Backmuir Wood
Backmuir Wood is a forest in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Backmuir Wood is situated nearby to the suburb Whitehill, as well as near Burnbank.Places of Interest
Highlights include New Douglas Park and M&D’s.
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 of Scottish League Two side Clyde, also formerly being home to Scottish League One side Hamilton Academical.
M&D’s
Theme park
Photo: Elliott Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
M&D's is an amusement park located in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Bordering on Strathclyde Park, the park contains two rollercoasters, one water ride, several fairground rides, an arcade, a theatre, Cosmic Bowl and an indoor tropical house, Amazonia.
David Livingstone Birthplace Museum
Museum
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The David Livingstone Birthplace Museum is a biographical museum in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, dedicated to the life and work of the explorer and missionary David Livingstone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hamilton and Motherwell.
Hamilton
Photo: Grazzer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hamilton is a town on Clydeside in central Scotland. With a population of 55,000 in 2022, it's the fourth-largest town in Scotland and lies 12 miles southeast of Glasgow, at the confluence of the River Clyde with the Avon Water.
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.
Meikle Earnock
Suburb
Hamilton is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. It sits 10 miles south-east of Glasgow, 37 miles south-west of Edinburgh and 74 miles north of Carlisle.
Backmuir Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.7907° or 55° 47′ 27″ northLongitude
-4.0629° or 4° 3′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C7QQWRP+7ROpenStreetMap ID
way 109174636OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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