From the landscape scarred by centuries of mine workings to the humble single-storey whitewashed cottages dotted along the hillside, Wanlockhead doesn’t seem much like a major visitor attraction. I’ve ...

The 10th Duke of Buccleuch is one of Britain’s richest landowners, with a private fortune estimated at £260 million. Once Scotland’s largest private landowner, he was recently surpassed by Danish ...

Lying at the heart of the Lowther hills, just west of the M74, this old lead mining village is remarkably popular with coach loads from the conurbations of Northern England, en route to the Highlands.

Work is under way to extend the narrow gauge railway all the way to Wanlockhead Work has started to extend a tiny narrow gauge railway to Scotland's highest village. The line from Leadhills in South ...

TALKS over a long-awaited extension to the country’s highest railway, the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway, have stalled, the Advertiser can reveal. At the moment the country’s highest railway starts ...

A group of villagers from Wanlockhead in Dumfries and Galloway are heading off to the Outer Hebrides to find out more about pursuing a community buyout. The residents want to buy almost 15,000 acres ...

A man has been found safe and well after going missing on a night out in Wanlockhead, Scotland’s highest village. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access ...