Woolfords Explained

Official Name:Woolfords
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.7967°N -3.5895°W
Os Grid Reference:NT003569
Unitary Scotland:South Lanarkshire
Lieutenancy Scotland:Lanarkshire
Post Town:WEST CALDER
Postcode Area:EH
Postcode District:EH55
Constituency Westminster:Lanark and Hamilton East
Constituency Scottish Parliament:Clydesdale

Woolfords is a small hamlet in the Parish of Carnwath, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Woolfords is located on the road between Auchengray and West Calder, next to Cobbinshaw Reservoir. It was formerly part of West Calder in Midlothian and has an EH55 postcode.

Woolfords is at above sea level on the edge of the Pentland Hills. Nearby villages include Auchengray and Tarbrax.

North of Woolfords and the other side of the railway line is the linear settlement of Woolfords Cottages.

History

Woolfords was built to house the mineworkers for the coal, lime and shale mines of Cobbinshaw, Tarbrax and Baads Mill. Nearby Cobbinshaw is much older.

Transport

It once had its own railway station on the Caledonian Railway's Edinburgh to Carstairs Line. The station was located north of Auchengray railway station.