Braidwood is a small village near
Carluke
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, in
South Lanarkshire
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, Scotland. The medieval barony of Braidwood included the
Tower of Hallbar
The Tower of Hallbar, also known as Hallbar Tower and Braidwood Castle, is a 16th-century tower house, located to the west of the River Clyde in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The tower is situated above the Braidwood Burn, south-west of Carluk ...
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Braidwood House, former seat of
Lord Clydesmuir
Baron Clydesmuir, of Braidwood in the County of Lanark, Scotland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1948 for the Unionist politician John Colville. He served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1938 to 1940 ...
, is one of the major local landmarks. Over the years it has been a home for sufferers of
cerebral palsy run by
Capability Scotland
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and is now home to the South of Scotland offices of the
Forestry Commission. Braidwood House was also briefly home to the
Airborne Initiative
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, 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 However the programme's funding was subsequently withdrawn by the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
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documentary ''Chancers''.
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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. The "Nellfield Garage" petrol station is still functioning along with a shop.
Education
The village has one primary school which is a feeder to Carluke High School, the school educates some pupils from the village and mostly incomers from Carluke. The architecture of the old school building is noteworthy as it was in the shape of an alien spacecraft. This building was rebuilt to create a larger school in 2014.
Location
The village itself is situated in the Clyde Valley, around from the river Clyde. For a small village it has a good variety of signposted woodland footpaths in the valley, with unusual names such as Fiddler's Gill, and an attractive village duck pond, much used for picnics.
See also
*List of places in South Lanarkshire
''Map of places in South Lanarkshire compiled from this list''
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References
External links
Villages in South Lanarkshire
Clydesdale
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