By car

Upper Clydesdale: Lanark to Crawford

A drive up the Clyde valley. It starts at Cartland Crags, where William Wallace is said to have hidden, and goes through Biggar, home of the great Hogmanay street bonfire, and Lamington, then Tinto Hill and Crawford, where Roman legionaries are said to march up Main Street.

5 stops · about 59.1 km · allow roughly 3 hrs 15 min

  1. 1
    Folklore & legend
    Wallace's Cave at Cartland Crags

    Cartland Crags, near Lanark

  2. 2
    Folklore & legend
    Burning the Old Year Out at Biggar

    High Street, Biggar

  3. 3
    Folklore & legend
    Marion Braidfute of Lamington, Wallace's Legendary Wife

    Lamington, near Biggar

  4. 4
    Folklore & legend
    The Kist and the Cup on Tintock Tap

    Tinto Hill (Tintock Tap), near Thankerton

  5. 5

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