Tayside & East Fife Group: Scouringburn Walk & AGM

Tayside & East Fife Group: Scouringburn Walk & AGM

Our Tayside and East Fife Group invite you to a walking tour
of the jute heritage area led by Mark Watson.

Venue: Meet at Verdant Works, West Henderson’s Wynd, Dundee DD1 5BT
Time: 14.00 – 17.30 please allow time to visit Verdant Works beforehand
Cost: £5

AGM at 4.30pm, Verdant Spirit Co, Edward Street Mill, Forest Park Place, DD1 5NT (no charge)

Mark Watson is responsible for Industrial Heritage within Historic Environment Scotland’s conservation directorate. His 1990 book ‘Jute and Flax Mills in Dundee’ is the authoritative work on Dundee’s textile mill buildings. The walk begins at Verdant Works, a historic mill reused as a museum of the jute industry. Members are recommended to visit the museum beforehand and also make use of the museum café for lunch (other facilities nearby if busy).

The walk will take in other mills and associated buildings, finishing at Edward Street Mill, now the home of Verdant Spirit Co, a small craft gin distillery based in the mill’s 1895 engine house. Tastings.

View the Summer/ Autumn programme and download your booking forms here

 

Colin Park / Dundee – Verdant Works Museum, courtyard / CC BY-SA 2.0

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