South Calder Water
The South Calder Water, known locally as "The Cawder", or simply "Calder", is a river in Scotland. It runs west from the high plateau between Shotts and Fauldhouse to its joining with the much larger River Clyde.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bothwellhaugh Roman Fort and Strathclyde Country Park.
Bothwellhaugh Roman Fort
Archaeological site
Photo: Johnny Durnan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bothwellhaugh Roman Fort is a site now located within Strathclyde Country Park in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is east of where the South Calder Water flows into Strathclyde Loch. The fort is a scheduled monument.
Strathclyde Country Park
Park
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Strathclyde Country Park is a country park located on the outskirts of Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, named after the former Strathclyde region of Scotland. It is often commonly referred to as Strathclyde, or simply Strathy.
M&D’s
Theme park
Photo: Elliott Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
M&D's is an amusement park located in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Bordering on Strathclyde Park, the park contains two rollercoasters, two water rides, several fairground rides, a arcade, a theatre, Cosmic Bowl and an indoor tropical house, Amazonia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bellshill and Motherwell.
Bellshill
Town
Photo: Iain Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bellshill is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, ten miles southeast of Glasgow city centre and 37 mi west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell 2 mi to the south, Hamilton 3 mi to the southwest, Viewpark 1+1⁄2 mi to the west, Holytown 2 mi to the east and Coatbridge 3 mi to the north.
Motherwell
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Motherwell is an industrial town in the Clydeside region of central Scotland, with a population of 32,840 in 2020. It's 16 miles southeast of Glasgow, and divided by the motorway and River Clyde from neighbouring Hamilton.
Mossend
Village
Mossend is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, located beside the town of Bellshill, west of the villages of Holytown and New Stevenston, north of the larger town of Motherwell and south of the Eurocentral industrial park and the M8 motorway.
South Calder Water
- Type: River
- Description: river in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK, flows into Strathclyde Loch
- Category: body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.80035° or 55° 48′ 1″ northLongitude
-4.02309° or 4° 1′ 23″ westElevation
171 feet (52 metres)Open location code
9C7QRX2G+4QOpenStreetMap ID
way 103180878OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
2637465Wikidata ID
Q7566469
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“South Calder Water” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “South Calder Water”
- Cebuano: “South Calder Water”
- Swedish: “South Calder Water”
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Localities in the Area
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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 “South Calder Water”. Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.