
Scotland's oldest purpose-built independent library from 17th century Robert Leighton: Principal @EdinburghUni; Chancellor @UofGlasgow; Bishop @DunblaneCathed
Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland
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🗣️ As it's #NewFriendsDay today please consider becoming a new Friend of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library - simply send an email to [email protected] to ask about becoming a Friend - your invaluable support helps to fund the annual running costs of the Library
Visit Dunblane's historic Leighton Library - Scotland's oldest purpose-built independent library, built from the gift of one 17th century scholar, with 4700 books from 16th-19th century.
📅 Open Monday to Saturday
🕚 11am-4pm
🆓 Free admission (donations invited)
For the school holidays, have fun at the Leighton Library when you bring children - there’s a Lego Minifigure trail, Find Leighton Trail and a Photo Explorer quest. All free.
🚶Visit the Leighton Library
📅 Open Monday-Saturday
🕚 11am-4pm
🆓 Free admission (donations invited)
Visit Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library to buy a beautifully illustrated 2027 calendar, at just £10, each month featuring a book from library’s historic collection
🚶Visit Dunblane's Leighton Library
📅 Open Mon-Sat 11am-4pm
🕚 11am-4pm
🆓 Free admission (donations invited)
Visit Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library, Scotland’s oldest purpose-built independent library.
📅 Open Monday-Saturday
🕚 11am-4pm
🆓 Free admission (donations invited)
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Dunblane historic Leighton Library is open on Sunday 27 September 1.30pm-4pm specially for Doors Open Days
Free admission (donations invited)
They will make great gifts for book lovers, so pop into the Leighton Library to buy beautifully illustrated 2027 calendars from Dunblane's historic Leighton Library, at just £10. Each month features a book from the library’s historic collection, appropriate to each month
Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library has ceramic mugs sale featuring images of Leighton Library as well as images from historic books in its collection leighton-library-shop.co.uk/…
🚶Visit Leighton Library
📅 Open Mon-Sat
🕚 11am-4pm
🆓 Free admission (donations invited)
Get your beautifully illustrated 2027 calendar from Dunblane's historic Leighton Library - only available in the Leighton Library, at just £10. Each month features a book from library’s historic collection, appropriate to each month. Get one for yourself, & gifts for book lovers
Have fun at the Leighton Library when you bring children - there’s a Lego Minifigure trail, Find Leighton Trail and a Photo Explorer quest. All free.
🚶Visit the Leighton Library
📅 Open Monday-Saturday
🕚 11am-4pm
🆓 Free admission (donations invited)
For anyone who loves early cartography: this mug features 1776 American Atlas map, of “New Albion” (north of Mexico so named by Sir Francis Drake) from Leighton Library. Perfect blend of craftsmanship, curiosity, & caffeine. Order yours online:
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Before satellites, there were stories drawn in ink. Borders shift, names change, but the elegance of early cartography endures. Buy your print from the 1776 American Atlas in Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library
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Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library, Scotland’s oldest purpose-built independent library has centuries-old books, & celebrates legacy of Robert Leighton, who, in turbulent 17th century Scotland, was beacon for peace through efforts to reconcile different religious views
Drying dishes just got distinguished. Upgrade your kitchen credentials with Leighton Library artworks tea towel - because even your plates deserve a touch of culture. It’s practical. It’s pretty. It’s basically a page‑turner for your kitchen: leighton-library-shop.co.uk/…
Bring a little Leighton charm to your cuppa, give your tea a proper place to perch, a miniature masterpiece for your mug, with a cork‑backed coaster featuring Leighton Library - available from its online shop: leighton-library-shop.co.uk/…
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Bring a splash of 18th‑century adventure to your morning routine. This ceramic mug has Elephant Seal illustration from Leighton Library 1748 “Travels Around the World” by George Anson, available from Leighton Library online shop. History with every sip
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“Let the shelves speak” - just one of audio tours in Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library free Bloomberg Connects Digital Guide. You can also explore “The library in superlatives - from tiniest text to tallest tome” as well as “A Trustee’s Trifles” & more!
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Have you got your beautifully illustrated 2027 calendar from Dunblane's historic Leighton Library - only available in the Leighton Library, at just £10. Each month features a book from library’s historic collection. Get one for yourself, & will make great gifts for book lovers
For #LiteracyDay #InternationalLiteracyDay
today, enjoy videos which have been produced highlighting a number of books in Dunblane's historic Leighton Library, Scotland's oldest purpose-built independent library.
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A continent on cusp of change, coastlines still being charted. These prints from 1776 American Atlas in Leighton Library collection capture a world in motion. Buy from Leighton Library Online Shop to bring a piece of cartographic drama to your wall: leighton-library-shop.co.uk/…


















