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

New Lanark© Alex Liivet / Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Places to explore near Lanark StationLanark

13 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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New Lanark

Village

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

1.4 km SW · South Lanarkshire

Highlight

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.

2.1 km S

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Clyde Walkway

Scotland's Great Trail

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

1 km W · South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire & Glasgow

Corra Castle

Castle near New Lanark

A medieval castle in South Lanarkshire.

2.3 km S

Craignethan Castle

Castle near Crossford

A medieval castle in South Lanarkshire.

7.5 km W

Overton Farm Shop

Farm & farm shop near Crossford

Crossford farm shop, cafe and butchery selling home-bred beef and Clyde Valley produce, run by the Young family for over 50 years.

8.7 km NW

Errington Cheese

Farm & farm shop near Carnwath

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

9.6 km E

Covington

Castle near Biggar

Covington, castle & dovecot

9.7 km E

Gouldings Farm Shop

Farm & farm shop near Rosebank

Rosebank farm shop in the Clyde Valley selling in-season fruit and veg, local meat, pies and ice cream since 1897.

10 km NW

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

Lanark CastleSite of a former castle0.8 km SW
Clyde Valley WoodlandsNational Nature Reserve1.4 km NW
Castledykes, Roman fort, CorbiehallRoman archaeological site4.2 km E
Couthally Castle, CarnwathCastle9.7 km NE

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.