New Lanark

One of our reasons for breaking our journey home in central southern Scotland was to visit New Lanark.

It was built as a cotton mill town at the end of the 19th century in the valley of the River Clyde. Housing and education was provided for the mill workers and was the model followed by other philanthropists who built Saltaire and Port Sunlight.

The last mill finally closed in 1968 and most of the buildings at that time were in a state of disrepair. In the early '70's a trust began to save the village. Although there are some tenancies and privately owned properties a lot of the site is run as a museum and visitor facility rather than a living town or village as Saltaire is. Some of the houses - the 'Wee Row' is a Youth Hostel and where Mill one was which burned down, anew hotel has been built in keeping with the other buildings. We stayed about three hours and it was well worth the visit.

The blip is in the 'New Building' built in 1798 which houses the mill workers house as it would have been in 1820 and 1930 but also have privately owned flats. I couldn't resist this. Having just left the Western Highlands it seemed appropriate.
Here is an over view of some of the site New Lanark - Mill 3 and the new Hotel in the backround You can also see a roof garden on top of Mill 3

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