Country Scotland Post town LANARK Police Scottish Local time Thursday 1:20 PM Council area South Lanarkshire UK parliament constituency Lanark and Hamilton East | Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district ML11 Fire Scottish Dialling code 01555 Scottish parliament Clydesdale | |
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Braidwood is a small village near Carluke, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The medieval barony of Braidwood included the Tower of Hallbar.
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Map of Braidwood, Carluke, UK
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 However the Airborne's funding was subsequently withdrawn by the Scottish Executive, after the airing of a controversial BBC documentary Chancers.
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 successfully along with an extremely popular 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 building is noteworthy as it is in the shape of an alien spacecraft.
Location
The village itself is situated on the clyde valley, around 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) from the river Clyde.