Castle · 0.9 km off the route
Cadzow Castle
Castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Supergolden assumed (based on copyright cla, CC BY-SA 3.0Clyde Valley Tourist Route
A short signed tourist route from Hamilton through Larkhall and up the Clyde valley to Lanark, then by Biggar to the M74 at Abington.
- Distance
- 47 miles (75 km)
- Type
- Point to point
- Where
- South Lanarkshire
Follows the official route
Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.
Main roads
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 13 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 9
- Curvature
- 150 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 3
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 4 to mile 17. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 1 to mile 21, at 199 degrees of turning a mile.
- One motorcycle shop is within 3 km of the line.
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.
Before you go
- A short motorway stretch on the M74 at the Abington end.
On the way
- Hamilton
- Larkhall
- Lanark
- Biggar
- Abington
Ready to ride it?
Plan it with dates in the tour plannerBook this trip
1Places to stay
- Find a bed in HamiltonWhere the route starts
- Find a bed in AbingtonWhere the route ends
2Cover
Check your breakdown cover recovers a motorcycle, and from where. Some policies only cover you from home, or not at all on single track roads.
What to check before you buy coverPlaces to see on the way
Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.
Ruins · 0.6 km off the route
Cambusnethan House
Country house in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Fleming Printing, Edinburgh, Public domain
Castle · 1.0 km off the route
Craignethan Castle
16th century castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK, at the confluence of the River Nethan and the Craignethan Burn.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Supergolden assumed (based on copyright cla, CC BY-SA 3.0
Castle · 1 km off the route
Tower of Hallbar
16th-century tower house in Scotland.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: User:Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0
Waterfall · 1 km off the route
Dundaff Linn
Waterfall in Scotland.
Photo: R Pollack at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Castle · 1 km off the route
Biggar Castle
Castle in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Alan Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle · 0.9 km off the route
Boghall Castle
Castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle · 0.3 km off the route
Crawford Castle
Castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Terrorford at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.