Old Lead Workings
Old Lead Workings is in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Old Lead Workings is situated nearby to the village Leadhills, as well as near the quarry Old Lead Mine - Mill Vein.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 mile south of Old Lead Workings.
Miners Library
Library
Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Miners Library is situated 2 miles south of Old Lead Workings.
Wanlockhead Inn
Pub
Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wanlockhead Inn is a pub, which is situated 2 miles south of Old Lead Workings.
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. Wanlockhead is situated 2 miles south of Old Lead Workings.
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 east of Old Lead Workings.
Old Lead Workings
- Type: Brownfield land
- Category: industry
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.42372° or 55° 25′ 25″ northLongitude
-3.76813° or 3° 46′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C7RC6FJ+FPOpenStreetMap ID
way 483464684OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=brownfield
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