North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre

The North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre is a four star heritage centre located near the town centre of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The centre is seen as the main repository for archives and modern records for the whole of North Lanarkshire.

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Type: Museum
Description: Scottish museum and heritage center, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Motherwell Heritage Centre”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Motherwell railway station and Motherwell Cathedral.

Motherwell railway station

Railway station

Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Motherwell railway station serves the town of Motherwell, in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the West Coast Main Line and is served also by Argyle Line trains of the Glasgow suburban railway network. Motherwell railway station is situated 500 feet north of North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre.

Motherwell Cathedral

Church

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The Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Good Aid, popularly known as Motherwell Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in the town of Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Motherwell Cathedral is situated 1,700 feet east of North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre.

Fir Park

Stadium

Photo: Gregyscotland, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fir Park Stadium is a football stadium situated in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The stadium plays host to the home matches of Scottish Premiership club Motherwell and was the temporary home of Gretna for the 2007–08 SPL season. Fir Park is situated 1 mile southeast of North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Motherwell and Airbles.

Motherwell

Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Motherwell is an industrial town in the Clydeside region of central Scotland, with a population of 32,840 in 2020. It's 16 miles southeast of Glasgow, and divided by the motorway and River Clyde from neighbouring Hamilton.

Airbles

Suburb

Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Airbles is a small suburb to the south-east of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is mainly a residential area, consisting mostly of a mixture of high-rise and low-rise flats.

Carfin

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carfin is a village in North Lanarkshire in the central lowlands of Scotland, situated to the north-east of Motherwell. Most local amenities are shared with the adjacent villages of Holytown, Newarthill and New Stevenston which have a combined population of around 20,000 across the four localities. Carfin is situated 1½ miles northeast of North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre.

North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre

Categories: archives, independent museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.7906° or 55° 47′ 26″ north

Longitude

-3.99544° or 3° 59′ 44″ west

Wheelchair access

limited

Open location code

9C7RQ2R3+6R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 530735225

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q7055906

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre” goes by many names.

Dutch: “North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre”
French: “North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre”
German: “North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre”
Italian: “North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre”
Spanish: “North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Motherwell and Mega Amusements.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Motherwell Station and Bentley Hotel.

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