Wanlockhead Village Sign
Wanlockhead Village Sign is a work of art in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Wanlockhead Village Sign is situated nearby to Museum of Lead Mining, as well as near the historic site Old lead adit.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Miners Library and Wanlockhead Inn.
Miners Library
Library
Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Miners Library is situated 990 feet north of Wanlockhead Village Sign.
Wanlockhead Inn
Pub
Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wanlockhead Inn is a pub, which is situated 1,100 feet north of Wanlockhead Village Sign.
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. Leadhills railway station is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Wanlockhead Village Sign.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wanlockhead and Leadhills.
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.
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. Leadhills is situated 1½ miles northeast of Wanlockhead Village Sign.
Elvanfoot
Village
Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elvanfoot is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Elvanfoot is located at the confluence of the River Clyde and Elvan Water. The Clyde is crossed by a pedestrian suspension bridge that has been closed since 2007 for want of repair. Elvanfoot is situated 6 miles northeast of Wanlockhead Village Sign.
Wanlockhead Village Sign
- Type: Work of art
- Inscription: “1531 feet above sea level. Scotland’s highest village”
- Category: tourism
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.39519° or 55° 23′ 43″ northLongitude
-3.78019° or 3° 46′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C7R96W9+3WOpenStreetMap ID
node 13583452523OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=village_signOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artwork
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