Big Wood

Big Wood is a forest in , . Big Wood is situated near the village , as well as near the hamlet .

Places of Interest

Highlights: Craignethan Castle and Lee Castle.

Castle
Photo: Hugh Miller, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a ruined castle in , . It is located above the , a tributary of the , at NS816464.

Castle
Photo: John Preston Neale, Public domain.
, also known as The Lee, is a castellated mansion in Auchenglen, a branch of the in , Scotland. It is located 1.5 kilometres south of , and 4 kilometres north-west of .

Peak
The in is owned by the National Trust for Scotland. It overlooks the Clyde Valley, and is the location of a burial cairn from the Bronze Age and an Iron Age fortress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carluke and Lanark.

Photo: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town five miles north of Lanark with a population in 2020 of 13,810. is mostly a commuter town for the Glasgow-Motherwell industrial corridor.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a market town in , 28 miles southeast of Glasgow. Historically it was the county town of Lanarkshire, but that is nowadays Hamilton.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a complex of cotton mills and associated village in , , founded in 1786 to take advantage of water power from the fast-descending River Clyde.

Big Wood

Latitude
55.6906° or 55° 41′ 26″ north
Longitude
-3.8532° or 3° 51′ 12″ west
Open location code
9C7RM4RW+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 98588818
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Big Wood”.

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Hazelbank and Orchardville.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Clyde Valley Family Park’s Island and Clyde Valley Family Park.

Scotland: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Curious Forests to Discover

Uncover intriguing forests from every corner of the globe.