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It housed the Free Church after the Great Disruption of 1843, when it broke with the Church of Scotland over the control of clerical appointments. The schism was resolved in 1929 so the kirk now holds mainstream Church of Scotland services.
Volunteer run museum telling the history of papermaking in Penicuik which started in 1709. In the 18th century there were 10 paper mills in the area. The Pen-y-Coe Press, next door, is a vintage printing works which is open Tu-Sa 10AM-4PM selling stationery.
It is a ruined 16th-century tower house a mile south of town.
It is the shell of an 18th-century Palladian mansion, burned down in 1899. In 2022 restoration continues and it's closed to the public.
It is the gorgeous glen west of A703. A good lane leads up it but private traffic is prohibited, so park at its foot. The lane leads past Glencorse and Loganlea reservoirs, with hiking trails leading off to the Pentland summits and over the ridge to Balerno. Flotterstone Inn at the foot of the glen does meals.
This an Iron Age hill fort was built in the 1st or 2nd century AD as the Picts sought to rebuff Roman incursions. You can descend into its souterrain. It's on a hiking trail from Glencorse to the south fringes of Edinburgh.
The stump of a 16th-century tower house is a redoubt of the Hamiltons. The legend goes that the lady of the house was evicted naked by the Regent Moray (illegitimate son of James V) - she went mad and her child perished. This story may be politics, as in 1570 her husband shot dead the Regent at Linlithgow, the first murder by firearms in Scotland. The castle is by a disused railway track, which you can follow down the scenic glen.