Wanlockhead

Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, nestling in the Lowther Hills and 1 mile south of Leadhills at the head of the Mennock Pass, which forms part of the Southern Uplands.

Photo: Clydiee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Miners Library and Wanlockhead Inn.

Miners Library

Library

Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wanlockhead Inn

Pub

Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wanlockhead Inn is a pub.

Leadhills railway station

Railway station

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Leadhills railway station was opened on 1 October 1901 as the intermediate stop on the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Light Railway and served the lead mining area, farms and the village of Leadhills circa 5.5 miles WSW of Elvanfoot railway station in South Lanarkshire until 2 January 1939 for passengers and freight.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leadhills and Elvanfoot.

Leadhills

Village

Photo: Alan O’Dowd, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Leadhills, originally settled for the accommodation of miners, is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 5+3⁄4 miles WSW of Elvanfoot. The population in 1901 was 835. Leadhills is situated 1½ miles northeast of Wanlockhead.

Elvanfoot

Village

Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Elvanfoot is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Elvanfoot is located at the confluence of the River Clyde and Elvan Water. The Clyde is crossed by a pedestrian suspension bridge that has been closed since 2007 for want of repair. Elvanfoot is situated 6 miles northeast of Wanlockhead.

Sanquhar

Town

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sanquhar is a historic market town and former royal burgh on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, north of Thornhill and west of Moffat. The town is approximately 49 miles southwest of Edinburgh, 36 miles southeast of Glasgow, and 24 miles north-northwest of Dumfries. Sanquhar is situated 6 miles west of Wanlockhead.

Wanlockhead

Type: Village
Description: village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Category: locality
Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.39747° or 55° 23′ 51″ north

Longitude

-3.77978° or 3° 46′ 47″ west

Elevation

1,388 feet (423 metres)

Open location code

9C7R96WC+X3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 338173853

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2634810

Wikidata ID

Q1670511

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Wanlockhead” goes by many names.

Basque: “Wanlockhead”
Dutch: “Wanlockhead”
French: “Wanlockhead”
German: “Wanlockhead”
Irish: “Cuingealach”
Scots: “Wanlockheid”
Scottish Gaelic: “Cuingealach”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Mennock Hass and Shieling Rig.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wanlockhead Community Centre and Wanlockhead, War Memorial.

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