Carnwath
Carnwath is a moorland village on the southern edge of the Pentland Hills of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies about 30 mi south of both Edinburgh and Glasgow. It is bounded by the North Medwyn and South Medwyn watercourses.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include State Hospital and Carstairs railway station.
State Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Alan Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located close to the villages of Carstairs and Carstairs Junction, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It provides care and treatment in conditions of high security for patients from Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Carstairs railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carstairs railway station serves the village of Carstairs in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and is a major junction station on the West Coast Main Line, situated close to the point at which the lines from London Euston and Edinburgh to Glasgow Central merge. Carstairs railway station is situated 2 miles west of Carnwath.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carstairs Junction and Libberton.
Carstairs Junction
Village
Photo: Alan Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carstairs Junction is a village in South Lanarkshire. Taking its name from the village of Carstairs and nearby railway junction, the village grew around the railway station which opened in 1848. Carstairs Junction is situated 1½ miles southwest of Carnwath.
Libberton
Village
Libberton is a village and historical parish in South Lanarkshire. The village is approximately 2 miles north of Quothquan and 2.3 miles south-east of Carnwath. Libberton is situated 2 miles south of Carnwath.
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 east of Carnwath.
Carnwath
- Type: Village with 1,410 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
55.70025° or 55° 42′ 1″ northLongitude
-3.62707° or 3° 37′ 37″ westPopulation
1,410Elevation
715 feet (218 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB CAZOpen location code
9C7RP92F+45OpenStreetMap ID
node 255260674OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Carnwath” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Carnwath”
- Cebuano: “Carnwath”
- Dutch: “Carnwath”
- French: “Carnwath”
- German: “Carnwath”
- Irish: “A‘ Chathair Nuadh”
- Irish: “A’ Chathair Nuadh”
- Irish: “Càrn Fhiodh”
- Italian: “Carnwath”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Carnwath”
- Norwegian: “Carnwath”
- Portuguese: “Carnwath”
- Russian: “Карнуорт”
- Scottish Gaelic: “A‘ Chathair Nuadh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Càrn Fhiodh”
- Spanish: “Carnwath”
- Swedish: “Carnwath”
- Welsh: “Carnwath”
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