Blantyre Mining Disaster Memorial

Blantyre Mining Disaster Memorial is a memorial in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Blantyre Mining Disaster Memorial is situated near Blantyre Cemetery, as well as near the school Calderside Academy.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Calderside Academy and Blantyre railway station.

Calderside Academy

School

Calderside Academy is a Scottish secondary school in Blantyre. It was created by merging two local secondary schools on the land where Blantyre High School was. Calderside Academy is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Blantyre Mining Disaster Memorial.

Blantyre railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blantyre railway station serves the burgh of Blantyre, near Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Argyle Line, 14 km south east of Glasgow Central railway station. Blantyre railway station is situated 4,200 feet northeast of Blantyre Mining Disaster Memorial.

David Livingstone Birthplace Museum

Museum

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The David Livingstone Birthplace Museum is a biographical museum in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, dedicated to the life and work of the explorer and missionary David Livingstone. David Livingstone Birthplace Museum is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Blantyre Mining Disaster Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Auchinraith and Blantyre.

Auchinraith

Quarter

Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blantyre is a town and civil parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, with a population of 16,900. It is bounded by the River Clyde to the north, the Rotten Calder to the west, the Park Burn to the east and the Rotten Burn to the south.

Blantyre

Town

Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Burnbank

Suburb

Burnbank is an area in the town of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was formerly a separate mining village before being absorbed into the town.

Blantyre Mining Disaster Memorial

Type: Memorial
Category: historic site
Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.78747° or 55° 47′ 15″ north

Longitude

-4.098° or 4° 5′ 53″ west

Open location code

9C7QQWP2+XQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12918829699

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Blantyre Cemetery and Blantyre Health Centre.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Blantyre War Memorial and Victoria Street.

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