Strachur Smiddy Museum & Craft Shop

Strachur Smiddy Museum & Craft Shop 'If walls could talk...' that's often what I think when I am in the smiddy. 200+ years of local life and history.

Step back in time as you enter the 18th-century blacksmith’s Smiddy and see the local blacksmith work in the traditional way with forge, bellows and anvil, surrounded by cobbled floor, tools of the trade and beamed ceiling. It was the working place, the meeting place and where the children looked- in as they walked up the clachan brae on their way to school. The blacksmith, the saddler, the joiner

, the mason et al and amongst them all, the blacksmith is 'the king of the trades'. He made all the tools. 'By your hammer and hand all crafts do stand'. And that is why the smiddy has a B Listing: the tools' collection....which is of particular interest to metallurgists as the tools are pre-nuclear. The smiddy is still a working smiddy, little changed. Most weekends, local man John Bain, works the forge and he likes nothing better than to share his knowledge and experience of the trade with visitors. It's mostly pokers he makes which are for sale in the craft shop, which has a fine collection of other local craft.

Metal craft work in the Smiddy
23/05/2026

Metal craft work in the Smiddy

✨ Handcrafted at the Smiddy ✨These popular handcrafted pendants have been made right here at the Smiddy and will be avai...
24/04/2026

✨ Handcrafted at the Smiddy ✨

These popular handcrafted pendants have been made right here at the Smiddy and will be available in our shop when we open on 23rd May.

Pop in, have a look, and support local craft ❤️

10/03/2026

The Smiddy will be open again on the 23rd of May for the 2026 season.
This will be the 30th season since opening in 1997, so it should be a special one 🎉

Ghostly stories were abroad in the Smiddy tonight.Thanks to Lisa for organising a spine tingling event
22/12/2025

Ghostly stories were abroad in the Smiddy tonight.

Thanks to Lisa for organising a spine tingling event

... and look at the size of hammer John used to make the "wee one". What skill😃!
29/09/2025

... and look at the size of hammer John used to make the "wee one". What skill😃!

Maw, Paw and the weansThe Smiddy is closed now for the season, but we'll have a stall at the Christmas Fayre on Nov 22nd...
28/09/2025

Maw, Paw and the weans

The Smiddy is closed now for the season, but we'll have a stall at the Christmas Fayre on Nov 22nd in Strachur Memorial Hall

The season for this year is coming to a close at the weekend. It has been a good year for the Smiddy and a very creative...
22/09/2025

The season for this year is coming to a close at the weekend. It has been a good year for the Smiddy and a very creative one, producing goods like these horseshoe bottle racks in the pictures for example. On sale if you want one!

There will be Honey from Strachur in stock at the Smiddy this weekend.
11/09/2025

There will be Honey from Strachur in stock at the Smiddy this weekend.

06/09/2025
Variations on the theme of metal spirals... Pendants, key rings, and Wee Willie Winkie's tealight.
31/08/2025

Variations on the theme of metal spirals... Pendants, key rings, and Wee Willie Winkie's tealight.

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Clachan
Strachur
PA278DG

Opening Hours

Saturday 1pm - 4pm
Sunday 1pm - 4pm

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