Braidwood, South Lanarkshire

Braidwood
Braidwood is located in South Lanarkshire
Braidwood
Braidwood
Location within South Lanarkshire
Population590 (2022)[1]
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLANARK
Postcode districtML11
Dialling code01555
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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55°42′38″N 3°50′44″W / 55.710607°N 3.845609°W / 55.710607; -3.845609

Braidwood is a small village near Carluke, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The medieval barony of Braidwood included the Tower of Hallbar.[2]

Braidwood House, former seat of Lord Clydesmuir, is one of the major local landmarks. Over the years it has been a home for sufferers of cerebral palsy run by Capability Scotland and is now home to the South of Scotland offices of the Forestry Commission. Braidwood House was also briefly home to the Airborne Initiative, formerly of Glengonnar outside Abington, who specialised in outward-bound style training for young offenders. However the programme's funding was subsequently withdrawn by the Scottish Executive in 2004, after the airing of a controversial BBC Scotland documentary Chancers.[3][4][5] The building has now fallen into disrepair, but there is still a small animal cemetery in the overgrown house grounds.

Many houses have been built in Braidwood in the past couple of years, primarily on the former sites of the vehicle dismantlers of Alan Gray at Nellfield. New buildings are also being constructed beside the Beanshields road. The "Nellfield Garage" petrol station (now owned by Penny Petroleum) is still functioning along with a shop.

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Braidwood: Overview". Gazetteer for Scotland.
  3. ^ Anger at 'war on neds' BBC series, Stephen Khan, The Guardian, 28 September 2003
  4. ^ 'Boot camp' closure attacked, BBC News, 15 February 2004
  5. ^ Emotional end for Airborne offenders' project, The Scotsman, 29 July 2004