Prestongrange Museum
25 minute walk from Wallyford station · Edinburgh and South East · Free entry
Prestongrange Museum is an industrial heritage site located on the East Lothian coast between Musselburgh and Prestonpans. Once the original home of the National Mining Museum, this former colliery is now managed by East Lothian Council.
The site is significant for its centuries of intense activity, including glass works, potteries, and coal mining dating back to the 12th century. It features monumental relics such as the only Cornish beam engine remaining in situ in Scotland, a vast Hoffmann kiln, and a 19th-century pit shaft.
Visitors can roam the woodland site to explore giant machines, including pit head winding gear and a steam crane. You can discover Category A and B listed buildings, view exhibition galleries, or enjoy a mobile phone tour narrated by painter John Bellany while taking in views over the Firth of Forth.
Visitor information
- Place type
- Industrial heritage site
- Good for
- Architecture, Industrial heritage, Museums, Trees & woodlands
- Characteristics
- Coastal, Listed, Open-air, Victorian, Woodland
- Admission
- Free
- Region
- Edinburgh and South East
Stations within walking distance
- Wallyford station — 25 min walk, 2.1 km
- Prestonpans station — 34 min walk, 2.9 km
Other places near Wallyford
- Royal Musselburgh Golf Club — 25 min walk from the station
- Musselburgh Racecourse — 26 min walk from the station
- Inveresk Lodge Garden — 27 min walk from the station
- Musselburgh Links, The Old Golf Course — 31 min walk from the station
- Musselburgh and the Firth — 32 min walk from the station
- Preston Tower — 39 min walk from the station