Robert Smail's Printing Works
A working Victorian letterpress print shop in Innerleithen, where you can set type by hand and print your own souvenir cards.
Robert Smail's Printing Works has operated on Innerleithen's High Street since 1866. When it closed in the 1980s, its machinery, archives and type were left exactly as they were. It is now run by the National Trust for Scotland and back in production. The tour takes in the water-wheel-driven printing presses, the composing room and the paper store, and you can even set type by hand to print your own bookmark. Admission is about £9, and the print works is open roughly April–October. A visit takes about an hour, and it is only about 2 km from Traquair House.
Opening hours
Approx. 11:00–16:00 (Apr–Oct; closed on some days)
Nearby sights
- Traquair House
- Glentress Forest
- Peebles
- Neidpath Castle
- Bowhill House
- St Mary's Loch
- The Great Tapestry of Scotland
- Dawyck Botanic Garden