Auchinraith Colliery

Auchinraith Colliery is a mine in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Auchinraith Colliery is situated nearby to the public building Blantyre Miners Welfare, as well as near the pitch Ash Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Douglas Park and Blantyre railway station.

New Douglas Park

Stadium

Photo: Alasdair Middleton, CC BY 2.0.

New Douglas Park, also known as The Hamilton Community Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, which serves as the home to Scottish League One side Hamilton Academical, as well as the current home of Scottish League One side Clyde. New Douglas Park is situated 1¼ miles east of Auchinraith Colliery.

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 3,800 feet north of Auchinraith Colliery.

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 2,100 feet northwest of Auchinraith Colliery.

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.

Auchinraith Colliery

Type: Mine
Categories: historic site and industry
Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.78691° or 55° 47′ 13″ north

Longitude

-4.08831° or 4° 5′ 18″ west

Open location code

9C7QQWP6+QM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4762573758

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=mine

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Highlights include Blantyre Miners Welfare and Ash Park.

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