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Terrain: Includes pavements next to quiet residential streets, and rougher overgrown paths behind the houses. Some short muddy patches.
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Make Your Way in Larkhall along the Colliery, Broomhill, Doon the Braes and Growers' Trails. The Make Your Way digital trails can give you the opportunity to explore your local area online, and then go out and find all the details and beauty of the Clyde and Avon Valley for yourself. These Larkhall trails take in gorgeous views, residential areas, paths, lanes, and woodland walks.

Explore points of heritage using the numbered Heritage Points in the MYW maps, referenced in the descriptions below. Members of Larkhall Heritage Group have offered their guidance and expertise verifying heritage information for these trails - find out more about the group below. See if you can spot the interactive pattern sliders, inspired by patterns used by traditional weavers, which have been installed along the four trails. Find out about the development of the pattern sliders by artist in residence Allison Smith in collaboration with the local community here.

Broomhill Trail

Total distance: 2.6km

Loops around the old site of Broomhill House, taking in residential areas around Millheugh, cutting between shopping facilties and Larkhall Academy to follow the old railway line towards exceptional views of the Larkhall Viaduct and out over Morgan Glen.

1. Start at Charing Cross and head up McNeil Street passing the train station on your right. Leaving from the cross (Heritage Point 31), you can see St. Machan's Parish Church (built 1835-36). Going further up McNeil Street you will see Raploch Street to your right. The site of Raploch Castle (Heritage Point 14) is to the left, adjacent to St. Mary’s Primary School.

2. Reaching Millheugh, from Millheugh Brae, access the crisscrossing paths near Tom Thumb Park. Tom Thumb Park (Heritage Point 7) so called because it was once home to a miniature replica of the Reverend John McMillan’s first church. Rv. McMillan lived at the nearby Braehead House (Heritage Point 9).

3. Behind the park, up the hill and following some rough tracks you will find the remains of Broomhill House. The much discussed Broomhill House (Heritage Point 35) dates from the 1600s and is owned by the Hamilton family. This ruin is now most notably associated with the ghost stories of the Black Lady. Back down at Millheugh, along the River Avon, you can see Millheugh Weir (Heritage Point 2) - originally built for the Bleachfields (Heritage Point 5) - and Millheugh Bridge (Heritage Point 3). Millheugh is one of the oldest parts of Larkhall.

4. Continue to the entrance of Morgan Glen. Instead of going through Morgan Glen, take a left up the hill towards the Braes. Walking beside the river, further back from the entrance to the Glen, the Isle of Kyle (Heritage Point 1) is said to have been where a visiting circus Elephant once bathed. Down in the Glen, the recently uncovered bandstand site (Heritage Point 8) contained the Broomhill Lion: a stone head of a Lion now removed to Hamilton for restoration.

5. Carry on up the hill for a terrific view across the valley, then loop round, following the former rail line between Larkhall Academy and shopping facilities. At the top of the hill you can get a superb view of the Larkhall Viaduct (Heritage Point 10), built circa 1904 and the highest railway bridge in Scotland. Walking back towards town, to the left is the site of Broomhill estate’s Chapel Rone (Heritage Point 15).

6. Going back into town, reach the the former Broomhill Arch, now the entrance to the Robert Smillie Memorial Park. This archway (Heritage Point 29) marks the former entrance to the Broomhill Estate, which would have taken in a long tree lined driveway to the house. It now commemorates Robert Smillie: local mining union leader and an instrumental figure in the early foundations of the Labour Party.

Growers' Trail

Total distance: 4.8km

Named for the Larkhall Community Growers, this trail takes in central green areas that are great for play and exploration. Linked through a number of residential areas, the route takes in the town centre and many amenities.

Doon the Braes

Total distance: 3.3km

Running round some of the most southerly residential streets in Larkhall, this trail threads between the back of houses overlooking Morgan Glen. It connects to the Glen via the ‘100 Steps’ and links Robert Smillie and Craigbank Primary Schools.

Colliery Trail

Total distance: 7.7km

This longer trail includes the National Cycle Route 74, and runs up between former quarry sites, passing through little gems of green space that offer a quick escape from the bustle of town life. 






Related Trails + Places 

Larkhall to Clyde Walkway – ‘The Monkey Road’

