Barncluith
Barncluith is an area of Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Barncluith is an area of Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Barncluith forms the south-eastern part of the town, between the urban centre and the Avon Water. It lies either side of Carlisle Road (A72), which leads out of Hamilton to Chatelherault Country Park, Larkhall and the Clyde Valley. The name derives from "Baron's Cleugh", a cleugh being a ravine.
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Worth seeing in and around Barncluith
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Fir Park
Fir Park Stadium is a football stadium situated in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The stadium plays host to the home matches of Scottish Premiership club Motherwell and was the temporary home of Gretna for the 2007–08 SPL season.
3.2 km · football stadium in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02New Douglas Park
New Douglas Park, also known as The Hamilton Community Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, which serves as the home to Scottish League One side Hamilton Academical, as well as the current home of Scottish League One side Clyde. It takes its name from Douglas Park, the Accies' former stadium which was located immediately to the south of the current site.
2.6 km · football stadium in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Roman Catholic Diocese of Motherwell
The Diocese of Motherwell is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Scotland.
3.6 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the Scotland · Wikipedia - 04Motherwell Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Good Aid, popularly known as Motherwell Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in the town of Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the seat of the Bishop of Motherwell and the mother church of the Diocese of Motherwell.
3.6 km · church in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05Hamilton Palace
Hamilton Palace was a country house in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was the seat of the Dukes of Hamilton and is widely acknowledged as having been one of the grandest houses in the British Isles.
1.4 km · building in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Dalzell House
Dalzell House is a historic house in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located to the south of the town, on the north bank of the River Clyde.
3 km · castle in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07M&D's
M&D's is an amusement park located in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Bordering on Strathclyde Park, the park contains two rollercoasters, one water ride, several fairground rides, an arcade, a theatre, Cosmic Bowl and an indoor tropical house, Amazonia.
3.7 km · theme park in Motherwell, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Cadzow Castle
Cadzow Castle, now in ruins, was constructed between 1500 and 1550 at a site one mile south-east of the centre of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The earlier medieval settlement of Hamilton was formerly known as Cadzow or Cadyou, until it was renamed in 1455 in honour of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton.
900 m · castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 09Low Parks Museum
The Low Parks Museum is located in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland and traces the local history of South Lanarkshire through numerous exhibits on provincial industries and events of local historical importance.
1.5 km · museum in Hamilton, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Hamilton Old Parish Church
Hamilton Old Parish Church is a Church of Scotland parish church serving part of the Burgh of Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is notable for its Georgian architecture and the church and grounds are Category A listed.
1.2 km · church building in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Barncluith
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 28 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 46 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 46 km
- Stations
- Motherwell railway station, 3.3 km · Merryton railway station, 3.7 km · Airbles railway station, 2.6 km · Hamilton Central railway station, 1 km · Hamilton West railway station, 2.3 km
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Barncluith48 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · £6–8
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Barncluith57 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £8–10
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Barncluith176 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · £20–27
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No local-transport research exists yet for Barncluith
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Barncluith. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextAyr has the birthplace of Robert Burns in Alloway, and Ardrossan has ferries to the charming Isle of Arran.
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If you know how people move in Barncluith – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
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Barncluith is 18 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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