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Getting here

Thomas Carlyle’s Birthplace is in Ecclefechan, 5½ miles south-east of Lockerbie and 6 miles north-west of Gretna Green.
Address

Ecclefechan is just off the A74(M) - leave at junction 19 and follow the B7076.

Contact information

Telephone: 01576 300050

Planning your visit

Dogs are not permitted in the house.

For more information about planning your visit please see our frequently asked questions. 

Accessibility

  • There is rough paving between the parking spaces on the road and the cottage.
  • There is one step into the main room on the ground floor, and a steep flight of stairs up to two rooms on the second floor.

We have an ongoing programme of accessible content development. Detailed accessibility guides for the most visited Trust places are available on our Accessibility pages as well as links to useful resources.

We’d love you to visit the Euan’s Guide website to review the accessibility of Trust places and tell us (and others) what’s good and where we need to do better.

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