Wishaw South was one of two stations that served the town of Wishaw in Scotland between 1841 and 1958, the other station being Wishaw Central. It was on the Caledonian Main Line, which was later known as the West Coast Main Line.
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Pather is a suburb of Wishaw, Scotland and was initially built as a council estate. It is situated around ½ miles from the town centre.
Pather can be entered by vehicle from Caledonian Road into either Lomond Drive or Tarbert Avenue. Pedestrian access is also available from Dimsdale at the top of the estate and from Thornlie Gill onto Lomond Drive as well as at The Tunnel area on Caladonian Road. Back road walks to and from Overtown and Gowkthrapple are also available.
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Wishaw railway station is a railway station in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Wishaw Deviation Line just south of the single track link line which connects to the West Coast Main Line at Shieldmuir.
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Gowkthrapple is a small neighbourhood of Wishaw, Scotland, situated around 3⁄4 miles from the town centre. The name "Gowkthrapple" is a Scots compound word made up of "gowk", meaning "idiot" or "cuckoo" and "thrapple", meaning "throat" or "strangle". One theory of how the community gained its name is that there was a woodland here which was notable for cuckoos. Gowkthrapple can be entered off of Castlehill Road which runs the length of the estate. Formerly an industrial area, associated with the Pather Iron and Steel Works and then Smith's clock factory, which opened in 1951. This closed in the 1970s, although the premises remain standing on Smith Avenue and have been reused as Garrion Business Park. In mid 2020, Gowkthrapple had an estimated population of 1,040.
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South Wishaw Parish Church is a parish church of the Church of Scotland, serving the southern area of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire. It is within the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Forth Valley and Clydesdale.
History
The station opened on 20 March 1841, on the same day as Overtown station, by the Wishaw and Coltness Railway. It was situated 16 miles (26 km) south of Glasgow on the West Coast Main Line and was on an embankment. There was also a goods yard that was at ground level with the station, which was used as an oil depot. This was later closed. The station closed in 1958.