Leadhills Miners Library

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Leadhills Miners Library is the oldest subscription library in the British Isles and is now a museum of literature and village life, open weekends May to September!

About Leadhills Miners Library

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The library was founded in 1741 and is the oldest subscription library in Europe and the world's first library set up for the working man. It is now a museum of literature and village life.

Open from the first weekend of May to the last weekend of September, Saturdays and Sundays from 2pm to 5pm.

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