National Mining Museum
7 minute walk from Newtongrange station · Edinburgh and South East
The National Mining Museum is the national coal mining museum for Scotland and cares for the Lady Victoria Colliery and the national coal mining collections. The collections at the museum comprise over 100,000 items including objects, archives, photographs and books.
Visitor information
- Place type
- Museum
- Good for
- Industrial heritage, Local & social history, Museums
- Characteristics
- Nationally significant, Victorian
- Admission
- Paid admission
- Region
- Edinburgh and South East
Stations within walking distance
- Newtongrange station — 7 min walk, 0.6 km
- Eskbank station — 41 min walk, 3.3 km
- Gorebridge station — 43 min walk, 3.5 km
Other places near Newtongrange
- Newtongrange Petanque Club — 10 min walk from the station
- Gore Glen Woodland Park — 35 min walk from the station
- Newbattle Golf Club — 35 min walk from the station
- Gorebridge and Temple circuit, Gorebridge — 37 min walk from the station
- Broomieknowe Golf Club — 22 min walk from the station
- Dalkeith Country Park — 31 min walk from the station