27 September 2025 (11:00 - 16:00)
Tullibody first developed near the medieval church, which was founded in 1149. The Abercromby family built Tullibody House near the River Forth and in 1760 George Abercromby turned the old church into the family mausoleum. The Abercrombys also moved the village further south and in the 19th century a tannery was built there. Tullibody expanded in the 1950s, when new housing was built for a large influx of miners from Lanarkshire, who came to work in the short-lived Glenochil Colliery. Most of the old village was demolished and rebuilt.
Tullibody Heritage Centre is part of Tullibody Community Centre and is run by the small committee of Tullibody History Group. It was established in 2001 and tells the fascinating story of the village and neighbouring Cambus. The displays include a model of old Tullibody; a fully furnished doll's house modelled on Tullibody House, owned by the Abercromby family (an illustrated genealogy gives details of this remarkable family); a replica Victorian schoolroom and a 1940s-style kitchen; as well as details about significant people, such as William Burns Paterson, who founded what is now Alabama State University, and the baker, botanist and geologist Robert Dick (1811-1866), to whom a fine memorial was erected in Tullibody in 2011 and unveiled by Sir George Reid.
There may be displays about the proposed future development of Tullibody Community Centre and the Heritage Centre.
There is no wheelchair access to the Victorian schoolroom and the 1940s-style kitchen.

Address
Tullibody Heritage Centre, Abercromby Place, Tullibody, FK10 2RS