West Glencrieff Lead Mine

Places of Interest Nearby

Miners Library

Library

Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Miners Library is situated 3,300 feet east of West Glencrieff Lead Mine.

Wanlockhead Inn

Pub

Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wanlockhead Inn is a pub, which is situated 2,900 feet east of West Glencrieff Lead Mine.

Leadhills railway station

Railway station

Photo: AHEMSLTD, CC BY 2.5.

Leadhills railway station was opened on 1 October 1901 as the intermediate stop on the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Light Railway and served the lead mining area, farms and the village of Leadhills circa 5.5 miles WSW of Elvanfoot railway station in South Lanarkshire until 2 January 1939 for passengers and freight. Leadhills railway station is situated 1½ miles northeast of West Glencrieff Lead Mine.

Places in the Area

Wanlockhead

Village

Photo: Clydiee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, nestling in the Lowther Hills and 1 mile south of Leadhills at the head of the Mennock Pass, which forms part of the Southern Uplands.

Leadhills

Village

Photo: Alan O’Dowd, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Leadhills, originally settled for the accommodation of miners, is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 5+3⁄4 miles WSW of Elvanfoot. The population in 1901 was 835. Leadhills is situated 1½ miles northeast of West Glencrieff Lead Mine.

Sanquhar

Town

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sanquhar is a town on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, north of Thornhill and west of Moffat. It is a former Royal Burgh. It is notable for its tiny post office, established in 1712 and considered the oldest working post office in the world. Sanquhar is situated 6 miles southwest of West Glencrieff Lead Mine.

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