Official Name: | Coalburn |
Country: | Scotland |
Static Image Name: | Coalburn Village Green - geograph.org.uk - 377273.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Coalburn Village Green in 2007 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.38 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Ref: | |
Os Grid Reference: | NS810348 |
Map Type: | Scotland |
Coordinates: | 55.59°N -3.89°W |
Post Town: | LANARK |
Postcode Area: | ML |
Postcode District: | ML11 |
Dial Code: | 01555 |
Constituency Westminster: | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale |
Civil Parish: | Lesmahagow |
Edinburgh Distance Mi: | 37 |
Edinburgh Direction: | NE |
London Distance Mi: | 322 |
London Direction: | SE |
Community Scotland: | Coalburn |
Unitary Scotland: | South Lanarkshire |
Lieutenancy Scotland: | Lanarkshire |
Constituency Scottish Parliament: | Clydesdale |
Coalburn is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located near the villages of Auchlochan, Bankend and Braehead.
The opencast mine that opened in the village in the late 1980s became the biggest mine in Europe by the early 1990s.[2]
In 2010 the village had a population of 1,267.[3] This declined to 1,220 in a mid 2020 estimate.
Coalburn Primary is a primary school in Coalburn.[4] Their affiliated high school Lesmahagow High School is in the neighbouring town of Lesmahagow.[5]