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Under 1 hour away
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
Birthplace of a genius – a celebration of the enduring legacy of Scotland’s national poet
23 miles away
- Museum
- 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.30)
- Burns Cottage
- 11.00–16.30 (last entry 16.00)
Souter Johnnie’s Cottage
Home of the shoemaker immortalised by Robert Burns in Tam o’ Shanter
23 miles away
Bachelors’ Club
Robert Burns learned to dance and debate in this authentically restored house.
27 miles away
Weaver’s Cottage
Atmospheric cottage and hands-on museum where the traditional weaver’s craft comes to life
29 miles away
The Hill House
Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s architectural masterpiece turns art into a home.
34 miles away
- House, shop, café and garden
- 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.00)
Holmwood
Classical elegance and architectural tricks distinguish Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s finest domestic creation
38 miles away
- House, café, shop and grounds
- 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.00)
National Museum of Rural Life
Explore life in the countryside at a historic working farm and museum
38 miles away
Mackintosh at the Willow
The original Willow Tea Rooms Building
39 miles away
- Main tea rooms
- 09.00–18.00
- Salon de Luxe
- 14.00 (please book in advance)
- Rooftop terrace
- 12.00–17.30
- Exhibition
- 09.00–16.30
- Shop
- 09.00–17.30
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Over 2 hours away
Broughton House & Garden
The home of ‘Glasgow Boy’ Hornel sits in a Japanese-inspired garden and hosts an impressive collection of art
68 miles away
Moirlanich Longhouse
Beautifully conserved cottage giving unique insight into rural family life in 19th-century Scotland
69 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.
69 miles away
- House
- guided tours only, between 10.00–15.00
- Estate
- 9.00–19.30
Iona
A cradle of Scottish Christianity, surrounded by white sandy beaches and turquoise seas
71 miles away
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.
79 miles away
Gladstone’s Land
One of the oldest buildings on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile
80 miles away
- House
- 10.00–16.00 (self-guided tours until 14.30; guided tours at 15.00 and 16.00)
- Ice cream parlour and coffee shop
- 10.00–22.00
Robert Smail’s Printing Works
Oldest working commercial letterpress printers in the UK – a living museum of Victorian history
82 miles away
- Printing works
- tours at 11.00, 13.30 and 15.15
- Gift shop
- 10.30–17.00
Thomas Carlyle’s Birthplace
Childhood home of one of Britain’s most influential thinkers
83 miles away
Newhailes
Palladian house that played a prominent role in the Scottish Enlightenment
84 miles away
- Café
- 9.00–17.00
- Shop and second-hand bookshop
- 10.00–17.00
- House
- Tours run from 11.00
- Weehailes Playpark
- 10.00–17.00
- Estate
- dawn–dusk
Hill of Tarvit Mansion
Work, rest and play ‘above’ and ‘below’ stairs in this Edwardian mansion with its own unique golf course
96 miles away
- Mansion
- 11.00–17.00 (last entry 16.00)
- Kingarrock Hickory Golf
- first tee time 10.00
- Garden and grounds
- Dawn–dusk