South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Get to know the town through its streets, its people and the places worth a visit.
Explore Blantyre
At Redlees, paths pass a former quarry pond and the remains of a wartime anti-aircraft battery. For a riverside walk, follow the Rotten Calder through Greenhall, Millheugh and Barnhill.
Redlees visitor information
Explore the Rotten Calder reserve
Blantyre railway station is on Station Road in Low Blantyre. Check departures and station accessibility with National Rail, or plan a journey by bus with Traveline Scotland.
Start at Shuttle Row, built to house workers at the Blantyre cotton mills. It is where David Livingstone was born in 1813 and where the museum now tells his story.
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This view of the station from 6 October 1961 looks north-west towards Newton and Glasgow. The Low Blantyre station opened on the Glasgow–Hamilton route in 1849. High Blantyre had a separate station on the Strathaven line.
In this aerial view from 2018, Blantyre fills the foreground and Bothwell Castle lies across the river. The Clyde also shaped the town on the ground. Cotton mills grew up on its banks, alongside the workers’ settlement at Low Blantyre.
We brought together historical maps, parish accounts, photographs and council records so readers can follow the story of a place and see where it came from. Where accounts disagree, the research keeps those differences visible. Sketches are based on credited photographs and are shown as illustrations.