool House is a quiet and relaxing environment with a large changing area with two individual changing rooms. There is also a toilet and shower.
Nestled in the Lowther Hills Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, 1 mile south of Leadhills at the head of the Mennock Pass, which forms part of the Southern Uplands. Wanlockhead can be accessed via the B797, which connects it to the A76 near Sanquhar and the A74(M) motorway at Abington. Our heated indoor swimming pool is located in a secluded rural location and joins onto our existing holiday home at beltonhouseholidayhome.co.uk.
The Pool is situated in a modern, bespoke designed building with far-reaching views which are everchanging throughout the different seasons.
