Walston
Walston is a hamlet in the middle of black mount area of South Lanarkshire, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Eileen Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Walston, South Lanarkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Little Sparta and Dunsyre Hill.
Little Sparta
Garden
Photo: yellow book ltd, CC BY 2.0.
Little Sparta is a garden at Dunsyre in the Pentland Hills in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, created by artist and poet Ian Hamilton Finlay and his wife Sue Finlay, since 1966. Little Sparta is situated 2 miles north of Walston.
Dunsyre Hill
Peak
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunsyre Hill is a peak, which is situated 2 miles north of Walston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elsrickle and Dunsyre.
Elsrickle
Village
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elsrickle is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies on Blackmount Hill, which is at the end of the Pentland Hills. An elrick is an old place name associated with hunting and is derived from the Gaelic eileirg.
Dunsyre
Village
Dunsyre is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is 10 kilometres from Carnwath. Dunsyre is associated with an ancient barony and parish church. Dunsyre is situated 2 miles northeast of Walston.
Newbigging
Village
Newbigging is a hamlet in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is near Dunsyre at the southern end of the Pentland Hills. It is on the A72 Carnwath to Peebles road. Newbigging is situated 2½ miles west of Walston.
Walston
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.69493° or 55° 41′ 42″ northLongitude
-3.49829° or 3° 29′ 54″ westElevation
883 feet (269 metres)Open location code
9C7RMGV2+XMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1038193481OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Japanese—“Walston” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Walston”
- Dutch: “Walston”
- French: “Walston”
- Japanese: “ウォルストン”
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Highlights include Borland Hill and Bog Wood.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Walston”. Photo: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0.