Tinto Hills

Places of Interest

Tinto

Scenic viewpoint

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Tinto is an isolated hill in the south of the Central Lowlands just to the north of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It comprises little more than one top, which stands on the west bank of the River Clyde, some eight kilometres west of Biggar.

Fatlips Castle

Castle

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Covington Parish Church

Church

Photo: David Hamilton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Biggar

Photo: Fox-Talbot, Public domain.

Biggar is a market town historically in Lanarkshire and now within Clydesdale. It's nowadays a commuter town for both Edinburgh and Glasgow, and in 2020 had a population of 2640. Its attractions are a rare combination: a gasworks museum and a puppet theatre.

New Lanark

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

New Lanark is a complex of cotton mills and associated village in Clydesdale, South West Scotland, founded in 1786 to take advantage of water power from the fast-descending River Clyde.

Symington

Village

Photo: frank smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Symington is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 3 miles southwest of Biggar, 10 miles east of Douglas and 13 miles southeast of Carluke. Geographical features near Symington include Tinto Hill, the Coulter Hills and the River Clyde.

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