Carfin
Carfin is a village in North Lanarkshire in the central lowlands of Scotland, situated to the north-east of Motherwell.

Carfin is a village in North Lanarkshire in the central lowlands of Scotland, situated to the north-east of Motherwell. Most local amenities are shared with the adjacent villages of Holytown, Newarthill and New Stevenston which have a combined population of around 20,000 across the four localities.
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Worth seeing in and around Carfin
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.
2.5 km · football stadium in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Roman Catholic Diocese of Motherwell
The Diocese of Motherwell is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Scotland.
1.7 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the Scotland · Wikipedia - 03Motherwell 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.
1.8 km · church in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 04Dalzell 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.
3.3 km · castle in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05Carfin Grotto
Carfin Lourdes Grotto is a Catholic shrine in Scotland dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes and created in the early twentieth century. The "Carfin Grotto", as the shrine is locally termed, was the brainchild of Canon Thomas N. Taylor, parish priest of St.
800 m · shrine in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Strathclyde Country Park
Strathclyde Country Park is a country park located on the outskirts of Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, named after the former Strathclyde region of Scotland. It is often commonly referred to as Strathclyde Park, or simply The Strathy.
3.7 km · country park in Lanarkshire, Scotland · Wikipedia - 07Beltane Park
Wishaw Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the town of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire. The club currently competes in the West of Scotland League Fourth Division.
3.6 km · stadium in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Dalziel Park
Dalziel Park is an area located between the villages of Carfin, Cleland and Newarthill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Other nearby settlements include the large town of Motherwell and the new town of Ravenscraig.
1.3 km · stadium in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 09New College Lanarkshire
New College Lanarkshire is a further education institution in Scotland in North Lanarkshire. The college was created in November 2013 from the merger of Cumbernauld College and Motherwell College, and in 2014 it absorbed Coatbridge College.
1.8 km · college in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 10Bellshill Central Parish church
Bellshill Central Parish Church is a Parish church of the Church of Scotland, serving the areas of Bellshill town centre, Mossend, Milnwood and Orbiston. It is within the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Hamilton.
3.8 km · church in Bellshill, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Carfin
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 30 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 41 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 51 km
- Stations
- Motherwell railway station, 2.1 km · Shieldmuir railway station, 2.6 km · Airbles railway station, 2.8 km · Cleland railway station, 3.4 km · Holytown railway station, 1.4 km
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Carfin40 km · quickest by road, 51 min · £4–5
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Carfin53 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £6–8
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Carfin175 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · £21–28
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No local-transport research exists yet for Carfin
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 Carfin. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextAdmirers of Burns should head for Ayr, while Ardrossan has ferries for the Isle of Arran.
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Next door to Carfin
Carfin is 20 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Motherwelltown in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK2.3 km
- Clelandvillage in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK3.2 km
- Holytownvillage in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK2.5 km
- Newarthillvillage in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK2.2 km
- New Stevenstonvillage in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK1.6 km
- Ravenscraigvillage in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK1 km