South Lanarkshire is served by the South Lanarkshire Council. The council has its headquarters in Hamilton, has 16,000 employees, and a budget of almost £1bn.
south, lanarkshire, scots, sooth, lanrikshire, scottish, gaelic, siorrachd, lannraig, deas, unitary, authorities, scotland, borders, south, east, glasgow, city, council, area, contains, some, greater, glasgow, suburban, towns, well, many, rural, towns, village. South Lanarkshire Scots Sooth Lanrikshire Scottish Gaelic Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas is one of 32 unitary authorities of Scotland It borders the south east of the Glasgow City council area and contains some of Greater Glasgow s suburban towns as well as many rural towns and villages It also shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway East Ayrshire East Renfrewshire North Lanarkshire the Scottish Borders and West Lothian It includes most of the historic county of Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire Scots Sooth LanrikshireScottish Gaelic Siorrachd Lannraig a DeasCoat of armsCouncil logoCoordinates 55 36 N 3 47 W 55 600 N 3 783 W 55 600 3 783Sovereign stateUnited KingdomCountryScotlandLieutenancy areaLanarkshireAdmin HQHamiltonGovernment BodySouth Lanarkshire Council ControlLabour minority council NOC MPsDavid Mundell Dumfriesshire Clydesdale and Tweeddale Lisa Cameron East Kilbride Strathaven and Lesmahagow Angela Crawley Lanark and Hamilton East Michael Shanks Rutherglen and Hamilton West MSPsMairi McAllan Clydesdale Collette Stevenson East Kilbride Christina McKelvie Hamilton Larkhall and Stonehouse Clare Haughey Rutherglen Stephanie Callaghan Uddingston and Bellshill Area Total684 sq mi 1 772 km2 RankRanked 11thPopulation 2021 Total322 630 RankRanked 5th Density470 sq mi 180 km2 ONS codeS12000029ISO 3166 codeGB SLKLargest townEast KilbrideLargest urban areaHamilton South LanarkshireWebsitewww wbr southlanarkshire wbr gov wbr uk Contents 1 Governance 2 Geography 3 Settlements 3 1 Other settlements 4 Places of interest 5 Tertiary education 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksGovernance editMain article South Lanarkshire Council South Lanarkshire is served by the South Lanarkshire Council The council has its headquarters in Hamilton has 16 000 employees and a budget of almost 1bn Geography editThe large and varied geographical territory takes in rural and upland areas market towns such as Lanark Strathaven and Carluke the urban burghs of Rutherglen Cambuslang and East Kilbride which was Scotland s first new town Settlements edit nbsp nbsp East Kilbride nbsp Hamilton nbsp Rutherglen nbsp Cambuslang nbsp Blantyre nbsp Larkhall nbsp Carluke nbsp Lanark nbsp Strathaven nbsp Bothwell nbsp Uddingston nbsp Stonehouse nbsp Kirkmuirhill nbsp Lesmahagow nbsp Law nbsp BiggarNorth LanarkshireWest LothianScottish BordersDumfries and GallowayEast AyrshireEast Renfrew Glasgowclass notpageimage The largest settlements in South Lanarkshire Largest settlements by population Settlement Population mid 2020 est 1 East Kilbride 75 310Hamilton 54 480Rutherglen 30 950Cambuslang 30 790Blantyre 16 800Larkhall 15 030Carluke 13 810Lanark 8 880Strathaven 8 090Bothwell 6 870Uddingston 6 300Stonehouse 5 550Kirkmuirhill and Blackwood 4 380Lesmahagow 4 300Law 3 090Biggar 2 640Other settlements edit Main article List of places in South LanarkshirePlaces of interest editBothwell Castle Calderglen Country Park East Kilbride Chatelherault Country Park Hamilton including Cadzow Castle Clyde Valley Craignethan Castle David Livingstone Centre Blantyre Dollan Aqua Centre East Kilbride Falls of Clyde Hamilton Mausoleum James Hamilton Heritage Park East Kilbride John Hastie Museum Strathaven Lanark Loch Little Sparta near Dunsyre near Lanark Low Parks Museum Hamilton New Lanark a World Heritage Site Rutherglen Town Hall and medieval church tower Sites of the Battle of Drumclog and the Battle of Bothwell Bridge Strathaven Castle Wilsontown IronworksTertiary education editSouth Lanarkshire College University of the West of Scotland formerly Bell College University Of Paisley See also editList of Category A listed buildings in South Lanarkshire Routes To Work South Scheduled monuments in South LanarkshireReferences edit Mid 2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland National Records of Scotland 31 March 2022 Retrieved 31 March 2022 External links editSouth Lanarkshire Council homepage South Lanarkshire at Curlie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title South Lanarkshire amp oldid 1194141277, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
