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Under 30 minutes away
Souter Johnnie’s Cottage
Home of the shoemaker immortalised by Robert Burns in Tam o’ Shanter
2 miles away
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
Birthplace of a genius – a celebration of the enduring legacy of Scotland’s national poet
8 miles away
- Museum
- 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.30)
- Burns Cottage
- 11.00–15.30 (last entry 15.00)
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Under 1 hour away
Bachelors’ Club
Robert Burns learned to dance and debate in this authentically restored house.
16 miles away
Weaver’s Cottage
Atmospheric cottage and hands-on museum where the traditional weaver’s craft comes to life
35 miles away
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National Museum of Rural Life
Explore life in the countryside at this museum and historic working farm
37 miles away
Holmwood
Classical elegance and architectural tricks distinguish Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s finest domestic creation
38 miles away
🏴 A real adventure
Over 2 hours away
Mackintosh at the Willow
The original Willow Tea Rooms Building
41 miles away
- Main tea rooms
- 09.00–17.00
- Salon de Luxe
- Closed
- Rooftop terrace
- Closed
- Exhibition
- 09.00–16.30
- Shop
- 09.00–17.30
The Tenement House
An authentic time capsule of life in early 20th-century Glasgow
41 miles away
- House
- 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.40)
- Wally Dug café
- 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.30)
The Hill House
Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s architectural masterpiece turns art into a home.
46 miles away
- House, shop, café and garden
- 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.00)
Broughton House & Garden
The home of ‘Glasgow Boy’ E A Hornel sits in a Japanese-inspired garden and hosts an impressive collection of art
46 miles away
Thomas Carlyle’s Birthplace
Childhood home of one of Britain’s most influential thinkers
64 miles away
House of the Binns
With spectacular views across the Scottish countryside, the home of the Dalyells boasts 400 years of fascinating family history.
66 miles away
Robert Smail’s Printing Works
Oldest working commercial letterpress printers in the UK – a living museum of Victorian history
70 miles away
- Printing works
- 11.00 (guided tour only)
- Gift shop
- 10.30–17.00
The Georgian House
An Edinburgh New Town house restored to reflect the lives of those who lived and worked here in the late 18th and early 19th century.
74 miles away
- House, gift shop and book shop
- 10.00–17.00 (last admission 16.00)
Gladstone’s Land
One of the oldest buildings on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile
75 miles away
- House
- Self-guided visit: 10.00–14.30; guided tour: 15.00
- Ice cream parlour and coffee shop
- 09.00–16.00
Newhailes
Palladian house that played a prominent role in the Scottish Enlightenment
78 miles away
- Café
- 9.00–17.00
- Shop and second-hand book shop
- 10.00–17.00
- House
- pre-booked tours (run from 11am)
- Weehailes Playpark
- 10.00–17.00
- Estate
- dawn–dusk
Moirlanich Longhouse
Beautifully conserved cottage giving unique insight into rural family life in 19th-century Scotland
80 miles away
Iona
A cradle of Scottish Christianity, surrounded by white sandy beaches and turquoise seas
92 miles away
Preston Mill
Picturesque mill on the banks of the River Tyne – waterwheel, millpond, doocot and Outlander set
94 miles away
- Mill, gift shop and exhibition
- 10.00–16.00 (tours at 10.30, 12.00, 13.30 & 15.00)
Hill of Tarvit Mansion
Work, rest and play ‘above’ and ‘below’ stairs in this Edwardian mansion with its own unique golf course
95 miles away
- Mansion
- Closed
- Kingarrock Hickory Golf
- first tee time 10.00
- Garden and grounds
- Dawn–dusk