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Attractions near Bellshill
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Motherwell Heritage Centre
(2 Miles)*
The main feature of the centre is the multi-media 'Technopolis' facility This takes the visitor from the arrival of the Romans in the area, through the rise and fall of heavy industry to the present day regeneration of the district. |
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Bothwell Castle
(3 Miles)*
Bothwell Castle is the largest and finest 13th century stone castle in Scotland, much fought over during the Wars of Independence. |
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Summerlee Industrial Museum
(3 Miles)*
The Heritage Park's 22 acres are based around the site of the 19th Century Summerlee Ironworks, a fore-runner in the use of what was at the time the ground-breaking hot blast iron smelting process that led Coatbridge to become known as the Iron Burgh. |
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Hunter House Heritage Centre
(6 Miles)*
Hunter House was home to John and William Hunter, famous medical brothers who were born and raised here in the 18th century. |
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Calderglen Country Park
(7 Miles)*
The Visitor Centre has an audio visual room, history room, gallery, souvenir shop and the unique 'Hidden Worlds' wildlife experience. There are over eight miles of nature trails at Calderglen, where nature lover and rambler alike can enjoy a walk. |
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National Museum of Rural Life Scotland
(9 Miles)*
Award winning exhibition building housing one of the most important rural collections in the UK. |
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People's Palace and Winter Gardens
(9 Miles)*
The People's Palace is Glasgow's social history museum, set in historic Glasgow Green. |
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Glasgow Cathedral
(9 Miles)*
Glasgow Cathedral is the only Scottish mainland medieval cathedral to have survived the Reformation complete (apart from its western towers). |
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St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
(9 Miles)*
The award-winning St Mungo Museum explores the importance of religion in people's lives and art across the world and across time. It aims to promote understanding and respect between people of different faiths and of none. |
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Glasgow Police Museum
(9 Miles)*
At the Glasgow Police Museum you have the unique opportunity to step into the compelling and dramatic history of the United Kingdom's oldest police force. |
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Scottish Football Museum - Hampden
(9 Miles)*
See more than 2500 exhibits in 14 galleries, walk amongst Scotland's footballing legends in the Hall Of Fame and take the Stadium tour……….it's who we are. |
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The Lighthouse
(9 Miles)*
The Lighthouse, Scotland's first, dedicated, national centre for architecture and design, was opened by HM Queen Elizabeth in 1999, a renamed, £13 million conversion of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's 1895 Glasgow Herald newspaper office. |
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Provand's Lordship
(9 Miles)*
Step back in time and discover a piece of Glasgow's history with a visit to the only medieval house in Glasgow. |
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Hutchesons' Hall
(9 Miles)*
The present building was designed and built in 1802-5 by David Hamilton and major reconstruction work by John Baird in 1876 resulted in today's impressive interior, with its elegant hall and staircase. |
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John Hastie Museum
(9 Miles)*
The displays focus on the life of the area including its agriculture and weaving history and the character of the community which has bred fervent Covenanters in the 1600s and a Radical Revolt in the 1800s. |
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