Wishaw

Worth seeing in and around Wishaw

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.

1. 01
   Fir 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.

   3.9 km · football stadium in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Roman Catholic Diocese of Motherwell

   The Diocese of Motherwell is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Scotland.

   4.7 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the Scotland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Motherwell 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.

   4.7 km · church in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Dalzell 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.

   3.7 km · castle in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Cambusnethan House

   Cambusnethan House, or Cambusnethan Priory, in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, was designed by James Gillespie Graham and completed in 1820. It is listed on the Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland as a building facing "critical" risk, having been damaged by fire in the 1980s and since vandalized.

   2.7 km · country house in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Carfin 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.

   4.2 km · shrine in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Mauldslie Bridge

   Mauldslie Bridge is a three-segmental-arch bridge in Dalserf, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It crosses the River Clyde between the A72 road and the former location of Mauldslie Castle.

   4.9 km · bridge in South Lanarkshire, Scotland · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St. Ignatius Church

   St Ignatius Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the town of Wishaw in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, within the Diocese of Motherwell. The church building was constructed in 1865, and is a category A listed building.

   200 m · Catholic church in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   New 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.

   3.2 km · college in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Beltane 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.

    1 km · stadium in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Wishaw

Airports

Glasgow (GLA), 34 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 39 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 51 km

Stations

Motherwell railway station, 5.1 km · Merryton railway station, 4.6 km · Airbles railway station, 4.8 km · Cleland railway station, 3.4 km · Shieldmuir railway station, 2.5 km

• Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Wishaw

  53 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · £6–8
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• Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Wishaw

  170 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · £20–27
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• Aberdeen → Wishaw

  190 km · quickest by road, 3h 40m · £22–29
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No local-transport research exists yet for Wishaw

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 Wishaw. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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