The Bachelors' Club is a National Trust for Scotland museum located at 1 Sandgate Street, Tarbolton, KA5 5RB. The upstairs room was the largest in Tarbolton and was used for a number of social events. It was probably the first rural debating society in Scotland and the prototype for many Burns Clubs the world over.
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We were the only visitors at the time and a staff member kindly came to open up and gave us a quick tour. The cottage has a nice sense of history, but the village itself is very quiet with little else around. Unless you’re particularly interested in Robert Burns, it’s probably not worth a...
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Sympathetically restored premises and educational exhibits from NTS that are key to Burns’ time spent living there, which ultimately influenced some of his most important works. Our NTS guide was also fantastic and brought the...
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Interesting to see this house which played an important role in the life of Rabbie Burns. Visit made all the more interesting through the information provided by the guide who had been drafted in from the...
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