Inside Scotland’s highest village: Discovering that a visit to Wanlockhead is a valuable experience (and not just because of the pure gold found in its streams)

Inside Scotland’s highest village: Discovering that a visit to Wanlockhead is a valuable experience (and not just because of the pure gold found in its streams)

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 arrived in the centre of this tiny Scottish village surrounded by relics of its industrial past. It’s a chilly, windswept place lurking among a range of … Read more