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Welcome back to Doors Open Days!

Join us in our 35th year and discover an array of captivating spaces ranging from mills and museums to bunkers and brochs! 

Glasgow Doors Open Days is organised by Glasgow Building Preservation Trust. The 2024 programme will be posted on their website https://glasgowdoorsopendays.org.uk/ in August. 

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Highland – Caithness & Sutherland

8 Doors Distillery

21 September 2024

22 September 2024

8 Doors Distillery in John O'Groats was established in 2022 by husband and wife Derek and Kerry Campbell, and is the most northerly distillery on the UK mainland. The distillery is producing the first Single Malt Scotch Whisky in that area since 1837. His Majesty, The King, officially opened the distillery on 2 August 2023.  Whilst the team wait for their own Single malt to mature, they have released a range of independent small batch and single cask whisky bottlings under the brand name of 'Seven Sons'. The distillery has just also released its blended liqueur product called “Five Ways” - a smooth liqueur made with blended scotch whisky, hints of ginger, honey, orange and spices. Both products are available to buy in the distillery’s shop. The shop is in the distillery’s whisky lounge which is the perfect place to relax and enjoy a dram or coffee with a view.
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Highland – Caithness & Sutherland

Brora Heritage Centre

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21 - 22 September 2024

Brora Heritage Centre has an eclectic mix of artefacts, images and stories of Brora’s unique Highland industrial history. There’s even a reconstruction of the old coal mine for you to explore. Having Britain’s most northerly coal mine, this rich resource fuelled a range of spin-off industries, including the making of bricks, whisky, tweed and salt. Nowhere in the Highlands is there a place like Brora and the centre tells the story of this remarkable hidden gem in Scotland’s north. BHC is run by Clyne Heritage Society, a very active heritage group, based in the village of Brora (in the parish of Clyne) on the east coast of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. The fully constituted Society was formed in 1998 by a group of people living in the parish who were interested in preserving Clyne’s fascinating and quickly disappearing heritage, e.g. demolition of coal mine in 1981 and Hunter’s Woollen Mill in 2004. The Society has acquired registered charitable status; it is made up of a committee of 8 and currently has a membership of over 200 people, spread far and wide. We are actively involved in supporting all heritage matters within our own parish, and we are also concerned in the wider heritage affairs of the whole of the County of Sutherland.

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Highland – Caithness & Sutherland

Castletown Mill

21 September 2024

In November 2020, Dunnet Bay Distillers Ltd owned and managed by Caithness husband-and-wife team Claire and Martin Murray purchased Castletown Mill with the intention of conserving and revitalising the building and surrounding environs into a craft whisky distillery and historic environment visitor attraction. Castletown Mill was once part of the Castlehill Estate developed by Agricultural Improver and Caithness Sheriff (Depute) James Traill of Rattar. Castletown Mill was built by James Traill in 1818-1819 as a starter enterprise for his heir George Traill. The once magnificent 'T-shaped' three storey building with its central kiln block was one of the largest and most imposing mills and grain stores in the North of Scotland.

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Highland – Caithness & Sutherland

Forsinard Flows Nature Reserve

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21 September 2024

22 September 2024

Forsinard Flows nature reserve, in the far north of Scotland, is a rolling expanse of blanket bog, sheltered straths and mountains. The wild and rugged landscape is part of the Flow Country – one of Scotland’s national treasures. The RSPB is lucky enough to have cared for more than 21,000 hectares of it for over 20 years. Learn more about this vast landscape and the species that live here in our Visitor Centre and take a walk along the Dubh Lochan Trail to discover the Flows for yourself. "On Saturday 21st September, staff and volunteers from the RSPB will be at the Visitor Centre from 10am – 4pm with craft activities and leading guided walks as part of the Highlands & Islands Climate Festival. This is a great opportunity to find out more about the new Flow Country World Heritage Site and explore the incredible landscape of the Flow Country."
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