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State Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Alan Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located close to the villages of Carstairs and Carstairs Junction, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It provides care and treatment in conditions of high security for patients from Scotland and Northern Ireland. State Hospital is situated 2½ miles southeast of Westshield.

Carstairs railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Carstairs railway station serves the village of Carstairs, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is a major junction station on the West Coast Main Line, situated close to the point at which the lines from Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central to London Euston merge. Carstairs railway station is situated 2½ miles south of Westshield.

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Carstairs

Photo: Adam Black GB, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Carstairs is a village in Clydesdale, one of string of villages north bank of the upper River Clyde. Carstairs Junction grew up later when the railway arrived, while Carnwath is an old market town, population 1360.

Carstairs Junction

Village

Photo: Alan Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carstairs Junction is a village in South Lanarkshire. Taking its name from the village of Carstairs and nearby railway junction, the village grew around the railway station which opened in 1848. Carstairs Junction is situated 2½ miles south of Westshield.

Carnwath

Village

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY 3.0.

Carnwath is a moorland village on the southern edge of the Pentland Hills of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies about 30 mi south of both Edinburgh and Glasgow. It is bounded by the North Medwyn and South Medwyn watercourses. Carnwath is situated 2½ miles southeast of Westshield.

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