Water Head

Water Head is a peak in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,568 feet. Water Head is situated near the locality Lead groops (hushes), as well as near Brown Neese.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Leadhills railway station.

Leadhills railway station

Railway station

Photo: AHEMSLTD, CC BY 2.5.

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.

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

Photo: Clydiee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

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.

Water Head

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,568 feet
Category: landform
Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.4386° or 55° 26′ 19″ north

Longitude

-3.7694° or 3° 46′ 10″ west

Elevation

1,568 feet (478 metres)

Open location code

9C7RC6QJ+C6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2487874866

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Lead groops (hushes) and Brown Neese.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Old Lead Mine - Portal of Poutsheil Level and Old Lead Mine - Mill Vein.

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