Lanark, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

Day 8 Inverary to Lanark
Apr 8, 2009 (3 photos)

... ), drove the M8 past Glascow (like the Darling Harbour expressway for grownups and on through a succession of gorgeous villages to Lanark. Lanark World Heritage Centre is a model mill town on the Clyde River with school, Institute for the Improvement of ...

An Autumn stroll
Oct 20, 2007 (12 photos)

... . Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law, Robert Own, a philanthropist and social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an epitome of utopian socialism. The New Lanark mills operated until 1968. It is one of ...

New Lanark
Jul 15, 2004 (3 photos)

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Craignethan Castle
Dec 28, 2008 (8 photos)

Craignethan Castle - The main wall was taken down, but the tower is in good shape. This castle is best known for the caponier in the moat area which enabled people to shoot at those trying to attack.

New Lanark & the Falls of Clyde
Dec 30, 2008 (6 photos)

At New Lanark, there are a bunch of mills along the river. I came down here to make the hike to the Falls of Clyde. But I thought I was dressed for the weather, but it got worse. After walking 1/2-3/4 of the way out to the falls, the sunny morning turned ...

New Lanark
May 14, 2002

This was a neat old place

Lockerbie to Lanark
Apr 26, 2006

Scotish Lowlands

New Lanark World Heritage Site
May 2, 2009 (10 photos)

... went back to the M6 and stopped at a service station on the M74 shortly after entering Scotland.   The drive from there to New Lanark was picturesque and trouble free.  I had my first cup of coffee and a slice of tea cake (fruit cake to me) in ...