HERITAGE MUSEUMS

SHALE OIL

Learn about the remarkable history of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry at the museum at Almond Valley Heritage Centre.

IRONWORKS

An operational heritage tramway is just part of the fun at Summerlee Industrial Museum at on old Coatbridge Ironworks.

FISHING

The Scottish Fisheries Museum at Anstruther Harbour paints a picture of seagoing lives with old boats and more.

STEEL

Derwentcote Steel Furnace, 10 miles south-west of Newcastle, is the earliest and most complete steel-making furnace in Britain.

TIN

Follow in Poldark’s footsteps at the various fascinating tin and copper mining sites in Cornwall and West Devon.

MINING

Find out about the dirty, dangerous but vital past at the 5-star National Mining Museum Scotland at Newtongrange.

RAILWAYS

The Museum of Scottish Railways on the Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway is full of locos, train station signs and much more.

LEAD MINING

Situated in Wanlockhead, Scotland’s highest village, you can see lead miners’ lives, at home and underground.

BRIDGE

World Heritage Ironbridge tells the social history of the industrial revolution, including the famous 1779 Iron Bridge.

COTTON

The story of both cotton mining and social reform is told at the World Heritage New Lanark site by the banks of the Clyde.