Visit the latest exhibition at Bowlees Visitor Centre showcasing the 2026 #communityarts projects that have explored the #miningheritage of the #NorthPennines as part of the Land of Lead and Silver project.
Bowlees Visitor Centre is open 10-4, daily until 1 November, weekends only 7 to 29 November.

Brilliant #DoorsOpen weekend at Airthrey Copper Mine with the #BridgeofAllan Well House Restoration team, beneath your feet walk, cave rescue and Isla (trainee SARDA dog) demonstrations, copper smelting (just brilliant) and opportunity to peer safely down the 120’ shaft #miningheritage

A brand new route for #WalkoftheWeek a 6km circular ‘Remembering Seafield and Historic Invertiel’ #Fife kickstarted by George Proundfoot #Kirkcaldy Civic Society and retired miners Iain Chalmers and Lindsay Murray nip to www.mining-landscapes.org/route/128 #MiningHeritage #IndustrialHeritage

Marking the end of last Friday evening celebrating the opening of Beneath the Surface a series of abstract art works exploring the #miningindustry by Paul McGinty at the #Alloa Hub the free exhibition runs until 19th Nov #MiningHeritage
Want a taster see www.paulmcgintyart.com/selected-wor...

The washery at Lady Victoria Colliery, National Mining Museum Scotland for #AllMetalMonday where the #coal was sized and washed #MiningHeritage

Beneath the Skin’ a series of abstract art works exploring the rich heritage of Scotland’s coal mining industry by Paul McGinty opens at the #Alloa Hub, Maple Court FK10 1JX. The free exhibition runs until 19th Nov.
#coal #miningart #miningheritage

Celebrating the centenary of the Welfare Park #Newtongrange. A big thank you to everyone who visited our stall and shared their mining memories. Our Aileen on top form and ‘full of beans’ as usual. A great day and the weather held. #MiningHeritage

A Lilly Controller takes pride of place in the newly refurbished cafe at the National Mining Museum Scotland, an automatic safety device invented by Cornish born William J Lilly, patented in 1915, it controlled the speed of the cage in the shaft #MiningHeritage #EngineeringHeritage #AllMetalMonday

The #Stanrigg Memorial #Plains North #Lanarkshire commemorating the loss of 19 lives (11 bodies were never recovered) following a sudden inrush of peat bog into the underground workings July 1918. A melancholy place in spite of the sunny skies #MiningHeritage #MiningMemorials

New blog (👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/blog) uploaded to our collection from Ross Anderson (#Newtongrange Community Council) exploring the heritage/history of the Welfare Park which is celebrating its centenary year on Sat 29th and yes #MiningLandscapes will be there ‘manning a stand’ #MiningHeritage