Leadhills

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.

Photo: Alan O’Dowd, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leadhills railway station and Miners Library.

Leadhills railway station

Railway station

Photo: AHEMSLTD, CC BY 2.5.

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.

Miners Library

Library

Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Green Lowther

Peak

Green Lowther is a hill in the Lowther Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is the highest point of the Lowther Hills and lies in Lanarkshire, east of the town of Sanquhar. Green Lowther is situated 2 miles southeast of Leadhills.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wanlockhead and Elvanfoot.

Wanlockhead

Village

Photo: Clydiee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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. Wanlockhead is situated 1½ miles southwest of Leadhills.

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 4½ miles east of Leadhills.

Crawfordjohn

Village

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Crawfordjohn is a small village and civil parish of 117 residents located in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is three miles west of Abington and seven miles north east of Leadhills, near junction 13 of the M74. Crawfordjohn is situated 5 miles north of Leadhills.

Leadhills

Type: Village with 315 residents
Description: village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Category: locality
Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.41709° or 55° 25′ 2″ north

Longitude

-3.76196° or 3° 45′ 43″ west

Population

315

Elevation

1,299 feet (396 metres)

Open location code

9C7RC68Q+R6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 248225679

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2644748

Wikidata ID

Q1810466

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Leadhills” goes by many names.

Basque: “Leadhills”
Bulgarian: “Ледхилс”
Dutch: “Leadhills”
French: “Leadhills”
German: “Leadhills”
Japanese: “レッドヒルズ”
Scots: “The Leidhill”
Welsh: “Leadhills”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Leadhills Community Fire Station and Leadhills Miners Library.

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