Old Lead Workings - Wilson’s Shaft
Old Lead Workings - Wilson’s Shaft is in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Old Lead Workings - Wilson’s Shaft is situated nearby to the archaeological site Old lead Adit, as well as near Leadhills railway station.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leadhills railway station and Miners Library.
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 1,500 feet north of Old Lead Workings - Wilson’s Shaft.
Miners Library
Library
Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Miners Library is situated 1 mile southwest of Old Lead Workings - Wilson’s Shaft.
Wanlockhead Inn
Pub
Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wanlockhead Inn is a pub, which is situated 1 mile southwest of Old Lead Workings - Wilson’s Shaft.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leadhills and Wanlockhead.
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.
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.
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 4½ miles northeast of Old Lead Workings - Wilson’s Shaft.
Old Lead Workings - Wilson’s Shaft
- Type: Brownfield land
- Category: industry
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.40719° or 55° 24′ 26″ northLongitude
-3.76208° or 3° 45′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C7RC64Q+V5OpenStreetMap ID
way 483461609OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=brownfield
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