Hopetoun Arms

About Hopetoun Arms

The Hopetoun Arms hotel is a grade two listed building and is the highest residential hotel in Scotland, sitting 1297ft above sea level. Nestled in the heart of the Lowther Hills it is in a quiet, rural location – a perfect stop off point if traveling north or south, or simply for a peaceful break.

The Hopetoun itself is steeped in history with mentions from Dorothy Wordsworth in her book “The grand tour of Scotland” Published in 1804.

The village of Leadhills has a heritage trail which will have you visit spectacles such as John Taylors Grave, who died in 1770 at the remarkable age of 137, and The curfew Bell which was rung to inform the miners of their shift changes. The village also has the oldest subscription library in the UK, and the highest golf course in Scotland – both open to visitors all year round. Although we are in a rural setting we are only forty five minutes from Glasgow and just over one hour to Edinburgh and Carlisle.