Snarhead Hill
Snarhead Hill is a hill in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,677 feet. Snarhead Hill is situated nearby to the village Leadhills, as well as near Wanlockhead.Places of Interest
Highlights include Leadhills railway station and Miners Library.
Leadhills railway station
Railway station
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.
Miners Library is situated 1½ miles southeast of Snarhead Hill.
Wanlockhead Inn
Pub
Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wanlockhead Inn is a pub, which is situated 1½ miles south of Snarhead Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leadhills and Wanlockhead.
Leadhills
Village
Photo: Alan O’Dowd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Wanlockhead
Village
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 southeast of Snarhead Hill.
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 Snarhead Hill.
Snarhead Hill
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,677 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.41915° or 55° 25′ 9″ northLongitude
-3.7962° or 3° 47′ 46″ westElevation
1,677 feet (511 metres)Open location code
9C7RC693+MGGeoNames ID
12616625
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