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Robert Smail's Printing Works
Museum · Innerleithen · Scottish Borders

Robert Smail's Printing Works

Robert Smail's Printing Works is a preserved Victorian printworks. Its place is inside Innerleithen’s locality. It counts as a category C listed building.

Photo: Robert Smail's Printing Works, User:Dave souza (CC BY-SA 2.5)
Where
In Innerleithen
inside the locality
Run by
National Trust for Scotland
a national heritage body
How well known
Top 19%
#1,601 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 18–19°C
In brief

Museum in Innerleithen

Inside Innerleithen

Robert Smail's Printing Works is inside Innerleithen’s locality, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by National Trust for Scotland

One of the places National Trust for Scotland looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Category C listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Innerleithen has 26 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

When to go

In Innerleithen, July and August are the warmest, at 18–19°C in the afternoon.

Jan6° / 1°99 mm
Feb6° / 0°91 mm
Mar8° / 1°81 mm
Apr11° / 3°68 mm
May14° / 5°64 mm
Jun17° / 8°77 mm
Jul19° / 10°86 mm
Aug18° / 10°90 mm
Sep15° / 8°82 mm
Oct12° / 5°114 mm
Nov8° / 2°113 mm
Dec6° / 0°124 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Innerleithen, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Innerleithen. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Innerleithen’s full climate →
About

Robert Smail's Printing Works

Upkeep is seen to by National Trust for Scotland. 3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. There are 16 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Traquair House Maze (1.2 km).

Innerleithen’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type
Museum
Run by
National Trust for Scotland
Listed
Category C listed building
Wikipedias
Covered in 3 languages
Town
in Innerleithen
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Getting your bearings

Use the numbers to match each place near Robert Smail's Printing Works with the list.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Innerleithen’s locality. · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Bases near Robert Smail's Printing Works

These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Innerleithen

3,152 people · 7 places to visit

Make a day of it

Pair Robert Smail's Printing Works with these

A visit can add 6 castles, a garden and a historic house, from 16 places within 15 km.

1CastleTraquair House Maze1.2 km away2CastleNeidpath Castle10 km away3CastleHorsburgh Castle5.3 km away4CastleGlen House5 km away5GardenKailzie Gardens5.4 km away6Historic houseBowhill House13 km away7CastleVenlaw Castle9.1 km away8CastleNewark Castle11 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Know before you visit Robert Smail's Printing Works

Where is Robert Smail's Printing Works?

Robert Smail's Printing Works is in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, inside the town’s locality.

What is Robert Smail's Printing Works?

Preserved Victorian printworks in Scotland.

Who runs Robert Smail's Printing Works?

National Trust for Scotland, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Robert Smail's Printing Works?

July and August are the warmest months in Innerleithen, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Robert Smail's Printing Works a listed building?

Yes: category C listed building.

What else is there to see near Robert Smail's Printing Works?

Within 15 km: Traquair House Maze (1.2 km), Neidpath Castle (10 km), Horsburgh Castle (5.3 km) and Glen House (5 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.