New Lanark World Heritage Site

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Heritage site in South Lanarkshire

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New Lanark is a World Heritage Site and was founded by the pioneering social reformer Robert Owen (1771–1858). It has an award-winning visitor centre and a beautifully restored eighteenth-century cotton mill. The village is nestled in a spectacular South Lanarkshire valley in southern Scotland, close to the Falls of Clyde and less than an hour from Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Visitor Centre, New Lanark, South Lanarkshire ML11 9DB Scotland

trust@newlanark.org

01555 661345

New Lanark is around an hour’s drive from Glasgow (25 miles/40 kms) or Edinburgh (35 miles/56 Kms) and is well sign-posted from all major routes. There are two trains every hour (one every hour at weekends) from Glasgow Central or Motherwell to Lanark Railway Station (1.5 miles/2.5 km from New Lanark). Local buses and taxis leave from the bus stance, adjacent to Lanark Railway Station and Lanark Visit Scotland Information Centre. There is a bus service between Buchanan Bus Station in Glasgow and Lanark. Please note this service does not run on a Sunday. New Lanark lies on a particularly attractive section of the Clyde Walkway, close to the Falls of Clyde.

http://www.newlanark.org/