Photo of New Lanark, a village in South Lanarkshire, southern Scotland.

New Lanark© Alex Liivet / Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Places to explore near Carstairs StationCarstairs

10 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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Falls of Clyde

Waterfall near New Lanark

Corra Linn, greatest of the four Falls of Clyde, painted by Turner and reached on foot from the World Heritage mill village of New Lanark.

7.6 km SW

Iconic

New Lanark

Village

Restored 18th-century cotton-mill village on the Clyde, a UNESCO World Heritage Site of pioneering social reform.

8 km SW · South Lanarkshire

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Errington Cheese

Farm & farm shop near Carnwath

Lanarkshire ewe's- and goat's-milk cheesemaker with a farm shop and small cheese-focused cafe.

2.8 km E

Covington

Castle near Biggar

Covington, castle & dovecot

6 km SE

Clyde Walkway

Scotland's Great Trail

Forty miles up the River Clyde from central Glasgow to New Lanark and the Falls of Clyde

7.6 km SW · South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire & Glasgow

Corra Castle

Castle near New Lanark

A medieval castle in South Lanarkshire.

8 km SW

Everything else within 10 km (4) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Castledykes, Roman fort, CorbiehallRoman archaeological site2.7 km SW
Couthally Castle, CarnwathCastle3.4 km NE
Clyde Valley WoodlandsNational Nature Reserve4.7 km W
Lanark CastleSite of a former castle7.6 km W

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.