Lesmahagow
Lesmahagow is a small town in Clydesdale just off M74, with a population of 4300 in 2020. The town name means "the enclosure of St Machutus" though only the Priory foundations remain.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lesmahagow Old Parish Church.
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. Kirkmuirhill is situated 2½ miles northwest of Lesmahagow.
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. Auchenheath is situated 2½ miles north of Lesmahagow.
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. Boghead is situated 2½ miles northwest of Lesmahagow.
Lesmahagow
- Type: Town with 4,380 residents
- Description: town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.6392° or 55° 38′ 21″ northLongitude
-3.8865° or 3° 53′ 12″ westPopulation
4,380Elevation
577 feet (176 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB LMWOpen location code
9C7RJ4Q7+M9OpenStreetMap ID
node 2944556516OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lesmahagow” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ليسماهاغو”
- Asturian: “Lesmahagow”
- Basque: “Lesmahagow”
- Cebuano: “Lesmahagow”
- Chinese: “莱斯马黑戈”
- Chinese: “萊斯馬哈格”
- Dutch: “Lesmahagow”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ليسماهاجو”
- French: “Lesmahagow”
- Hungarian: “Lesmahagow”
- Irish: “Lios Mo h-Eagu”
- Irish: “Lios MoChuda”
- Irish: “Lios MoFhèige”
- Italian: “Lesmahagow”
- Japanese: “レズマヘイゴー”
- Japanese: “レズマヘイゴウ”
- Korean: “레즈머헤이고”
- Persian: “لسماهاگو”
- Scots: “Lismahagie”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Lios Mo h-Eagu”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Lios MoChuda”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Lios MoFhèige”
- South Azerbaijani: “لسماهاقو”
- Spanish: “Lesmahagow”
- Swedish: “Lesmahagow”
- Welsh: “Lesmahagow”
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