📌 Tarbolton, South Ayrshire
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🛠️ Attraction currently closed (checked April 2024)
Connections with Robert Burns ooze from every corner of this region, but there’s no better place to begin a Burns tour than the Bachelors’ Club. The ground floor of this unassuming, village centre building was Tarbolton’s watering hole during the 18th century. In the upper room accessed by an exterior staircase, the yet-to-be-famous poet founded a debating club, was initiated into the Freemasons and learned to dance. Following various uses over the decades since, the National Trust for Scotland have now restored the rooms to their former appearance, creating a small but charming attraction.
🌍 Location
📌 Sandgate Street, Tarbolton village centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NS 431272
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.513153,-4.486147
🚌 Bus to Tarbolton
🚗 Street parking
📝 Key info
⌚ Friday to Monday, 28 April to September
🎫 £5 adult / £3.50 child / free for National Trust for Scotland members
