Waygate Lead Mine Shaft - Straitstep Vein
Waygate Lead Mine Shaft - Straitstep Vein is in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Waygate Lead Mine Shaft - Straitstep Vein is situated nearby to the grassland Mine Waste Tips, as well as near Museum of Lead Mining.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Miners Library and Wanlockhead Inn.
Miners Library
Library
Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Miners Library is situated 760 feet northeast of Waygate Lead Mine Shaft - Straitstep Vein.
Wanlockhead Inn
Pub
Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wanlockhead Inn is a pub, which is situated 640 feet north of Waygate Lead Mine Shaft - Straitstep Vein.
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. Leadhills railway station is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Waygate Lead Mine Shaft - Straitstep Vein.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wanlockhead and Leadhills.
Wanlockhead
Village
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.
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. Leadhills is situated 1½ miles northeast of Waygate Lead Mine Shaft - Straitstep Vein.
Elvanfoot
Village
Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elvanfoot is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Elvanfoot is located at the confluence of the River Clyde and Elvan Water. The Clyde is crossed by a pedestrian suspension bridge that has been closed since 2007 for want of repair. Elvanfoot is situated 6 miles northeast of Waygate Lead Mine Shaft - Straitstep Vein.
Waygate Lead Mine Shaft - Straitstep Vein
- Type: Brownfield land
- Category: industry
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.39646° or 55° 23′ 47″ northLongitude
-3.78236° or 3° 46′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C7R96W9+H3OpenStreetMap ID
way 1218395001OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=brownfield
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