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Motherwell is the headquarters for both North Lanarkshire Council, which is one of Scotland's most populous local authority areas, and of Police Scotland "Q" division. These organisations cover an overall population of 327,000 people (59,000 in Motherwell and Wishaw ) throughout the 183 square miles (470 km 2 ) of North Lanarkshire.
With four manuals it is the largest organ of any Roman Catholic church in the West of Scotland. The cathedral organist is John Pitcathely, who played the organ at both of the Papal visits to Scotland. The Motherwell Diocesan Choir sings at many of the major services in the cathedral and also sings at the 5.30pm vigil Mass on Saturdays. The ...
Motherwell FC was born on 17 May 1886, when representatives of the two main Motherwell works teams Glencairn FC and Alpha F.C. met in Baillie's pub in the town's Merry Street, and decided to merge the two teams with the aim of creating a club to represent the town as a whole at a higher footballing level. [2]
The facility was commissioned to replace the ageing Motherwell Town Hall in Hamilton Road. [2] After a period of rapid population expansion associated with the growth of the Ravenscraig steelworks, civic leaders decided to procure a purpose-built civic centre: the site selected at the corner of Airbles Road and Windmillhill Street had previously been occupied by residential properties with a ...
M&D's Scotland's Theme Park is an amusement park located in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.Bordering on Strathclyde Park, the park contains two operating rollercoasters, two water rides, several fairground rides, and a arcade, a theatre, Cosmic Bowl and an indoor tropical house, Amazonia.
Upload another image Motherwell, Manse Road, Old Dalzell Manse Including Coach House 55°46′20″N 3°59′13″W / 55.772211°N 3.986874°W / 55.772211; -3.986874 (Motherwell, Manse Road, Old Dalzell Manse Including Coach House) Category B 38241 Upload Photo Motherwell, South Calder Water, Jerviston Railway Viaduct 55°48′16″N 3°59′36″W / 55.804344°N 3. ...
Shotts, Allanton, Bonkle, Newmains, Wishaw, Coltness, Craigneuk, Forgewood, Motherwell The South Calder Water , known locally as " The Cawder ", or simply " Calder ", is a river in Scotland . It runs west from the high plateau between Shotts [ 1 ] and Fauldhouse to its joining with the much larger River Clyde .
The district was created in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across mainland Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Motherwell was one of nineteen districts created within the region of Strathclyde.