Sandy Cove (Old Picnic Spot)
Sandy Cove (Old Picnic Spot) is a beach in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Sandy Cove (Old Picnic Spot) is situated nearby to the peak The Blue Brae, as well as near Freds Pond (Lime Quarry).Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Calderwood Castle and Craigneith Castle.
Calderwood Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Calderwood Castle was located in East Kilbride, Scotland. The historically recorded castle was situated on a precipice on the western bank of the Rotten Calder Water in Calderwood Glen, now part of Calderglen Country Park. Calderwood Castle is situated 2,100 feet northeast of Sandy Cove (Old Picnic Spot).
Craigneith Castle
Castle
Calderwood Castle was located in East Kilbride, Scotland. The historically recorded castle was situated on a precipice on the western bank of the Rotten Calder Water in Calderwood Glen, now part of Calderglen Country Park. Craigneith Castle is situated 2,500 feet northeast of Sandy Cove (Old Picnic Spot).
Crossbasket
Manor estate
Photo: Elliott Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crossbasket is a manor estate, which is situated 1¼ miles north of Sandy Cove (Old Picnic Spot).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Leonards and East Mains.
St Leonards
Suburb
St Leonards is an area of the Scottish new town East Kilbride, in South Lanarkshire. St Leonards is a residential area on the east side of the town. The majority of the area's streets are named after Glens, Islands, Rivers and Lochs from Scotland, for instance: Loch Shin, Loch Assynt, Glen Carron, Glen Tanner, Inch Murrin, Benbecula and Skye.
East Mains
Suburb
East Mains is an area of the Scottish new town East Kilbride, in South Lanarkshire. It lies to the north of the town centre and the Village, between West Mains and Calderwood.
The Village
Suburb
'The Village' is the modern but long-established and formal name for the oldest known nucleus of settlement in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Sandy Cove (Old Picnic Spot)
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.76689° or 55° 46′ 1″ northLongitude
-4.1395° or 4° 8′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C7QQV86+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 4988487627OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Blue Brae and Freds Pond (Lime Quarry).
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