Visit Newmains Places

Welcome to Visit Newmains Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Newmains

  

Newmains Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Newmains

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Newmains history

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The Coltness Iron Works was established in 1837 by industrialist, Henry Houldsworth. He decided to diversify into minerals after foreseeing the demise of the once booming cotton industry. Coltness works survived until very recently as a railway sleeper manufacturing facility for Tarmac.

You can visit Newmains places with Walkfo Newmains to hear history at Newmains’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Newmains has 24 places to visit in our interactive Newmains map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Newmains, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Newmains places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Newmains & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 24 audio facts unique to Newmains places in an interactive Newmains map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Newmains Places Map
24 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Newmains tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Newmains

  

Best Newmains places to visit

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Newmains has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Newmains’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Newmains’s information audio spots:

Cambusnethan Cambusnethan is a large village and suburb on the eastern edge of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire in Scotland. It is approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, straddling both sides of the A722 on a hill overlooking Wishaw.

South Wishaw Parish Church South Wishaw Parish Church is a Parish church of the Church of Scotland. It serves the Southern area of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, serving the southern part of the town centre.

Gowkthrapple Gowkthrapple is a small neighbourhood of Wishaw, Scotland, situated around 3/4 miles (1.2 km) from the town centre. Formerly an industrial area, associated with the Pather Iron and Steel Works and Smith’s clock factory, which opened in 1951.

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