Finding a hotel in South Lanarkshire

Has its administrative centre in Hamilton. It covers an area of 684 square miles (1,772 sq. km.) and has a population of around 308,000. It borders on the regions of Scottish Borders, East Renfrewshire, Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, City of Glasgow and North Lanarkshire.

Geography

South Lanarkshire stretches from the Lowther Hills in the Southern Uplands northwards towards Blantyre, Rutherglen, Cambuslang, East Kilbrid, Larkhall, Carluke and Hamilton on the southern outskirts of Glasgow. It is bisected from south to north by the M74 motorway which links the north of England to Glasgow. Beyond the urban settlements of Greater Glasgow it is a largely rural area with a handful of market towns including Strathaven, Lanark and Biggar. The River Clyde flows through the area. The highest point is Tinto (2,320 feet) in the south.

Industry

Textiles, electronics, engineering, fruit cultivation in the valleys of the Clyde; less intensive grazing and stock rearing in the upland south; dairying around the urban core in the north.

History

New Lanark village is a World Heritage Site, significant for the attempt to improve living conditions for workers and their families in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Places of interest

Clyde Valley, Craignethan Castle, Falls of Clyde, New Lanark, Cadzow Castle & Chatlerhault Country Park.