Avon Water
Avon Water is a river in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Avon Water is situated nearby to the quarter Terraces and Summerhouse, Barncluith, as well as near the locality Haughhead.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fir Park and New Douglas Park.
Fir Park
Stadium
Photo: Gregyscotland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fir Park Stadium is a football stadium situated in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The stadium plays host to the home matches of Scottish Premiership club Motherwell and was the temporary home of Gretna for the 2007–08 SPL season.
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.
Cadzow Castle
Castle
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cadzow Castle, now in ruins, was constructed between 1500 and 1550 at a site one mile south-east of the centre of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
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.
Avon Water
- Type: River
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.7693° or 55° 46′ 10″ northLongitude
-4.0213° or 4° 1′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C7QQX9H+PFOpenStreetMap ID
way 95699615OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=river
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