Scotland's Printing Heritage

Smail’s tours 2026

You can find details of the opening hours, and book tours of Robert Smail’s Printing Works in Innerleithen through this link. There is more details about the background and history of the printing works on the National Trust for Scotland’s website.

Did you know?

11 June 1825 The first issue of The Glasgow Looking Glass was published by John Watson in Glasgow. It pioneered the use of the relatively new lithographic printing process, and has been described as the world’s first comic.