Blackwood
Blackwood is a village which borders Kirkmuirhill, near Lanark in the central belt of Scotland. It has a few small shops, a Roman Catholic church and a couple of primary schools.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,900 residents
- Description: village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Blackwood, South Lanarkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Craignethan Castle.
Craignethan Castle
Castle
Photo: Hugh Miller, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Craignethan Castle is a ruined castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located above the River Nethan, a tributary of the River Clyde, at NS816464. Craignethan Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of Blackwood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkmuirhill and Auchenheath.
Kirkmuirhill
Town
Kirkmuirhill is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It borders Blackwood, near Lanark and is sited near Junction 9 of the M74 motorway.
Auchenheath
Village
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchenheath is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the River Nethan and is located near Blackwood, Kirkmuirhill, and Lanark. Auchenheath House is a category B listed Italianate house.
Boghead
Village
Boghead is a small village in South Lanarkshire, west central Scotland. It is about 23 miles southeast of Glasgow and sits nearby to the River Nethan and Avon Water.
Blackwood
- Category: locality
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.67218° or 55° 40′ 20″ northLongitude
-3.92313° or 3° 55′ 23″ westPopulation
1,900Elevation
574 feet (175 metres)Open location code
9C7RM3CG+VQOpenStreetMap ID
node 199875723OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2655418Wikidata ID
Q4923621
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Blackwood” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Blackwood”
- Cebuano: “Blackwood”
- Dutch: “Blackwood”
- French: “Blackwood”
- Swedish: “Blackwood, South Lanarkshire”
- Swedish: “Blackwood”
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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 “Blackwood”. Photo: Ritchyblack, FAL.