Water Head
Water Head is a peak in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,568 feet. Water Head is situated nearby to the locality Lead groops (hushes), as well as near Brown Neese.Places of Interest
Highlights include Leadhills railway station.
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.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.4386° or 55° 26′ 19″ northLongitude
-3.7694° or 3° 46′ 10″ westElevation
1,568 feet (478 metres)Open location code
9C7RC6QJ+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 2487874866OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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