Wishaw

This article covers the Scottish town of Wishaw. For the English town in Warwickshire see Wishaw (England) , for the former Scottish whiskey distillery see Clydesdale (whiskey distillery) .

Wishaw
Wishaw main street
Coordinates	55 ° 46 ′  N , 3 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 46 ′  N , 3 ° 56 ′  W
Wishaw
Residents	30,391 2011 census
administration
Post town	WISHAW
ZIP code section	ML2
prefix	01698
Part of the country	Scotland
Council area	North Lanarkshire
British Parliament	Motherwell and Wishaw
Scottish Parliament	Motherwell and Wishaw

Wishaw is a town in the Scottish Council Area of North Lanarkshire . It is located in the valley of the River Clyde about 23 km southeast of Glasgow and 50 km southwest of Edinburgh . In 2011, Wishaw had 30,391 residents.

history

The town of Wishaw developed in the 19th and 20th centuries from the small weavers' settlement Wishawtoun , which arose on an old Roman road. The coal and steel industries provided impetus for growth. By 1992, however, all iron and steel works closed. Between 1825 and 1919 Wishaw was the location of the Clydesdale whiskey distillery . Their warehouses were used until the mid-1980s after the closure.

traffic

Wishaw Railway Station

Wishaw is connected to the trunk road network by the A71 , which runs approximately two kilometers to the south-east and connects Kilmarnock with Edinburgh. The M74 leading from Glasgow to the Scottish-English border runs about four kilometers southwest; the M8 about eight kilometers north.

Wishaw has two train stations, Wishaw and Shieldmuir . Wishaw Station was opened as Wishaw Central in 1880 and is now regularly served on the Argyle Line and the North Berwick Line of First ScotRail . Shieldmuir is on the West Coast Main Line , but is not served by long-distance trains. It is also served by the Argyle Line.

Glasgow Airport is around 35 km away and Edinburgh Airport is around 42 km away and there are two international airports close to the city.

sons and daughters of the town

• William John Hamilton (1805-1867), geologist
• Thomas Joseph Winning (1925–2001), former Archbishop of Glasgow
• Thomas Megahy (1929–2008), politician
• John Cleland (born 1952), racing driver
• John Higgins (* 1975), four-time world snooker champion
• Chris Totten (* 1998), European snooker champion

Web links

Commons : Wishaw  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census
2. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
3. ↑ Ulf Buxrud: Lost Scotch Malt Whiskey Distilleries 1888–1945 , 2000 ( Memento from April 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )