What is Lanark?
{{about|the town in Scotland|other uses|Lanark (disambiguation)}} {{infobox UK place | country = Scotland | official_name = The Royal Burgh of Lanark | gaelic_name = Lannraig | scots_name = Lanrik | static_image_name = High Street, Lanark (2006).jpg | static_image_caption = ''Lanark High Street, August 2006'' | population = 8,253 | population_ref = <ref name=2001census>{{cite web|title=Comparative Population Profile: Lanark Locality, Scotland|url=http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainArea=lanark&mainLevel=Locality|work=2001 Scottish Census|publisher=General Register Office for Scotland|accessdate=30 September 2011|archive-date=4 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404163736/http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainArea=lanark&mainLevel=Locality|url-status=dead}}</ref> | os_grid_reference = NS8843 | coordinates = {{coord|55.674903|-3.777019|display=inline,title}} | unitary_scotland = [[South Lanarkshire]] | lieutenancy_scotland = [[Lanarkshire]] | constituency_westminster = [[Lanark and Hamilton East (UK Parliament constituency)|Lanark and Hamilton East]] | constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Clydesdale]] | post_town = LANARK | postcode_district = ML11 | postcode_area = ML | dial_code = 01555 | edinburgh_distance = 29.5 miles | london_distance = 325 miles }} '''Lanark''' is a [[town]] in [[South Lanarkshire]], [[Scotland]]. It is close to [[Carluke]] and [[Biggar, South Lanarkshire|Biggar]]. Lanark is approximately 40 miles from [[Edinburgh]], the capital of [[Scotland]]. [[William Wallace]] once lived there. There is a [[statue]] of Wallace on the town [[church]]. A [[commem