Auchlochan
{{Short description|Hamlet in Scotland}}
{{Distinguish|Aucha Lochy}}
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Auchlochan is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the River Nethan and is located near the villages of Birkwood, Braehead and Coalburn. The nearest village being Coalburn Right next to Hollandbush Golf Course built on Hollandbush farm coalburn .{{Cite web|date=22 September 2020|title= Teenager Jack Frame killed by drunk driver who had taken drugs|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-54250315 |url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 June 2021|website=BBC News}}
History
From 1890 to 1968 they were several collieries in the area known as the Auchlochan Collieries.{{Cite web|date=|title= The Auchlochan Collieries |url= http://www.coalburnheritage.org.uk/coalburnhistauchpits.php |url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 June 2021|website=Coalburn Heritage}}{{Cite web|date=|title= Housing Conditions of Miners |url= http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/428.html |url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 June 2021|website=Scottish Mining Website}} From 1907 to 1965 there was a railway station called Auchlochan Platform railway station.{{cn|date=May 2022|reason=WP:SPS/WP:UGC bad source removed}}
Overview
There is a MHA retirement village.{{Cite web|date=|title= Auchlochan Garden Village |url= https://auchlochan.mha.org.uk/ |url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 June 2021|website= Auchlochan Garden Village}}
As well as a golf club in coalburn.{{Cite web|date=|title= Welcome to Hollandbush Golf Club |url= http://www.hollandbushgolfclub.co.uk/ |url-status=|archive-url=| archive-date=|access-date=13 June 2021|website= Hollandbush Golf Club}}
Notable residents
- Ivy Wallace (1915–2006), author and illustrator
- George Patterson (1920–2012), engineer and missionary{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/medicine-obituaries/9799200/George-Patterson.html |title=George Patterson |newspaper=The Telegraph|date=2013-01-13 |accessdate=2013-01-14}}
See also
{{commons category|Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire}}
{{South Lanarkshire Settlements}}
References
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Category:Villages in South Lanarkshire
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