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Attractions near Craignethan Castle
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Lanark Museum
(5 Miles)*
The Royal Burgh of Lanark Museum, situated near the centre of this busy market town, was established in 1990 and houses a collection of items which are used to illustrate the ancient and varied history of the town. |
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New Lanark World Heritage Site
(5 Miles)*
Over 200 years ago the beautiful sandstone cotton mills of New Lanark were founded in a dramatic gorge in Southern Scotland. Soon the village became known all over the world because of the work of mill owner and social pioneer Robert Owen. |
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John Hastie Museum
(6 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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Motherwell Heritage Centre
(8 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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Calderglen Country Park
(10 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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Bothwell Castle
(11 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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Hunter House Heritage Centre
(11 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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Summerlee Industrial Museum
(13 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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National Museum of Rural Life Scotland
(14 Miles)*
Award winning exhibition building housing one of the most important rural collections in the UK. |
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Polkemmet Country Park
(14 Miles)*
Discover a world of excitement at West Lothian's Polkemmet Country Park, where the clock has been turned back and a large area of neglected ground restored to its place as a focal point of the community. |
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Moat Park Heritage Centre
(15 Miles)*
History in the Moat Park is interpreted in an unusual way; here the visitor can see a series of detailed scale models depicting archaeological sites as they would have been seen at the time of their use. |
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Greenhill Covenanters House
(15 Miles)*
Greenhill is a place where time has been made to stand still taking us back from the time when King James VI travelled south of the border to his new kingdom to the time over a century later when the two kingdoms were united. |
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Gladstone Court Victorian Street Museum
(15 Miles)*
Children of all ages can stroll along the 'real' Victorian street and visit the small shops or perhaps sit in the schoolroom to recall the not so good old days. |
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Holmwood House
(16 Miles)*
Holmwood has been described as Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's finest domestic design. It was built in 1857-8 for James Couper who, with his brother Robert, owned Millholm Paper Mills on the banks of the River Cart. |
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Greenbank Garden
(16 Miles)*
Within easy reach of city dwellers, this unique walled garden contains a collection of designs of particular interest to suburban gardeners. These include a parterre layout, fountains and a woodland walk. |
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