| Official Name: | Rigside |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Static Image Name: | Rigside - geograph.org.uk - 38815.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Beechgrove Street, Rigside |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.24 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Ref: | |
| Os Grid Reference: | NS879351 |
| Map Type: | Scotland |
| Coordinates: | 55.5972°N -3.7803°W |
| Post Town: | LANARK |
| Postcode Area: | ML |
| Postcode District: | ML11 |
| Dial Code: | 01555 |
| Constituency Westminster: | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale |
| Civil Parish: | Carmichael |
| Civil Parish1: | Douglas |
| Edinburgh Distance Mi: | 34 |
| Edinburgh Direction: | NE |
| London Distance Mi: | 320 |
| London Direction: | SE |
| Community Scotland: | Douglas Water and Rigside |
| Unitary Scotland: | South Lanarkshire |
| Lieutenancy Scotland: | Lanarkshire |
| Constituency Scottish Parliament: | Clydesdale |
Rigside is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 50NaN0 from the town of Lanark, and less than 11NaN1 from Douglas Water. It lies on the A70 road to Ayr, and has approximately 800 inhabitants.
Rigside is a former mining village. The village has one shop, a takeaway cafe, a public house, and a doctor's surgery. The village has very limited public transport links so most of the villagers have access to a car. The village has a nursery and primary school, both located on Muirfoot Road next to the recently upgraded play park and skate park.
The houses in the village are heated in order by ASHP, coal, oil, and LPG. There is no mains gas in the village.
There is a mixture of both private and council owned houses which are being upgraded to ASHP from solid fuel.
Drumalbin is a Met Office weather station near Rigside, situated at an elevation of 245 m.