New Lanark - Local Information
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Local Attractions
New Lanark Mill Hotel Pool, Health & Fitness Centre is available to SYHA guests for just £5.50 per person. Bring your swimming costume!
Albion Museum and Archive
A small motor museum
9 Edinburgh Road, Biggar ML12 6AX
Biggar Gasworks Museum
Showroom, gasometers, cooling towers, purifiers, a coal house, retort house and wash house
Biggar Museum Trust
A fascinating glimpse of the history of this small town and its surrounding area
Brownsbank Cottage
Farm labourer's cottage which was the home of Hugh MacDiarmid from 1951 to 1978 Candymill, Biggar, South Lanarkshire ML12 6DT
Coulter Motte
A good example of a Norman castle mound, which would have been surmounted by a palisade and timber tower. 1.5m SW of Biggar
On A73 Biggar to Lanark road
Craignethan Castle
Very unusual castle on the spur of a ridge
Crawfordjohn Heritage Venture
The Old Church, Main Street, Crawfordjohn ML12 6SU
Douglas Heritage Museum
Highlighting village life, the Douglas family and the Cameronian Regiment
St Sophia’s, Bell’s Wynd, Douglas ML11 0QH
Gladstone Court Museum
Recreation of a Victorian street
North Back Road, Biggar ML12 6DT
Greenhill Covenanters' Museum
Burn Braes, Biggar ML12 6DT
John Buchan Museum
Old Free Kirk, Broughton
Lanark Museum
A collection of items which illustrate the ancient and varied history of the town
8 West Port, Lanark ML11 9HD
Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway
Britain's highest adhesion railway, reaching 1498 feet above sea level
The Station, Leadhills ML12 6XP
Leadhills Miners Library
The library was founded in 1741 and the Leadhills Reading Society is the oldest subscription library in the UK
15 Main Street Leadhills Biggar ML12 6XP
Little Sparta
Set in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, Little Sparta is Ian Hamilton Finlay’s greatest work of art
Little Sparta, Dunsyre, South Lanarkshire ML11 8NG
Moat Park Heritage Centre
All aspects of the upper part of Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Kirkstyle, Biggar ML12 6DT
Museum of Lead Mining
Visit a real lead mine, STB 4 Star Attraction
Wanlockhead, By Biggar ML12 6UT
New Lanark
Water powered mill complex and much more, STB 4 Star Visitor Attraction
Stobo Castle
Health Spa
Stobo, EH45 8NY
Wanlockhead Beam Engine
An early 19th-century wooden water-balance pump for draining a lead mine, with the track of a horse engine beside it
In Wanlockhead village
Eating & Drinking
JD Wetherspoon, The Clydesdale Inn
15 Bloomgate, Lanark, South Lanarkshire, ML11 9ET
Tel: 01555 678740
Crown Tavern
17-21 Hope Street, Lanark, Lanarkshire, ML11 7NE
Tel: 01555 664639
Prego
3 High Street, Lanark, ML11 7LU
Tel: 01555 666300
The Crook Inn
Tweedsmuir, ML12 6QN
Tel: 01899 880272
The Hopetoun Arms Hotel
A family friendly hotel offering good quality bar meals, afternoon teas, evening meals and food to take away
37 Main Street, Leadhills, Wanlockhead. ML12 6XP
Inn on the Loch
Restaurant & Bar Providing the best country Inn food in relaxed and pleasant surroundings
179 Hyndford Road, Lanark, ML11 9BJ
Ristorante
La Vigna. 40 Wellgate, Lanark, ML11 9DT
Tel: 01555 664320
Families
- Family & private rooms
- En-suite facilities
- Swimming pool and spa located in the village
- TV lounge
We understand better than anyone the implications of travelling with young children. That is why we are doing all we can to make your hostelling experience memorable for all the right reasons.
Children and families are welcome at all our hostels, although we have highlighted a number of hostels within our network as being “Family Hostels” as they are particularly well-suited to travelling with and entertaining younger children.
Family hostels not only have private rooms available, many with en-suite facilities, they also carry practical items such as travel cots, high chairs, microwaves and toys. In addition there is normally a TV and games room as well as extensive private gardens on site where the kids can let off some steam. Close to great attractions and activities, these family hostels offer a great base from which to explore the area. Our helpful staff are a great source of knowledge on places to visit and things to see and do.
Hostelling is a very friendly and relaxed way to travel and our ethos actively involves children.
Groups
New Lanark Visitor Centre
The fascinating history of the village is brought back to life in this award-winning attraction. Highlights include the magical New Millennium Experience ride and an audio-visual theatre show called 'Annie McLeod's Story', where the ghost of a mill-girl appears on stage.
New Lanark World Heritage Site, South Lanarkshire, ML11 9DB
Tel: 01555 661 345
Vikingar
The historical and action packed Viking Experience has costumed storytellers regaling visitors with tales of the Vikings in the West of Scotland
Barrfields, Greenock Road, Largs, Ayrshire, KA30 8QL
Tel: 01475 689 777
Wildlife
Kingfisher, dipper, grey wagtail, wood club-rush, great horsetail, peregrine falcon, badger, otter, heron.
Clyde Valley Woodlands NNR
This reserve features gorge woodland that’s typical of the Clyde Valley. The steep gorges have protected the rich mix of ash, oak and wych elm trees from felling and grazing. Near Lanark and Carluke
Falls of Clyde
Spectacular waterfalls in the wooded Clyde Gorge from a backdrop for all kinds of wildlife
Next door to New Lanark Heritage Village
Lower Nethan Gorge
Lined with densely wooded slopes and meadows the gorge holds some of the bestb semi-natural woodland still surviving in the Clyde valley
The reserve lies west of the village of Crossford 4 miles west north of Lanark
Walkers
Wildlife Walk - Falls of Clyde
The Falls of Clyde Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve covers 59 hectares.
Distance: 2.5km/1.6miles, Duration: 1hr, Height Gain: 15 metres/49.5 feet
Tinto Hill
The route leaeds you steeply up towards the summit standing at 707 metres.
Distance: 8km/5miles, Duration: 3 1/2hrs, Height Gain: 450 metres/1485 feet
Irvine Valley Walks - William Wallace Path
Take a short walk to a sculpture commemorating William Wallace's victory
Distance: 0.5km/0.3miles, Duration: 1/2hr, Height Gain: 10 metres/33 feet
Cora Linn
Walk to the beuatiful Cora Linn waterfalls which inspired William Wordsworth
2.5 miles
Disclaimer: All walking routes are hosted on external sites, therefore SYHA can hold no responsibility towards their accuracy. SYHA would also like to acknowledge the British Mountaineering Council Participation Statement: "The BMC recognises that climbing and mountaineering are activities with a danger of personal injury or death. Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions".
Brian Dunleavy, Manager
"The Falls of Clyde walk is excellent for all ages and if you want to get ready for your first Munro then Tinto, just 15 mins drive south is a good hill to get you started. Thanks to the biggest cairn in Scotland at the top it is the highest peak in Southern Scotland. Don’t forget to take a stone up with you to add to it!"