Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire is a large traditional county in the central belt of Scotland. Almost landlocked, save for the banks of the River Clyde, the county is now largely covered by three council areas - Glasgow City, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.

Geography & Economy

Glasgow Cross, the historic heart of the city

Lanarkshire was once a large rural county, but much of the north is now urbanised by the huge sprawl of Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, and the nearby towns which have grown until they are almost indistinguishable from the suburban fringe of Glasgow. The south of the county, stretching through Strath Clyde is much more rural, and retains a lot of agricultural land. It is also an industrial corridor, however, started by mills on the banks of the Clyde, and propogated by the valley being an ideal corridor for the railway and later the main roads, up to the modern M74. Either side of the valley, the land climbs, around a series of side streams, to the hills of the Southern Uplands, where farming gives way to forestry and open moorland. Even here, though, wind farms provide a quasi-industrial aspect to the landscape.

Glasgow, of course, dominates the county, the huge urban area stretching way beyond Lanarkshires borders. The industrial and coal mining areas areas around Airdrie helped power the industrial growth of one of Britain's largest cities just as much as the docks and port of Glasgow itself on the Clyde. Today the city is a bustling, vibrant and cosmopolitan place, with pockets of deprivation contrasting with some very wealthy areas. To the south, East Kilbride, Hamilton and Motherwell are a mixture of over-expanded old towns and 'new town' suburbs which are slowly coalescing.

Roads

The B7086 near Strathaven

Needless to say, the vast urban area of Glasgow is well served by a network of Motorways, A and B roads. However, the further south in the county you go, the less developed the network is. The M74 corridor provides a key link from the south of the county to Glasgow, and indeed England, but getting to it is not always easy as some of the roads have only seen localised improvements, not even bypasses, in the last 50 or so years. The A702 is an important link from the motorway to Edinburgh, but the more important sounding A70, A72 and A73 can often be a slow slog through villages and urban areas only occasionally broken up by a burst through open countryside.

All non-trunk roads within the traditional county are maintained by South Lanarkshire Council, North Lanarkshire Council or Glasgow Council. The Trunk roads are managed by Transport Scotland and include the A8, A702, A725 and A726 as well as the motorway network. Improvements in 2016/7 to the A725 / M74 junction and approach routes will provide a boost to the local network, whilst the M74 and M8 completion works are also proving beneficial to traffic in Glasgow.

Route	From	To	Length
M8	Edinburgh, Midlothian	Bishopton, Renfrewshire	61 miles	View
M73	Birkenshaw, Lanarkshire	Moodiesburn, Lanarkshire	6 miles	View
M74	Glasgow	Abington, Lanarkshire	32.5 miles	View
M80	Glasgow	Bannockburn, Stirlingshire	25 miles	View
M81	Port Dundas	Milngavie		View
M82	Ruchazie	Drumry		View
M83	Provanmill	Cardonald		View
A8(M)	Baillieston Interchange (M8, M73)	Swinton Roundabout (A8, A89)	0.17 miles	View
A74(M)	Abington	Gretna	48.5 miles	View
A8	Edinburgh	Greenock	68.8 miles	View
A70	Edinburgh	Ayr	75.5 miles	View
A71	Edinburgh	Irvine	67.6 miles	View
A72	Hamilton	Galashiels	52.2 miles	View
A73	Roberton	Cumbernauld	38.1 miles	View
A74	Glasgow	Uddingston	7.1 miles	View
A77	Glasgow	Portpatrick	91.7 miles	View
A80	Glasgow	Mollinsburn	7.2 miles	View
A81	Glasgow	Callander	35 miles	View
A82	Glasgow	Inverness	167 miles	View
A89	Glasgow	Newbridge	35.5 miles	View
A702	Edinburgh	St John's Town of Dalry	83 miles	View
A706	Borrowstounness	Lanark	28.5 miles	View
A720	Roberton	Symington	7.2 miles	View
A721	Maryville	Kirkdean	34.0 miles	View
A722	Wishaw	Newmains	1.83 miles	View
A723	Strathaven	Holytown	12.7 miles	View
A724	Rutherglen	Hamilton	8.3 miles	View
A725	Coatbridge	East Kilbride	11.0 miles	View
A726	Strathaven	Erskine	31.2 miles	View
A727	Darnley	Philipshill Interchange	5.4 miles	View
A727	Glasgow	Clarkston Toll	5 miles	View
A728	Parkhead / Gorbals, Glasgow	King's Park	2.6 + 2 miles	View
A729	Pollokshaws Road	Laurieston Road	0.1 miles	View
A730	Gorbals Cross, Glasgow	Burnside	4.2 miles	View
A731	Bridgeton	Richmond Park, Glasgow	0.75 miles	View
A732	Gorbals Cross	Mount Vernon	5.3 miles	View
A736	Braehead	Irvine	24.1 miles	View
A739	Craigton, Cardonald	Canniesburn Toll, Bearsden	5.0 miles	View
A743	Lanark	Ravenstruther	2.8 miles	View
A744	Strathaven	Kirkfieldbank	10.7 miles	View
A749	East Kilbride	Glasgow	7.0 miles	View
A752	Thorniewood	Muirhead	7.2 miles	View
A753	Carnwath	Kirkdean	10.0 miles	View
A754	Carluke	Carstairs	6.5 miles	View
A754	Braehead	Nitshill	3.5 miles	View
A761	Port Glasgow	Glasgow	19.1 miles	View
A763	Carmyle, Glasgow	Cambuslang	1.4 miles	View
A775	Bellshill	Newhouse	3.9 miles	View
A776	East Kilbride	Burnbank	4.4 miles	View
A802	Glasgow city centre	Parkhead	2.8 miles	View
A803	Glasgow	Champany	33.3 miles	View
A804	Anderston	Townhead	2.5 miles	View
A804	Kelvingrove, Glasgow	Townhead, Glasgow	2.2 miles	View
A805	St. Enoch, Glasgow	Cowcaddens, Glasgow	0.6 miles	View
A806	Kirkintilloch	Stepps	3.9 miles	View
A806	Canniesburn Toll	Scotstoun	3.0 miles	View
A807	Milngavie	Torrance	5.0 miles	View
A814	Glasgow	Arrochar	40.0 miles	View
A876	Glasgow	Bowling	10.9 miles	View
A879	Glasgow	Allander Toll	4.5 miles	View
A7071	Raith Interchange	Hamilton Road	0.2 miles	View
A8010	Coatdyke	Rawyards	1.4 miles	View
B714	Carnwath	Kirkdean	9.9 miles	View
B715	Headless Cross	Forth	4.1 miles	View
B715	Ravenstruther	Lanark	2.8 miles	View
B716	Croftfoot	Newton	6.3 miles	View
B716	Carluke	Carstairs	6.5 miles	View
B717	West Tarbrax	Harthill	4.4 miles	View
B718	Harthill	Blackridge	1.8 miles	View
B740	Crawick	Thirstone	13.7 miles	View
B743	Prestwick	Strathaven	36.4 miles	View
B743	Strathaven	Hazelbank	10.6 miles	View
B744	Muirkirk	Rutherglen	27.5 miles	View
B745	Drumclog	Dungavel	2.1 miles	View
B752	Clark Street	Carlisle Road	0.4 miles	View
B753	Coatbridge	Coatdyke	2.0 miles	View
B754	Motherwell	Overtown	5.1 miles	View
B755	Hamilton	Cadzow	1.5 miles	View
B756	Uddingston	Fallside	1.1 miles	View
B757	Auchinloch	Milton of Campsie	4.2 miles	View
B758	Blantyre	Uddingston	3.5 miles	View
B759	Busby	Cambuslang	5.2 miles	View
B760	Silverbank, Cambuslang	Burnside, Cambuslang	1 mile	View
B760	Cambuslang	Tollcross, Glasgow	1.8 miles	View
B761	College Milton	East Mains	1.9 miles	View
B761	Carmyle	Fullarton	0.2 miles	View
B762	Hurlet	Eastfield	8.4 miles	View
B762	Braidfauld	Shettleston	1.0 mile	View
B763	Dennistoun	Shawlands	4.5 miles	View
B763	Dalmarnock	Parkhead	1.3 miles	View
B764	Peel Park, East Kilbride	Eaglesham	3.7 miles	View
B765	Carmyle, Glasgow	Auchinairn	6.3 miles	View
B765	Rutherglen	Govanhill	2.1 miles	View
B766	Battlefield, Glasgow	Thorntonhall	3.3 miles	View
B767	Cathcart, Glasgow	Eaglesham	5.5 miles	View
B768	Ibrox, Glasgow	Eastfield	5.8 miles	View
B770	Renfrew	Nitshill	3.6 miles	View
B783	East Kilbride	Westwood	1.2 miles	View
B797	Abington	Mennock	14.8 miles	View
B799	Chapelhall	Motherwell	4.0 miles	View
B801	Clarkston	Coatbridge	2.4 miles	View
B802	Kilsyth	Chapelhall	12.3 miles	View
B803	Falkirk	Coatbridge	16.3 miles	View
B804	Coatbridge	Gartcosh	4.2 miles	View
B805	Shettleston	Baillieston	2.7 miles	View
B806	Gartcosh	Ruchazie	3.3 miles	View
B807	Alexandra Parade	Duke Street	0.4 miles	View
B808	Partick	Springburn	3.6 miles	View
B808	Millerston	St Rollox	2.6 miles	View
B809	Trongate	Buchanan Street	0.4 miles	View
B810	Glasgow	Anniesland	2.9 miles	View
B811	Great Western Road	Garscube Road	0.6 miles	View
B812	Colston	Boghead	3.2 miles	View
B812	Glasgow	Bardowie	4.2 miles	View
B813	Partick	Anniesland	1.6 miles	View
B819	Cadder	Muirhead	5.4 miles	View
B825	Caldercruix	Linlithgow Bridge	12.8 miles	View
B860	Paisley Road, Glasgow	Shieldhall	3.7 miles	View
B7001	Birkenshaw	Bellshill	2.7 miles	View
B7010	Stane	Longridge	5.6 miles	View
B7011	Wildmanbridge	Garrion Tower	5.5 miles	View
B7011	Green Street	Bridge Street	0.2 miles	View
B7012	Bothwell Bridge	Crossbasket	3.6 miles	View
B7016	Rootpark	Broughton	19.0 miles	View
B7017	High Street	Hyndford Road	0.28 miles	View
B7018	Lesmahagow	Kirkfieldbank	4.4 miles	View
B7019	Shawsburn	Larkhall	1.6 miles	View
B7028	Chapelhall	Holytown	1.1 miles	View
B7029	Mossend	Bellside	5.4 miles	View
B7032	Wishaw	Netherton	0.68 miles	View
B7033	Main Street	Kirk Road	0.3 miles	View
B7039	Crossford	Harestanes	2.1 miles	View
B7040	Leadhills	Elvanfoot	4.6 miles	View
B7053	Shettleston	Millerston	2.4 miles	View
B7055	Rigside	Lamington	7.3 miles	View
B7056	Crossford	Netherton	7.8 miles	View
B7057	Easter Baton	Blairmains	1.4 miles	View
B7058	Garrowhill	Mount Vernon	1.4 miles	View
B7058	Petersburn	Rawyards	2.4 miles	View
B7066	Carfin	Whitburn	12.5 miles	View
B7070	Orbiston	Shawhead	2.1 miles	View
B7071	Hamilton	Tannochside	4.5 miles	View
B7076	Gretna	Elvanfoot	44.5 miles	View
B7078	Abington	Merryton	23.2 miles	View
B7086	Strathaven	Hazelbank	10.6 miles	View
B8039	Riggend	Central Way, Cumbernauld	2.7 miles	View
B8049	Hillfoot	Allander Toll	1.9 miles	View
B8053	Clark Street	Aitken Street	0.5 miles	View
B8058	Rawyards, Airdrie	Calderbank	2.9 miles	View
C98	Motherwell Road	Hamilton Road	0.3 miles	View
C153	East Kilbride Road	Burnside Road	0.5 miles	View
C209	High Street	Kirkstyle	0.05 miles	View
T12	London	Inverness		View
T27	Edinburgh	Glasgow		View
T28	Gretna	Stirling		View
T89	West of Biggar	Edinburgh		View
T90	Abington	Cumbernauld		View
T91	Glasgow	Monkton		View

Key

Motorway

Primary Route

Non Primary Route

Former Motorway

Defunct Route

E Road

Future Motorway

Future Primary

Future Non Primary

Historical Route

Tourist Route

Roman Road

Unbuilt Motorway

Unbuilt Primary

Unbuilt Non Primary

National Cycle Network

Cycle Route

Eurovelo Cycle Route

Junctions

Main Article: Junctions in Lanarkshire

Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Crossings in Lanarkshire