Leadhills Estate is pleased to announce its annual community information event will take place on Tuesday 27 October, from 3:00pm to 7:00pm, at Leadhills Village Hall. Now in its eighth year, this drop-in event is open to all members of the Leadhills community to learn more about the Estate’s recent...

Biggar Archaeology’s excavation at Glengonnar, 1km south of Lettershaws, entered a new phase at the end of 2025 and has continued apace this year with the discovery of our prime goal – the house of Bevis Bulmer, the Earl of Hopetoun’s first mine manager in the 1590s.  However, this is...

Leadhills Estate is continuing to manage water levels at Glen Franka reservoir, despite recent rainfall, and is progressing with work to secure the future of the dam. Managing water levels Following careful monitoring and adjustment, we have identified the optimum setting for the discharge pipe and are maintaining the reservoir...

Since our last update in May, we have continued to monitor the water level at Glen Franka reservoir. In line with the Measures in the Interest of Safety (MIOS) under the Reservoir (Scotland Act), we are aiming to keep it at approximately 1.5–2 metres below the Top Water Level (TWL)....

Following a recent statutory 10-year inspection of Glenfranka Reservoir by an independent Panel Engineer, a requirement has been issued to comply with Measures in the Interest of Safety (MIOS) under the Reservoirs (Scotland) Act. In line with the requirements mandated under the Reservoirs (Scotland) Act as outlined in the inspection...

Leadhills Miners’ Library honoured the memory of Sgt George Stevenson, a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot whose Hawker Hurricane crashed near Leadhills during a training flight in July 1941, by returning the plane’s salvaged propeller blade to his home town.  Stevenson, originally from Kilwinning in Ayrshire, emigrated to Canada with...

A summary of the feedback shared at the 2025 Leadhills Community Consultation

Historical maps and estate plans indicate the location of a settlement at the confluence of the Cleuch Burn with Glengonnar Water five kilometers north of Leadhills.  From biographies of Bevis Bulmer, John Hope’s first mine manager at Leadhills in the 1590s, it is possible that this settlement is the site...

We are pleased to announce our upcoming annual community consultation on Tuesday 28 October, from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Leadhills Village Hall. This drop-in event is open to all members of the local community and will be attended by Lord Hopetoun and members of the Leadhills Estate team....