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South Lanarkshire () is one of 32 unitary council areas
Council Area

Council Area is the name applied by some local authorities in Scotland, to the area over which they have responsibility delegated to them by the Scottish Government....
 of Scotland
Scotland

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, covering the southern part of the former county
Counties of Scotland

The counties of Scotland were the principal subdivisions of Scotland of Scotland until 1975. Scotland's current Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and registration counties are largely based on them....
 of Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire , officially the County of Lanark, was formerly a Counties of Scotland of Scotland.It was bounded to the north by Stirlingshire and a detached portion of Dunbartonshire, to the northeast by Stirlingshire, West Lothian, to the east by Peeblesshire, to the southeast and south by Dumfriesshire, to the southwest by Dumfriesshi...
. It borders the south-east of the city of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter town
Commuter town

A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commuting out to earn their livelihood. Many commuter towns act as Suburb of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily, and many suburbs are commuter towns....
s and smaller villages.

h Lanarkshire Council is headquartered in Hamilton, has 15,000 employees, and an annual budget of £538 million. The council publishes a regular four-year plan, FourCast.






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South Lanarkshire () is one of 32 unitary council areas
Council Area

Council Area is the name applied by some local authorities in Scotland, to the area over which they have responsibility delegated to them by the Scottish Government....
 of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, covering the southern part of the former county
Counties of Scotland

The counties of Scotland were the principal subdivisions of Scotland of Scotland until 1975. Scotland's current Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and registration counties are largely based on them....
 of Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire , officially the County of Lanark, was formerly a Counties of Scotland of Scotland.It was bounded to the north by Stirlingshire and a detached portion of Dunbartonshire, to the northeast by Stirlingshire, West Lothian, to the east by Peeblesshire, to the southeast and south by Dumfriesshire, to the southwest by Dumfriesshi...
. It borders the south-east of the city of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter town
Commuter town

A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commuting out to earn their livelihood. Many commuter towns act as Suburb of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily, and many suburbs are commuter towns....
s and smaller villages.

South Lanarkshire Council

South Lanarkshire Council is headquartered in Hamilton, has 15,000 employees, and an annual budget of £538 million. The council publishes a regular four-year plan, FourCast. The large and varied council area takes in rural and upland areas, market towns such as Lanark
Lanark

Lanark is a small town in the central belt of Scotland. Its population of 8,253 makes it the 100th largest settlement in Scotland.Lanark was the county town of the former county of Lanarkshire....
, Strathaven
Strathaven

Strathaven is a small town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The town has was granted a Royal Charter in 1450, making the Town of Strathaven a Burgh of Barony....
 and Carluke
Carluke

The town of Carluke lies in the heart of the Lanarkshire countryside in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 5.4 miles northwest of Lanark and 5 miles South-East of Wishaw....
, the urban burgh
Burgh

A Burgh is an Wiktionary:Autonomy corporate entity in Scotland, usually a town. This type of administrative division has existed since the 12th century, when David I of Scotland created the first Royal burghs....
s of Rutherglen
Rutherglen

Rutherglen is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Rutherglen comes from the Scottish Gaelic language An Ruadh Ghleann, meaning "the red valley"....
, Cambuslang
Cambuslang

Cambuslang is a suburban town on the south-eastern outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland located within the local authority area of South Lanarkshire....
, and East Kilbride
East Kilbride

East Kilbride is a large suburban town in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland. It is Scotland's first new town, and lies on high ground on the south side of the Cathkin Braes, about southeast of Glasgow city centre....
 which was Scotland's first new town
New town

A new town, planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area....
.

There are 20 council wards in South Lanarkshire, each represented on the council by an 3 or 4 elected councillors using Single Transferable Vote
Single transferable vote

The Single transferable vote is a voting system of preferential voting designed to minimize wasted votes and provide proportional representation while ensuring that votes are explicitly expressed for individual candidates rather than for party lists....
. South Lanarkshire operates a cabinet style system, with key decisions being taken by the Executive Committee, under the leadership of the Council Leader, and approved by the council, led by the Provost
Provost (civil)

A provost is the ceremonial head of many Scottish local authorities, and under the name pr?v?t was a governmental position of varying importance in Ancien Regime France....
.

South Lanarkshire shares borders with the unitary authorities of Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway is one of 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. To the north, it borders onto South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire; in the east the Scottish Borders; and to the south the county of Cumbria in England....
, East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire

East Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto North Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway....
, East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire

East Renfrewshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. Until 1975 it formed part of the counties of Scotland of Renfrewshire for local government purposes along with the modern council areas of Renfrewshire and Inverclyde....
, City of Glasgow, North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire

North Lanarkshire is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. It borders onto the north east of the City of Glasgow and contains much of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages....
, West Lothian
West Lothian

West Lothian is one of the 32 Unitary authority council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders, South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire and Falkirk ....
 and Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders , often referred to simply as the Borders, is one of 32 local government Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the Metropolitan and non-metropolit...
.

The area was formed in 1996, from the areas of Clydesdale
Clydesdale

Clydesdale was formerly one of nineteen local government district s in the Strathclyde region of Scotland.The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1973 from part of the former counties of Scotland of Lanarkshire: namely the burghs of Biggar, South Lanarkshire and Lanark and the First, Second and Third Districts....
, Hamilton and East Kilbride
East Kilbride

East Kilbride is a large suburban town in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland. It is Scotland's first new town, and lies on high ground on the south side of the Cathkin Braes, about southeast of Glasgow city centre....
 districts, and some outer areas of Glasgow
Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
 District (Rutherglen
Rutherglen

Rutherglen is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Rutherglen comes from the Scottish Gaelic language An Ruadh Ghleann, meaning "the red valley"....
/Fernhill, Cambuslang
Cambuslang

Cambuslang is a suburban town on the south-eastern outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland located within the local authority area of South Lanarkshire....
/Halfway and part of King's Park/Toryglen).

Political composition

Council Headquarters

Southlanarkshirecouncilhq
The Council Headquarters building, on Almada Street, Hamilton, was built as the Lanark County Buildings in 1963, and designed by Lanark council architect D G Bannerman. The 16 storey, 165 foot tower is the largest in Hamilton, and is a highly visible landmark across this part of the Clyde Valley. The modernist design was influenced by the United Nations
United Nations headquarters

The United Nations Headquarters is a distinctive complex in New York City that has served as the headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1950....
 building in New York. Glass curtain walls cover the north and south facades, with the narrow east and west sides being blank white walls. At the front of the building is the circular council chamber, and a plaza with water features.

Towns and villages


Principal towns (population over 10,000)

  • Blantyre
    Blantyre, South Lanarkshire

    Blantyre is a burgh in South Lanarkshire, Scotland with a population of about 17,000. It is bounded by the River Clyde to the north, the Rotten Calder to the west, the Park Burn to the east and the Rotten Burn to the south....
  • Cambuslang
    Cambuslang

    Cambuslang is a suburban town on the south-eastern outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland located within the local authority area of South Lanarkshire....
  • Carluke
    Carluke

    The town of Carluke lies in the heart of the Lanarkshire countryside in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 5.4 miles northwest of Lanark and 5 miles South-East of Wishaw....
  • East Kilbride
    East Kilbride

    East Kilbride is a large suburban town in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland. It is Scotland's first new town, and lies on high ground on the south side of the Cathkin Braes, about southeast of Glasgow city centre....
  • Hamilton
  • Larkhall
    Larkhall

    Larkhall is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and is around 18 miles southeast of Glasgow. Larkhall sits on high ground between the River Clyde to the East and the Avon Water to the West....
  • Rutherglen


Small towns and villages

  • Abington
    Abington, South Lanarkshire

    Abington is a village in the Scotland council region of South Lanarkshire,close to the M74 motorway, marking the point where it changes name to the A74....
  • Ashgill
    Ashgill

    Ashgill is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland....
  • Auchengray
    Auchengray

    Auchengray is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.It has a small church whose architect was Frederick Thomas Pilkington , and paid for by David Souter Robertson of Lawhead House....
  • Auchenheath
    Auchenheath

    Auchenheath is a small town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the River Nethan and is located near Blackwood, South Lanarkshire, Kirkmuirhill, and Lanark....
  • Biggar
    Biggar, South Lanarkshire

    Biggar is a town and former burgh in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is situated in the Southern Uplands, near the River Clyde, around 30 miles from Edinburgh along the A702 road....
  • Blackwood
    Blackwood, South Lanarkshire

    Blackwood is a village which borders Kirkmuirhill, near Lanark in the central belt of Scotland. It has one shop and the local councillor is Archibald 'Archie' Manson....
  • Bothwell
    Bothwell

    Bothwell is a small town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, that lies on the right bank of the River Clyde, adjacent to Hamilton, Scotland and nine miles east-south-east of Glasgow....
  • Braehead
    Braehead, South Lanarkshire

    Braehead is the name of three villages and hamlets in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.*One is located at *One is located at *One is located at ...
  • Braidwood
    Braidwood, South Lanarkshire

    Braidwood is a small village, near Carluke, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The medieval barony of Braidwood included the Tower of Hallbar.Braidwood House, former seat of Baron Clydesmuir, is one of the major local landmarks....
  • Burnside
  • Carmichael
  • Carnwath
    Carnwath

    Carnwath is a moorland village on the southern edge of the Pentland Hills of Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies about thirty miles south of both Edinburgh and Glasgow....
  • Carstairs
    Carstairs

    The name Carstairs refers to a pair of villages located some 4–5 miles east of the town of Lanark in the administrative region of South Lanarkshire in southern Scotland....
  • Chapelton
    Chapelton, South Lanarkshire

    Chapelton is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village is located approximately halfway between the towns of East Kilbride and Strathaven, on the A726....
  • Coalburn
    Coalburn, South Lanarkshire

    Coalburn is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK....
  • Cobbinshaw
  • Coulter
    Coulter, South Lanarkshire

    Coulter or Culter is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies approximately 3 miles South of Biggar, South Lanarkshire.Nearby are two notable Scottish hills, Tinto and Culter Fell....
  • Crawford
    Crawford, South Lanarkshire

    Crawford is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.Crawford is close to the source of the River Clyde and the M74 motorway, fifty miles south east of Glasgow and fifty-three miles north west of Carlisle....
  • Crawfordjohn
    Crawfordjohn

    Crawfordjohn is a small village located in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.It is 3 miles west of Abington, South Lanarkshire and 7 miles north-east of Leadhills, near junction 13 of the M74 motorway....
  • Crossford
  • Dalserf
    Dalserf

    Dalserf is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies on the River Clyde 2 miles east of Larkhall and 7 miles south east of Hamilton, Scotland....
  • Dolphinton
  • Douglas
    Douglas, South Lanarkshire

    Douglas is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the south bank of the Douglas Water and on the A70 road that links Ayr, on the West coast of Scotland, to Edinburgh on the East, around 12 miles south west of Lanark....
  • Douglas Water
    Douglas Water, South Lanarkshire

    Douglas Water is a small village in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Named after the Douglas Water, which flows through the village, local mining operations provided employment to local people, and the village was bolstered by the Coltness Iron and Coal Company establishing an operation nearby....
  • Elsrickle
    Elsrickle

    Elsrickle is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies on Blackmount Hill which is on the end of the Pentland Hills....
  • Forth
  • Glassford
  • Kilncadzow
    Kilncadzow

    Kilncadzow is a small village in rural South Lanarkshire, lying roughly 5km north of Lanark and 5km east-southeast of Carluke, on the A721 road. The name 'Kilncadzow' is pronounced locally as kill-caig-eh....
  • Kirkfieldbank
    Kirkfieldbank

    Kirkfieldbank is a small village and parish in Scotland,on the banks of the river Clyde, close to the town of Lanark, and the village of New Lanark....
  • Kirkmuirhill
    Kirkmuirhill

    Kirkmuirhill is a village which borders Blackwood, South Lanarkshire, near Lanark in the central belt of Scotland and is sited near Junction 8 of the M74 motorway....
  • Lanark
    Lanark

    Lanark is a small town in the central belt of Scotland. Its population of 8,253 makes it the 100th largest settlement in Scotland.Lanark was the county town of the former county of Lanarkshire....
  • Law Village
  • Leadhills
    Leadhills

    Leadhills is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 5? miles WSW of Elvanfoot. Population 835. It is the second highest village in Scotland after Wanlockhead, lying 395m above sea-level, near the source of Glengonnar Water, an affluent of the River Clyde....
  • Lesmahagow
    Lesmahagow

    Lesmahagow is a small town on the edge of moorland, near Lanark in the central belt of Scotland, and is also known as Abbey Green....
  • Newbigging
    Newbigging, South Lanarkshire

    Newbigging, South Lanarkshire is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.It is near Dunsyre at the southern end of the Pentland Hills. It is on the A72 road Carnwath to Peebles road....
  • Nerston
  • Pettinain
  • Quarter
  • Quothquan
  • Rigside
    Rigside

    Rigside is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 5 miles from the town of Lanark, and less than a mile from Douglas Water, South Lanarkshire....
  • Sandford
    Sandford, South Lanarkshire

    Sandford is a village near Strathaven, South Lanarkshire in Scotland. It lies approximately 15 miles south east of Glasgow. It has 50 houses and 200 inhabitants....
  • Stonehouse
    Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire

    Stonehouse is a small rural village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on Avon Water in an area of natural beauty and historical interest, near to the Clyde Valley....
  • Strathaven
    Strathaven

    Strathaven is a small town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The town has was granted a Royal Charter in 1450, making the Town of Strathaven a Burgh of Barony....
  • Symington
    Symington, South Lanarkshire

    Symington is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The nearest town is Biggar. Geographical features near Symington include Tinto and the River Clyde....
  • Tarbrax
    Tarbrax

    Tarbrax is a small village in the Parish of Carnwath, County of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is at the end of a dead end road off the A70 road between Edinburgh and Carnwath....
  • Thankerton
    Thankerton

    Thankerton is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. It is located between Biggar, South Lanarkshire and Lanark. It is situated at the base of Tinto ....
  • Thorntonhall
    Thorntonhall

    Thorntonhall is a Wealthy village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies along the Border with East Renfrewshire to the East, close to Waterfoot and Jackton....
  • Uddingston
    Uddingston

    Uddingston is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the north side of the River Clyde, approximately seven miles to the south-east of Glasgow....
  • Wiston
    Wiston, South Lanarkshire

    Wiston is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located 13 miles south east of Lanark and 8 miles south west of Biggar, South Lanarkshire....
  • Woolfords


Places of interest

  • Bothwell Castle
    Bothwell Castle

    Bothwell Castle is a large medieval castle sited on a high, steep bank, above a bend in the River Clyde, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located between Uddingston and Bothwell, about south-east of Glasgow....
  • Strathaven Castle
    Strathaven Castle

    Strathaven Castle is located in the centre of the small town of Strathaven, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The ruin is publicly accessible, and can be found at grid reference ....
  • John Hastie Museum, Strathaven
  • Low Parks Museum, Hamilton
  • Chatelherault Country Park
    Chatelherault Country Park

    Chatelherault Country Park is a country park in Hamilton, Scotland, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.Its name is derived from the France town of Ch?tellerault, the title Duc de Ch?tellerault being held by the Duke of Hamilton....
    , near Hamilton, including Cadzow Castle
    Cadzow Castle

    Cadzow Castle is a ruined castle, constructed between 1500 and 1550 on the site of an earlier Scottish royalty castle, 1 mile south-east of the centre of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland....
  • Craignethan Castle
    Craignethan Castle

    Craignethan Castle is a ruined castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located above the River Nethan, a tributary of the River Clyde, at ....
  • David Livingstone Centre
    David Livingstone Centre

    The David Livingstone Centre is a museum in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, dedicated to the work of the Scotland explorer and missionary David Livingstone....
    , in Blantyre
  • Dollan Baths
    Dollan Baths

    Dollan Baths is a listed building building in East Kilbride, Scotland.Designed by Alexander Buchanan Campbell, it was opened in 1968 as Scotland's first 50 metre swimming pool....
    , East Kilbride
  • Falls of Clyde
    Falls of Clyde (waterfalls)

    The Falls of Clyde is the collective name of four linn on the River Clyde near New Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Falls of Clyde comprise the upper falls of Bonnington Linn, Corra Linn, Dundaff Linn, and the lower falls of Stonebyres Linn....
  • Little Sparta
    Little Sparta

    Little Sparta is a garden at Dunsyre in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, created by artist and poet Ian Hamilton Finlay.The five-acre Arcadia garden includes concrete poetry in sculptural form, polemic, philosophical aphorisms, together with conventional sculptures and temple-like buildings as well as mature plantings....
    , near Dunsyre
    Dunsyre

    Dunsyre is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is 6 miles from Carnwath . Dunsyre is associated with an ancient barony and parish church....
     near Lanark
  • New Lanark
    New Lanark

    New Lanark is a village on the River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles from Lanark, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills and housing for the mill workers....
    , a World Heritage Site
    World Heritage Site

    A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 Sovereign state which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term....
  • Clyde Valley
    River Clyde

    The River Clyde is a major river in Scotland. It is the eighth longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third longest in Scotland. Flowing through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire....
  • Sites of the Battle of Drumclog
    Battle of Drumclog

    The Battle of Drumclog was fought on 1 June 1679, between a group of Covenanters and the forces of John Graham of Claverhouse, at High Drumclog, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland....
     and the Battle of Bothwell Bridge


Tertiary Education

  • South Lanarkshire College
  • University of the West of Scotland (formally Bell College
    Bell College

    Bell College was a higher education college based in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire and Dumfries in Scotland. Founded in 1972, the College merged with the University of Paisley on 1 August 2007, it is now part of the renamed University of the West of Scotland....
    , University Of Paisley)


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