Strathaven
Strathaven is a historic market town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and is the largest settlement in Avondale. It is 7.5 kilometres south of Hamilton. The Powmillon Burn runs through the town centre, and joins the Avon Water to the east of the town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John McLeish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Strathaven Castle and Strathaven Academy.
Strathaven Castle
Castle
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Strathaven Castle is located in the centre of the small town of Strathaven, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The ruin is closed to the public and has been for 5 years.
Strathaven Academy
School
Strathaven Academy is a non-denominational secondary school in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Spectacle E’e Falls
Waterfall
Photo: MPerkowski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Much of Scotland is mountainous; western areas of the Highlands enjoy a wet climate. The more steeply plunging west coast highland rivers in particular are home to countless waterfalls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandford and Glassford.
Sandford
Village
Sandford is a village near Strathaven, South Lanarkshire in Scotland. It lies approximately 15 miles southeast of Glasgow. It has 50 houses and 200 inhabitants.
Glassford
Village
Glassford is a small village located 8 kilometres south of Hamilton, and 3 kilometres north-east of Strathaven, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It has a population of roughly 500–600 people. Glassford is situated 2 miles northeast of Strathaven.
Chapelton
Village
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. Chapelton is situated 2½ miles northwest of Strathaven.
Strathaven
- Type: Town with 8,090 residents
- Description: town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.67651° or 55° 40′ 36″ northLongitude
-4.06582° or 4° 3′ 57″ westPopulation
8,090Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB ZDEOpen location code
9C7QMWGM+JMOpenStreetMap ID
node 199756523OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Strathaven” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Strathaven”
- Basque: “Strathaven”
- Bavarian: “Strathaven”
- Bulgarian: “Стратхавен”
- Cebuano: “Strathaven”
- Chinese: “斯特雷文”
- Dutch: “Strathaven”
- French: “Strathaven”
- Irish: “Srath Athainn”
- Irish: “Strath Aibhne”
- Italian: “Strathaven”
- Japanese: “ストレイバン”
- Persian: “استراتیون”
- Polish: “Strathaven”
- Russian: “Стрейвен”
- Scots: “Straiven”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Srath Abhainn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Srath Athainn”
- Spanish: “Strathaven”
- Swedish: “Strathaven”
- Welsh: “Strathaven”
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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 “Strathaven”. Photo: John McLeish, CC BY-SA 2.0.