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{{About|North Lanarkshire town|the village in England|Wishaw, Warwickshire|the surname|Whishaw}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Scotland
| official_name = Wishaw
| gaelic_name = Camas Neachdain
| scots_name = Wishae/Wisha<ref name="Wishaw Names">[http://www.scotslanguage.com/books/view/1/823/Names%20in%20Scots%20-%20Places%20in%20Scotland Scots Language Centre: Scottish Place Names in Scots]</ref>
| population = {{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Wishaw}}
| population_ref = ({{United Kingdom statistics year|ScotSettlement}})<ref>{{Scotland settlement population citation}}</ref>
| os_grid_reference = NS795555
| map_type = Scotland
| coordinates = {{coord|55|46|27|N|03|55|06|W|display=inline,title}}
| unitary_scotland = [[North Lanarkshire]]
| lieutenancy_scotland = [[Lanarkshire]]
| constituency_westminster = [[Motherwell and Wishaw (UK Parliament constituency)|Motherwell and Wishaw]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Motherwell and Wishaw (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Motherwell and Wishaw]]
| post_town = WISHAW
| postcode_area = ML
| postcode_district = ML2
| dial_code = 01698
| edinburgh_distance_mi = 31
| local_name =
| static_image = Wishaw Health Centre Street View.jpg
| static_image_caption = Wishaw Health Centre, reconstructed 2015.
}}
'''Wishaw''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=Wishaw.ogg|'|w|i|ʃ|ɔː}}; {{lang-sco|Wishae or Wisha}} {{IPAc-en|audio=Wishae.ogg|'|w|i|ʃ|i}}; {{lang-gd|Camas Neachdain}}) is a large town in [[North Lanarkshire]], Scotland, on the edge of the [[River Clyde|Clyde Valley]], {{convert|15|mi}} south-east of [[Glasgow]] city centre.<ref>{{cite web|title=25-inch O.S. Map with zoom and Bing overlay|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.7745&lon=-3.9280&layers=168&b=1|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref> The Burgh of Wishaw was formed in 1855 within [[Lanarkshire]]. It formed a joint [[large burgh]] with its neighbour [[Motherwell]] from 1920 until its dissolution when [[Scottish local authorities]] were restructured in 1975, and was then in [[Motherwell (district)|Motherwell district]] within the [[Strathclyde (region)|Strathclyde region]] until 1996. The town is part of the [[Motherwell and Wishaw (UK Parliament constituency)|Motherwell and Wishaw constituency]]. It has the postal code of [[ML postcode area|ML2]] and the dialling code [[List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom|01698]].
==Geography and climate==
Wishaw lies within [[North Lanarkshire]], the fourth largest local authority in Scotland by population. The town is located in the relatively level [[Central Belt]] area; while there are valleys and high moors, there are no hills or summits over 1,640 feet.
The defined "locality" of Wishaw{{efn|Not including outlying localities [[Cleland, North Lanarkshire|Cleland]], [[Gowkthrapple (Wishaw)|Gowkthrapple]], [[Newmains]] and [[Overtown, North Lanarkshire|Overtown]] which are each [[List of census localities in Scotland#North Lanarkshire|recorded separately]].}} had a population of 30,290 in 2016,<ref>{{cite web|title=Key Facts 2016 – Demography|url=https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=25145|website=North Lanarkshire Council|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="NRS2016">{{cite web|title=Mid-2016 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland|url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/settlements-localities/set-loc-16/tabs/2016-pop-est-sett-local-alltabs.xlsx|website=National Records of Scotland|access-date=18 May 2019 }}</ref> the 26th largest such place in the country. Along with its neighbours of [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]], [[Bellshill]] and [[Motherwell]] it had been considered to form part of the [[Greater Glasgow]] [[conurbation]], which as of 2019 had a population of around 1,670,000 (around a third of Scotland's total);<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/glasgow-population/|website=worldpopulationreview.com|access-date=22 September 2019|title=Glasgow Population 2022 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)}}</ref> however, since 2016 Wishaw, Motherwell and Bellshill have been officially considered separate from the Glasgow '[[List of cities and towns in Scotland|settlement]]' due to small gaps in the chain of occupied postcodes used to determine a grouping, and instead form their own settlement which itself has the fifth largest population in Scotland at 124,000.<ref name="NRS2016"/>
Wishaw experiences mild summers and cool winters, with the most rainfall coming between October and March. Snow, while not unheard of during winters, is not the norm. Most winters in Wishaw see around 10–20 days of snow. The warmest month on average is July, with an average daily temperature of 14.7 °C, while the coldest is January with an average daily temperature of 2.3 °C.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.climate-data.org/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/wishaw-14860/|title=Wishaw climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Wishaw weather averages - Climate-Data.org|website=en.climate-data.org|access-date=10 September 2019}}</ref>
Wishaw lies on two rivers, the [[River Clyde|Clyde]] running near Overton and Netherton and its tributary the [[South Calder Water]], further north near Coltness and Newmains.
==Etymology==
It is not certain how Wishaw's name came into being. The town is named after [[Wishaw House]], a large manor built in the woods by the [[South Calder Water]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Wishaw House|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/45646/wishaw-house|website=Canmore|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> The house was probably built some time after the sale of the lands of [[Coltness]], Wishaw, Watstein and Stain to the predecessor of Lord Belhaven:<ref>{{cite book|title=Pomphrey's directory of Wishaw and handbook of the parish of Cambusnethan: with Shotts supplement|date=1893|publisher=W. Pomphrey|location=Wishaw|pages=22–24|edition=3rd|url=https://archive.org/stream/pomphreysdirecto1893wish#page/22/mode/2up|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Johnston|first1=G. Harvey|title=The heraldry of the Hamiltons: with notes on all the males of the family, description of the arms, plates and pedigrees|date=1909|publisher=W. & A.K. Johnston|location=Edinburgh|page=75|url=https://archive.org/stream/heraldryofhamils00john#page/74/mode/2up/search/wishaw|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> Hamilton of Uddsten.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Livingstone|first1=Archibald|title=The new statistical account of Scotland.|date=1845|publisher=William Blackwood and Sons|location=Edinburgh and London|page=612|edition=Vol 6|url=https://archive.org/stream/b21365805_0006#page/n629/mode/2up/search/wishaw|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref> It could be a corruption of "''Via shaw"'' meaning "way through the woods", which would make sense as an ancient Roman road was built through the modern town. Another theory is that the name derives from "Wee Shaw", meaning small wood, or that the "wis" comes from the medieval [[Scots language|Scots]] for "water", meaning "water wood".
In Scottish Gaelic, the main name of the town is '''Camas Neachdain'''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Two Gaelic names of Wishaw|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UK/V8/Wishaw.html}}</ref>
==History==
===Ancient history===
The area of what is now Wishaw once lay on important [[Roman roads]] that ran through the areas of the [[River Clyde|Clyde]] ([[Latin]] – ''Cluta)'' and [[South Calder Water]]. In fact, the current Main Street is based on a road built by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wishaw/wishaw/index.html|title=Roman Roads in Wishaw|website=Wishaw Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland}}</ref> Another such road ran close to Wishaw House.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.227248|title=The Roman Occupation of South Western Scotland|last=Anne S. robertson|first=s n miller|date=1937}}</ref>
In the 1960s, a pagan religious figurine was found in the woods near Netherton, showing that there was some form of settlement near Wishaw before the [[Christianisation of Scotland]], which occurred between 400 and 600 AD.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=19 August 2020|title=A Pagan Celtic tricephalos from Netherton, Lanarkshire|url=https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/gas.1974.3.3.26?journalCode=gas|journal=Glasgow Archaeological Journal|doi=10.3366/gas.1974.3.3.26|last1=Ross|first1=Anne|volume=3|pages=26–33|doi-access=free}}</ref>
=== Medieval era ===
A small church was established by a bend (''camas/cambo-'' in [[Cumbric]]) on the banks of the [[River Clyde|Clyde]] near what is now [[Netherton, North Lanarkshire|Netherton]] in the eighth century. There is however dispute to whether this was named after (or established by) [[Neithon of Alt Clut]] or perhaps [[St Ninian]]. Nonetheless, the area became known as ''Cambusnethan'' or ''Kamnethan'' from then on. The site of the original church remains as a ruined [[graveyard|burial ground]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/45720/cambusnethan-st-michaels-church-and-graveyard|title=Cambusnethan, St Michael's Church And Graveyard|website=Canmore|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> including an impressive [[mausoleum]] to [[Lord Belhaven]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/200709/cambusnethan-st-michaels-graveyard-belhaven-and-stenton-mausoleum|title=Cambusnethan, St Michael's Graveyard, Belhaven And Stenton Mausoleum|website=Canmore|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> The churchyard is notably round, similar to those found in [[Wales]] and Ireland, suggesting it could have been built on an earlier Celtic temple. Excavated from this area was the Cambusnethan Stone, a large Christian tablet created by the [[Strathclyde Britons]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Cambusnethan Stone|url=https://www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/story/the-cambusnethan-stone/|website=Culture NL Museums}}</ref>
In the 12th century, a Norman lord constructed a large manor near Gowkthrapple, as well as another small church. This was the beginning of the parish of Cambusnethan, which lasted up until 1930. In the 13th century, administrative control of the parish was ceded to [[Glasgow]] from the previous [[Kelso Abbey]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 August 2020|title=Data on Old Cambusnethan Parish|url=https://www.electricscotland.com/books/pdf/cambusnethan.pdf|website=Historical sketches of the parish of Cambusnethan}}</ref> Small [[fortresses]] and [[tower house]]s were built, and after the [[Wars of Scottish Independence|Scottish Wars of Independence]], the [[Feudal baron|baron]]y was transferred by [[Robert the Bruce]] to local lords,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Robert the Bruce, Cambusnethan Parish|url=https://digital.nls.uk/histories-of-scottish-families/archive/95616635?mode=transcription}}</ref> however the title lay abandoned by the 20th century. The [[Somerville (surname)|Somervilles]] of Cambusnethan were the principal aristocrats in the area, although sold their land to [[Sir James Steuart]],later [[Lord Provost of Edinburgh]] in 1653. Wishaw House is thought to date back to the [[15th century]], and appears on [[Timothy Pont|Pont's]] map of Scotland from 1583, as ''Wisha.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Henery |first=Dr Bob |title=Pont maps of Scotland, ca. 1583 - 1614 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/pont/modern-places/s-z.html |access-date=16 February 2023 |website=National Library of Scotland}}</ref> The settlements of ''Greenhead'', ''Camnethan'', ''Peddyr'' and [[Overtown, North Lanarkshire|''Overtoun of Camnethan'']] also appear.
The ruined church on Kirk Road, mere yards away from the current Cambusnethan church, is thought to date back to the 1600s or earlier.
=== Modern era ===
In the 18th century agriculture in the area consisted mainly of growing oats although some wheat and pear trees were cultivated.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lockhart|first1=John|title=The statistical account of Scotland. Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes|date=1791|publisher=W. Creech|location=Edinburgh|pages=569–571|edition=Vol. XII, 1794|url=https://archive.org/stream/statisticalacco06sincgoog#page/n579/mode/2up|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> Members of the [[Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland|Reformed Presbyterian Church]] took up the favourable terms of the proprietor to enable them to establish a congregation in Wishaw in 1792.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Peter|title=Historical sketches of the parish of Cambusnethan|date=1859|publisher=D. Johnston|location=Wishaw|page=50|url=https://archive.org/stream/historicalsket00brow#page/50/mode/2up/search/wishaw|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> The village itself was laid out in 1794, named Cambusnethan, and later renamed '''Wishawtown'''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Livingstone|first1=Archibald|title=The new statistical account of Scotland.|date=1845|publisher=William Blackwood and Sons|location=Edinburgh and London|page=621|edition=Vol 6|url=https://archive.org/stream/b21365805_0006#page/n637/mode/2up/search/wishaw|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref>
In 1801 the population of Wishaw was about 400 and that of the whole parish only 1972.<ref>{{cite book|title=Pomphrey's directory of Wishaw and handbook of the parish of Cambusnethan: with Shotts supplement|date=1893|publisher=W. Pomphrey|location=Wishaw|page=16|edition=3rd|url=https://archive.org/stream/pomphreysdirecto1893wish#page/16/mode/2up|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> In the 1830s Lord Belhaven set up a [[Distilled beverage|distillery]] in Wishaw.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Livingstone|first1=Archibald|title=The new statistical account of Scotland.|date=1845|publisher=William Blackwood and Sons|location=Edinburgh and London|page=622|edition=Vol 6|url=https://archive.org/stream/b21365805_0006#page/n639/mode/2up/search/wishaw|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref> Other nineteenth century industries included coal mining, iron and steel making, foundry work, railway-waggon building and fire-clay making.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mort|first1=Frederick|title=Lanarkshire|date=1910|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|page=166|url=https://archive.org/stream/lanarkshire00mortuoft#page/166/mode/2up/search/wishaw|access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref> Wishaw grew dramatically in the 1830s, with railways and [[gasworks]] coming to the town, many [[collieries]] opening during this time period. By the time the [[Caledonian Railway]]'s main line came through Wishaw in 1848 it was a major mining centre fueling an important part of Scotland's industrial heartland. There were also factories for needle-work and [[Tambour lace|tambouring]], and confectionery.<ref>{{cite book|title=Pomphrey's directory of Wishaw and handbook of the parish of Cambusnethan: with Shotts supplement|date=1893|publisher=W. Pomphrey|location=Wishaw|pages=45–50|edition=3rd|url=https://archive.org/stream/pomphreysdirecto1893wish#page/44/mode/2up|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> On 4 September 1855, the town was incorporated with the villages of [[Coltness]] and [[Stewarton]] to form the [[Burgh]] of Wishaw, with a population of approximately 5,000. Four years later, in 1859, [[St Ignatius Church, Wishaw|St.Ignatius Parish Church]] was established, and the church built on Young Street, where it remains to this day. In 1882 Groome recorded that there were 5 schools in Wishaw as well as others in nearby villages.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Groome|first1=Francis Hindes|title=Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical|date=1882|publisher=T.C. Jack|location=Edinburgh|page=226|edition=Vol 1|url=https://archive.org/stream/ordnancegazettee01groo#page/226/mode/2up|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> Wishaw in the middle of the 19th century was visited by the Polish composer [[Frédéric Chopin#Tour of Great Britain|Frédéric Chopin]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Zaluski|first1=Iwo and Pamela|title=The Scottish Autumn of Frederick Chopin|date=1993|publisher=John Donald Ltd.|location=Edinburgh|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Chopin's+Scottish+autumn.-a014234524|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> Chopin was entertained at Wishaw house and played there for the family, the Hamiltons of Belhaven.<ref>Iwo Zaluski, Pamela Zaluski The Scottish Autumn of Frederick Chopin John Donald Publishers 1993 {{ISBN|9780859763899}}</ref>
Wishaw and its nearby neighbour of [[Motherwell]] were once the centre of steel manufacture in Scotland, as both towns were located either side of the former [[Ravenscraig steelworks]] which closed in 1992. The (now-defunct) local firm of ''R Y Pickering & Co Ltd'' (later Norbrit-Pickering) built railway rolling stock (especially wagons) and many tramcars for tram systems throughout the UK. One of its last tramcar orders was for 10 [[double-decker tram]]s for [[Aberdeen Corporation Tramways]] in 1949. In November 1996, the world's worst recorded outbreak of ''[[Escherichia coli|E. coli O157]]'' occurred in the town, in which 21 people died and around 200 were infected.
[[File:Wishaw Roundabout - geograph.org.uk - 3083685.jpg|thumb|A roundabout in Wishaw, 2014]]
=== Recent decades ===
The town has recovered from the loss of industry such as [[steelworks]] and coal mines which were shuttered in the 1980s and 1990s. In the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]], Wishaw along with its neighbour Motherwell, voted 52% in favour of [[Scottish independence]], meanwhile 48% voted against independence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=30888|title=Referendum result for North Lanarkshire |date=18 September 2014 |website=North Lanarkshire Council |publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023070239/https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=30888 |archive-date=23 October 2017}}</ref> Since [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]], Wishaw has voted SNP in both [[General elections in the uk|general elections]] and local [[Scottish elections]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/S14000047|title=Motherwell and Wishaw parliamentary constituency}}</ref> replacing [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] as the dominant party of the town. Wishaw also has a Scottish Conservative Councillor since 2017.
These days, North Lanarkshire Council suggest that the majority of the biggest employers in the town are supermarkets, with the exceptions of [[Royal Mail]], which has its main Scottish distribution centre at Shieldmuir and the [[National Health Service|NHS]] as a result of [[Wishaw General Hospital|University Hospital Wishaw]]. There are many service industry businesses located in the town's industrial areas, though none with more than a few hundred employees.
==Education==
At present there are three high schools in the area: Clyde Valley High School in Overtown, and [[Coltness High School]] and [[St Aidan's High School]], both in Coltness. St. Aidan's High School serves not only Catholic pupils from Wishaw, but nearby towns such as Newmains, Shotts and Carluke. St. Aidans, therefore has the highest number of pupils at around 1,100.
Primary schools in Wishaw include Calderbridge, St. Thomas', Thornlie, St. Aidan's, Cambusnethan, St. Ignatius' and Wishaw Academy (with both the latter two schools being a joint campus).
The town does not have a university or college at present, with the nearest college being [[Motherwell College]], based in [[Ravenscraig]], and the [[University of the West of Scotland]] (formerly Bell College of Technology) in [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]] being the nearest university.
==Health establishments==
[[File:Wishaw General Hospital - geograph.co.uk - 2576401.jpg|thumb|right|[[Wishaw General Hospital|University Hospital Wishaw]], formerly Wishaw General Hospital.]]
Wishaw has a general hospital, now known as [[Wishaw General Hospital|University Hospital Wishaw]], in the [[Craigneuk]] area. It serves nearby settlements such as [[Motherwell]], [[Newmains]] and [[Shotts]]. It is one of three acute hospitals in Lanarkshire, the others being [[Monklands Hospital]] in [[Airdrie, North Lanarkshire|Airdrie]] and [[Hairmyres Hospital]] in [[East Kilbride]].
Also based in the town, on the site of the old town library in Kenilworth Avenue, is the Houldsworth Centre which houses a café, public toilet, Wishaw library and Wishaw Health Centre.<ref>{{cite web|title=Name for Wishaw health and council centre|url=http://www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk/news/news/Pages/HouldsworthCentre.aspx|website=NHS Lanarkshire|access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref> The centre opened in April 2015 along with a multi-storey car park.
==Town centre==
Main Street is the predominant shopping area in Wishaw. It is partly made up of major national stores such as [[Peacocks (retailer)|Peacock's]], [[Poundland]], [[Iceland (supermarket)|Iceland]] and [[Greggs]]
The Main Street shopping area also features small independent retailers.
There are also many supermarkets in the area, with a new small format [[Asda]] in the eastern suburb of [[Newmains]] that opened in October 2007. A [[Tesco]] Extra superstore was also opened during November 2007, and is adjacent to the [[Wishaw railway station|railway station]], replacing the smaller Metro store on Main Street, about {{convert|150|m|-2}} from the new store.
Wishaw also has the "''Caledonian Centre''", a shopping complex in the northern suburb of Craigneuk consisting of other national store chains such as [[Argos (retailer)|Argos]], [[Matalan]], [[B & M]], [[Pets at Home]] and [[The Range (retailer)|The Range]].
===Recent developments===
[[File:Wishaw countryside.JPG|thumb|right|Wishaw countryside]]
The first stage of the modern town centre regeneration programme was completed in 2004, with a new car park being constructed between the local library and health centre and with the formation of a taxi rank adjacent to the library also a water fountain was put on the ground of Wishaw Library which looks like the old one which used to stand near the former Wishaw Health Centre.
A piece of eyesore land between Station Road and Alexander Street (the railway station and sports centre) was converted into a [[park and ride]] facility, as part of this programme. This has led to a decrease in railway parking and traffic next to the station. The facility was later increased in size as it was too small.
In late 2011, Kitchener Street was converted from a small neighbourhood to a main road, routing traffic away from the Main Street to Kenilworth Avenue, where a new roundabout was built. Lammermore Terrace, which was previously one-way, was converted into a two-way street.
In 2014 work on a new modern housing estate called Ravenwood began on the site of the old Lammermoor Primary school, which was renamed Calderbridge and moved to a new building 600m away. The neighbourhood was finished in 2016 and now consists of around 50 houses.
==Religion==
[[File:South Wishaw Parish Church - geograph.org.uk - 3471222.jpg|thumb|right|South Wishaw Parish Church, on East Academy Street.]]
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Wishaw has many churches in it of various kinds and denominations.
There are several [[Church of Scotland]] congregations. Serving principally the town centre are Wishaw Old Parish Church, the oldest building in Wishaw with the Town Clock in the steeple as the town's principal landmark, and [[South Wishaw Parish Church]], on the outskirts of the town centre.
Serving the outlying parts of Wishaw are – Cambusnethan North Parish Church, Cambusnethan Old and Morningside Parish Church, Craigneuk and Belhaven Church, Coltness Memorial Church (Newmains) and St. Mark's Church (Coltness). The Church of Scotland "charges" have been reduced in recent years through the union of Thornlie and Chalmers Churches to form South Wishaw Parish Church.
The town also has a United Free Church, an Episcopal Church dedicated to St. Andrew, a Baptist church (both in Belhaven Terrace), a Gospel Hall (Ebenezer Gospel Hall), a Methodist church (now known as Netherton Methodist Church), a Christian Outreach Centre and five Roman Catholic Churches: [[St. Ignatius Church, Wishaw|St. Ignatius of Loyola]] (Young Street), St. Aidan's (Coltness), St. Thomas' (Pather), St. Brigid's (Newmains) and St. Patrick's (Shieldmuir).
The town has a large [[Catholic]] population and strong Catholic links. These Catholics are mainly descended from the [[Irish Catholics]] who fled the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Famine]] to settle in and around Glasgow, with many coming to Lanarkshire in particular. Today, the descendants of these immigrants constitute most of the Catholics in the town but there are also Catholics who are from other ethnicities, in particular those from the [[Italian diaspora|Italian]] and [[Polish diaspora|Polish]] communities in Scotland. Some Catholics are even ethnically Scottish.
==Governance ==
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Wishaw is represented by several tiers of elected government. [[North Lanarkshire]] Council, the unitary local authority for Wishaw, is based at [[Motherwell, North Lanarkshire|Motherwell]], and is the executive, [[Deliberation|deliberative]] and [[Legislature|legislative]] body responsible for [[local government in Scotland|local governance]]. The [[Scottish Parliament]] is responsible for [[devolution|devolved matters]] such as [[education in Scotland|education]], [[NHS Scotland|health]] and [[Scots law|justice]],<ref name="devolvedmatters">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk/what-we-do/reserved-and-devolved-matters.html |title=Reserved and devolved matters |publisher=Scotland Office |access-date=14 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004074305/http://www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk/what-we-do/reserved-and-devolved-matters.html |archive-date=4 October 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> while [[reserved and excepted matters|reserved matters]] are dealt with by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]].
===Westminster===
The [[Motherwell and Wishaw (UK Parliament constituency)|Motherwell and Wishaw constituency]] is represented in the [[UK Parliament]] by [[Marion Fellows]] MP (SNP) Scottish Parliament
In the [[Scottish Parliament]], the constituency is represented by [[Clare Adamson]] (SNP).
In addition to this, Wishaw is represented by seven [[Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions|regional MSPs]] from the [[Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Central Scotland electoral region]].
==Sports and recreation==
[[File:The Commercial Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 3007349.jpg|thumb|right|The Commercial Hotel, conjoined to the ''Soul Suite'' nightclub]]
===Facilities===
There is no professional football team in Wishaw. Many of the town's residents are followers of [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]], [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] and near-neighbours [[Motherwell F.C.|Motherwell]]. There is however a junior football team, [[Wishaw F.C.|Wishaw]], which plays its home games at [[Beltane Park]], near to the town's sports centre. There is also a large juvenile football club, Wishaw Wycombe Wanderers, who have many registered young players, playing football in age groups from Under 6s to Under 21s.
Wishaw has a [[List of King George V Playing Fields (North Lanarkshire)|King George's Field]] in memorial to [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]], next to the town's hospital. This small park has two full-sized football pitches as well as a swing park and play area.
To the northwest of the town, there is a large [[golf course]].
[[File:Wishaw from the air (geograph 5719026).jpg|thumb|Wishaw Sports Centre from the air (top centre), during winter.]]
The town's municipal sports centre also includes two small swimming pools, badminton and martial arts facilities and gymnastic equipment. A full-length running track is also on site along with a full-sized football pitch. Long jump pits and throwing cages are also issued within the track. There are also 5-a-side astroturf pitches for football, where many local games are held.
Elsewhere, all-weather pitches and a children's play area behind Morrison's have been closed for a new shared campus primary school by St. Ignatius Primary and Wishaw Academy Primary. The local council has made no announcement on whether these facilities will be replaced.
The town previously had a large swimming pool complete with a large spectator grandstand, an underwater viewpoint and diving facilities (with boards at 1.5m, 3m and 5m). This was closed during the late 1990s to make way for a much smaller facility on the site of the town's sports centre. The reason given for this decision was the cost of maintaining such a facility for a town as small as Wishaw. Over the years it had played host to many regional swimming events and also benefited from being within walking distance of the two main secondary schools in the area as well as a host of primary schools.
[[University Hospital Wishaw]] also has a heat pool for specialist physio treatment.
===Town park===
Wishaw also has a town park named after [[Lord Belhaven]], Belhaven Park. It has a swing park with plenty of climbing frames and slides, and plenty of benches. There is a pathway at the back of the park which leads through the trees and into a council estate. In March 2011, the parks play-area underwent a significant upgrade.
==Transport==
===Location grid===
{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Destinations from Wishaw'''
|Northwest = [[Glasgow]] (32 km), [[Coatbridge]] (20 km)
|North = [[Airdrie, North Lanarkshire|Airdrie]] (15 km), [[Newhouse, North Lanarkshire|Newhouse]] (10 km)
|Northeast = [[Edinburgh]] (58 km), [[Livingston, West Lothian|Livingston]] (34 km), [[Shotts]] (11km)
|West = [[Motherwell]] (6 km), [[East Kilbride]] (20km), [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]] (10 km)
|Centre = Wishaw
|East = [[Newmains]] (2 km)
|Southwest = [[Kilmarnock]] (52 km)
|South = [[Larkhall]] (10 km)
|Southeast = [[Carluke]] (10 km), [[Lanark]] (18 km)
}}
===Bus===
As of March 2023, the following operators provide routes through Wishaw to various destinations;
'''JMB Travel'''
41 Lanark to Hamilton, via Carluke, Wishaw, Craigneuk, & Motherwell (Mon-Sat Daytime. No Evening Service)
93 Coltness to Carbarns, via Coltness, Wishaw, University Hosp Wishaw, Netherton (Mon to Sat Daytime Only)
193 Cleland to Pather, via Coltness, Wishaw, & University Hosp Wishaw (All Day Sunday)
210 Law to University Hosp Wishaw, via Law & Wishaw (Mon to Fri. One Early Morning Journey And One Evening Journey)
251 University Hosp Wishaw to Larkhall, via Wishaw, Waterloo, Overtown, & Garrion Bridge (Mon-Sun all day)
'''Stuarts Coaches'''
210X Lawhill to University Hospital Wishaw, via Law & Wishaw (Mon to Fri. One Way Early Morning Only)
210 Lawhill to University Hospital Wishaw, via Law & Wishaw (Mon to Sat Evening Only. Sunday All Day)
240X Lanark to Glasgow, via Carluke, Wishaw, Craigneuk, & Motherwell (Mon to Fri Daytime)
241X Lanark to Glasgow, via Carluke, Wishaw, Netherton, Muirhouse, & Motherwell (Mon to Sat Daytime)
248 University Hospital Wishaw to Holytown, via Pather, Wishaw, Coltness, Cleland, Newarthill, & New Stevenston (Mon to Sat Evening Only)
248C Monkland Hosp/Airdrie to Law, via Chapelhall, Holytown, New Stevenston, Cleland, University Hosp Wishaw, Wishaw (Mon to Fri Daytime Only)
365 Torbothie to University Hosp Wishaw via, Stane, Dykehead, Allanton, Morningside, Newmains, & Wishaw (Mon to Sat Daytime Only)
366 Harthill to University Hosp Wishaw via, Stane, Dykehead, Allanton, Newmains, Wishaw (Some Journeys Start/Finish at Ravenscraig Sports Centre) (Mon to Sun Daytime Only)
367 Harthill to Ravenscraig via Dykehead, Stane, Allanton, Newmains, Wishaw, University Hosp Wishaw, & Craigneuk (Mon-Sat Evening & All Day Sunday)
'''Whitelaws'''
253 University Hosp Wishaw to Coalburn, via Netherton, Muirhouse, Motherwell, Hamilton, Larkhall, Blackwood, & Lesmahagow (Mon-Sat Daytime Only)
'''First Glasgow'''
240 Overtown to Glasgow, via Wishaw, Craigneuk, Motherwell, Bellshill, Birkenshaw, Tollcross, & Parkhead (Mon to Sun all day)
241 Cleland to North Motherwell, via Coltness, Wishaw, University Hosp Wishaw, Netherton, Muirhouse, & Motherwell (Mon to Sun all day. Evening service runs between Coltness and Motherwell only)
242 Overtown/Pather to Holytown/Maxim Park, via Wishaw, Wishawhill, Craigneuk, Motherwell, & Holytown (Mon to Sat. Early And Late Peak Journeys Start Or End At Maxim Park. First & Last Journeys Start Or End At Overtown Depot)
266 Shotts/Newmains to Hamilton, via Wishaw, University Hosp Wishaw, Netherton, Muirhouse, & Motherwell (Mon-Sun all day. Evening And Sunday Service Run Between Hamilton And Newmains Only)
X11 Newmains to Glasgow, via Wishaw, Netherton, Muirhouse, & Motherwell (Mon-Sun Daytime Only)
N240 Glasgow to Cleland, via, Parkhead, Tollcross, Birkenshaw, Bellshill, Motherwell, Muirhouse, Netherton, Wishaw, & Coltness (Sat & Sunday Night Bus. Runs Only from Glasgow.)
===Railway===
[[Wishaw railway station]] on the [[Argyle line]] (running from [[Lanark railway station|Lanark]] and [[Carstairs railway station|Carstairs]] to [[Milngavie railway station|Milngavie]] and [[Dalmuir railway station|Dalmuir]]).
A mainly half hourly Mon-Sat service & hourly late evening and all day on Sundays is provided by [[ScotRail]] which connects Wishaw to places such as:
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*[[Motherwell railway station|Motherwell]]
*[[Carluke railway station|Carluke]]
*[[Cambuslang railway station|Cambuslang]]
*[[Bellshill railway station|Bellshill]]
*[[Uddingston railway station|Uddingston]]
*[[Glasgow Central railway station|Glasgow Central]]
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Wishaw also has a second station, [[Shieldmuir railway station]], serving the Craigneuk area of the town. There is also a few services to [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Edinburgh Waverley]] which run Mon-Sat. Some extra peak services are provided Mon-Fri to/from Carstairs and Anderston via Glasgow Central Low Level.
Trains on the [[West Coast Main Line]] pass through the town at 115 mph, but no passenger service trains stop there, as the main [[Wishaw South railway station]] on the line closed in 1958.
===Roads===
Wishaw is on the [[A71 road|A71]], Edinburgh, [[Livingston, West Lothian|Livingston]] and [[Kilmarnock]] road which links the town to the [[M74 motorway|M74]] as well as the [[A73 road|A73]] which links the town with the [[Scottish Borders|Borders]] regions and the [[M8 motorway (Scotland)|M8]].
Following a campaign by local politicians, the area is now well signposted from the nearby M8 and M74 motorways. This move was considered necessary as although the town is not considered a principal destination from either of these roads and therefore not included as standard on the signage, it is now the home to the main hospital for an area stretching right down the M74 corridor almost to the [[England|English border]] approximately 75 miles (120 km) away.
===Airport===
The nearest airport to Wishaw is [[Glasgow Airport]] at 20 miles (32 km) distant, though at 26 miles (42 km) [[Edinburgh Airport]] is not much further. Connections to both airports are only via the cities they serve as no direct public transport links are available.
==Wishawhill==
'''Wishawhill''' ({{coord|55.778447|-3.937928|display=inline}}) is a small neighbourhood village in Wishaw. It is located to the north of the town. The suburb can be entered by Heathery Road or Cleland Road, with both roads leading onto the A721 or Glasgow Road running towards Wishaw Main Street.
Wishawhill is situated within walking distance from the major places in the town such as the Main Street, the large [[Tesco Extra]] superstore and [[Wishaw General Hospital]]. There is also the large [[golf course]] located to the north of the area. Virtually all of Wishawhill is low density residential housing and flats, with only a Community Center and the Wishaw Ex-Servicemen's Club being the non-residential buildings in the area. Due to its close proximity with Wishaw Main Street, there is only one local newsagent shop. The suburb also has a swing park and a football pitch.
The area used to be host to one [[Roman Catholic]] Primary School, St Matthew's, located on Pentland Road, until it was shut down in June 2010 due to councillors voting against their constituents wishes.<ref>[http://www.wishawpress.co.uk/2010/06/29/a-look-back-on-the-campaign-to-save-st-matthew-s-primary-76495-26750550/ A look back on the campaign to save St Matthew's Primary], [[Wishaw Press]], 30 June 2010</ref> This happened despite a large campaign by local residents to keep the school open. It is now{{When|date=January 2022}} being demolished due to repeated vandalism. Saint Thomas' in [[Pather]] is now the nearest Roman Catholic school to Wishawhill.
The [[Argyle Line]] next to Campsie Road passes through the suburb, with passenger services located at [[Wishaw railway station]] a mile away. Buses such as [[First Glasgow|FirstGroup]] travel through the area, providing services to towns such as [[Motherwell]]. The rectangular road that run through the whole of Wishawhill (Campsie Road, Pentland Road, Grampian Road and Heathery Road) links to all the streets.
==People==
Notable people from Wishaw include:
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*[[Thomas Canfield Pomphrey]], architect, was born here in 1881.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pomphrey, Tom|url=http://www.gsaarchives.net/archon/index.php?p=core/search&subjectid=559|website=Archives and Collections: Glasgow School of Art|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
*[[The Alexander Brothers]], musicians and entertainers
*[[Joe Baker]], footballer
*[[Andrew Barrowman]], footballer
*[[John Cleland (racing driver)|John Cleland]], motor racing champion
*[[Enrico Cocozza]], underground filmmaker
*[[Colin Cramb]], footballer
*[[Samuel Curran|Sir Samuel Curran]], physicist, inventor of the [[scintillation counter]], and founder of [[Strathclyde University]]
*[[Alan Fisher (broadcast journalist)|Alan Fisher]], journalist
*[[Tommy Gemmell]], footballer
*[[Jim Graham]], Washington, D.C. politician
*[[Roy Henderson (footballer)|Roy Henderson]], footballer
*[[John Higgins]], world snooker champion
*[[Paul Higgins (actor)|Paul Higgins]], actor and writer
*[[Derek Holmes]], footballer
*[[The Jolt]], 1970s pop group
*[[Lewis Macleod (footballer)|Lewis Macleod]], footballer
*[[John Gibson Lockhart]], biographer and novelist
*[[Stan McEwan]], footballer
*[[Marie McLaughlin]], opera singer
*[[Lee Miller (footballer)|Lee Miller]], footballer
*[[Michael Moore (UK politician)|Michael Moore]], politician
*[[Deborah Orr]], journalist and columnist
*[[Paul Quinn (footballer, born 1985)|Paul Quinn]], footballer
*[[Charles Reid (photographer)]] Victorian Photographer
*[[Gordon Reid (actor)|Gordon Reid]], actor
*[[Anne Sharp]], opera singer
*[[Saint Phnx]], musical group
*[[William Patrick Scott|Bill Scott]], rugby player
*[[Alison Turriff]], musician
*[[Frank S. Walsh]], scientist
*[[Alex Wilson (footballer born 1908)|Alex Wilson]], footballer
*[[Thomas Winning]], archbishop and cardinal
*[[Nicholas McDonald]], Singer and runner-up of ITV's ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]''
*[[Kieran Tierney]], footballer for [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] and the [[Scotland national football team|Scotland national team]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.facebook.com/wishawhighschoolwishaw Wishaw High School Facebook page]
* [http://www.wishawhigh.com Wishaw High School Remembered – Website under construction]
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Wishaw|volume=28}}
* [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/steelworks/Steelworks%20index.htm History and Photographs of Wishaw Iron & Steel Works 1859 – 1930]
* [https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/6900 Scenes at West Cross] Enrico Cocozza interviews local people.
* [https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1189 Scenes at West Cross] Compilation of views around West Cross in Wishaw.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cocozza|first1=Enrico |title=Scenes at West Cross|url=https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1189|website=Moving Image Archive|publisher=National Library of Scotland|access-date=5 October 2019}}</ref>
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{{Commons category|Wishaw}}
{{North Lanarkshire Settlements|state=uncollapsed}}
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[[Category:Towns in North Lanarkshire]]
[[Category:Burghs]]
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static_image_caption = Wishaw Health Centre, reconstructed 2015.
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'''Wishaw''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=Wishaw.ogg|'|w|i|ʃ|ɔː}}; {{lang-sco|Wishae or Wisha}} {{IPAc-en|audio=Wishae.ogg|'|w|i|ʃ|i}}; {{lang-gd|Camas Neachdain}}) is a large town in [[North Lanarkshire]], Scotland, on the edge of the [[River Clyde|Clyde Valley]], {{convert|15|mi}} south-east of [[Glasgow]] city centre.<ref>{{cite web|title=25-inch O.S. Map with zoom and Bing overlay|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.7745&lon=-3.9280&layers=168&b=1|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref> The Burgh of Wishaw was formed in 1855 within [[Lanarkshire]]. It formed a joint [[large burgh]] with its neighbour [[Motherwell]] from 1920 until its dissolution when [[Scottish local authorities]] were restructured in 1975, and was then in [[Motherwell (district)|Motherwell district]] within the [[Strathclyde (region)|Strathclyde region]] until 1996. The town is part of the [[Motherwell and Wishaw (UK Parliament constituency)|Motherwell and Wishaw constituency]]. It has the postal code of [[ML postcode area|ML2]] and the dialling code [[List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom|01698]].
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==Geography and climate==
Wishaw lies within [[North Lanarkshire]], the fourth largest local authority in Scotland by population. The town is located in the relatively level [[Central Belt]] area; while there are valleys and high moors, there are no hills or summits over 1,640 feet.
The defined "locality" of Wishaw{{efn|Not including outlying localities [[Cleland, North Lanarkshire|Cleland]], [[Gowkthrapple (Wishaw)|Gowkthrapple]], [[Newmains]] and [[Overtown, North Lanarkshire|Overtown]] which are each [[List of census localities in Scotland#North Lanarkshire|recorded separately]].}} had a population of 30,290 in 2016,<ref>{{cite web|title=Key Facts 2016 – Demography|url=https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=25145|website=North Lanarkshire Council|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="NRS2016">{{cite web|title=Mid-2016 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland|url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/settlements-localities/set-loc-16/tabs/2016-pop-est-sett-local-alltabs.xlsx|website=National Records of Scotland|access-date=18 May 2019 }}</ref> the 26th largest such place in the country. Along with its neighbours of [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]], [[Bellshill]] and [[Motherwell]] it had been considered to form part of the [[Greater Glasgow]] [[conurbation]], which as of 2019 had a population of around 1,670,000 (around a third of Scotland's total);<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/glasgow-population/|website=worldpopulationreview.com|access-date=22 September 2019|title=Glasgow Population 2022 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)}}</ref> however, since 2016 Wishaw, Motherwell and Bellshill have been officially considered separate from the Glasgow '[[List of cities and towns in Scotland|settlement]]' due to small gaps in the chain of occupied postcodes used to determine a grouping, and instead form their own settlement which itself has the fifth largest population in Scotland at 124,000.<ref name="NRS2016"/>
Wishaw experiences mild summers and cool winters, with the most rainfall coming between October and March. Snow, while not unheard of during winters, is not the norm. Most winters in Wishaw see around 10–20 days of snow. The warmest month on average is July, with an average daily temperature of 14.7 °C, while the coldest is January with an average daily temperature of 2.3 °C.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.climate-data.org/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/wishaw-14860/|title=Wishaw climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Wishaw weather averages - Climate-Data.org|website=en.climate-data.org|access-date=10 September 2019}}</ref>
Wishaw lies on two rivers, the [[River Clyde|Clyde]] running near Overton and Netherton and its tributary the [[South Calder Water]], further north near Coltness and Newmains.
==Etymology==
It is not certain how Wishaw's name came into being. The town is named after [[Wishaw House]], a large manor built in the woods by the [[South Calder Water]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Wishaw House|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/45646/wishaw-house|website=Canmore|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> The house was probably built some time after the sale of the lands of [[Coltness]], Wishaw, Watstein and Stain to the predecessor of Lord Belhaven:<ref>{{cite book|title=Pomphrey's directory of Wishaw and handbook of the parish of Cambusnethan: with Shotts supplement|date=1893|publisher=W. Pomphrey|location=Wishaw|pages=22–24|edition=3rd|url=https://archive.org/stream/pomphreysdirecto1893wish#page/22/mode/2up|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Johnston|first1=G. Harvey|title=The heraldry of the Hamiltons: with notes on all the males of the family, description of the arms, plates and pedigrees|date=1909|publisher=W. & A.K. Johnston|location=Edinburgh|page=75|url=https://archive.org/stream/heraldryofhamils00john#page/74/mode/2up/search/wishaw|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> Hamilton of Uddsten.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Livingstone|first1=Archibald|title=The new statistical account of Scotland.|date=1845|publisher=William Blackwood and Sons|location=Edinburgh and London|page=612|edition=Vol 6|url=https://archive.org/stream/b21365805_0006#page/n629/mode/2up/search/wishaw|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref> It could be a corruption of "''Via shaw"'' meaning "way through the woods", which would make sense as an ancient Roman road was built through the modern town. Another theory is that the name derives from "Wee Shaw", meaning small wood, or that the "wis" comes from the medieval [[Scots language|Scots]] for "water", meaning "water wood".
In Scottish Gaelic, the main name of the town is '''Camas Neachdain'''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Two Gaelic names of Wishaw|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UK/V8/Wishaw.html}}</ref>
==History==
===Ancient history===
The area of what is now Wishaw once lay on important [[Roman roads]] that ran through the areas of the [[River Clyde|Clyde]] ([[Latin]] – ''Cluta)'' and [[South Calder Water]]. In fact, the current Main Street is based on a road built by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wishaw/wishaw/index.html|title=Roman Roads in Wishaw|website=Wishaw Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland}}</ref> Another such road ran close to Wishaw House.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.227248|title=The Roman Occupation of South Western Scotland|last=Anne S. robertson|first=s n miller|date=1937}}</ref>
In the 1960s, a pagan religious figurine was found in the woods near Netherton, showing that there was some form of settlement near Wishaw before the [[Christianisation of Scotland]], which occurred between 400 and 600 AD.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=19 August 2020|title=A Pagan Celtic tricephalos from Netherton, Lanarkshire|url=https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/gas.1974.3.3.26?journalCode=gas|journal=Glasgow Archaeological Journal|doi=10.3366/gas.1974.3.3.26|last1=Ross|first1=Anne|volume=3|pages=26–33|doi-access=free}}</ref>
=== Medieval era ===
A small church was established by a bend (''camas/cambo-'' in [[Cumbric]]) on the banks of the [[River Clyde|Clyde]] near what is now [[Netherton, North Lanarkshire|Netherton]] in the eighth century. There is however dispute to whether this was named after (or established by) [[Neithon of Alt Clut]] or perhaps [[St Ninian]]. Nonetheless, the area became known as ''Cambusnethan'' or ''Kamnethan'' from then on. The site of the original church remains as a ruined [[graveyard|burial ground]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/45720/cambusnethan-st-michaels-church-and-graveyard|title=Cambusnethan, St Michael's Church And Graveyard|website=Canmore|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> including an impressive [[mausoleum]] to [[Lord Belhaven]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/200709/cambusnethan-st-michaels-graveyard-belhaven-and-stenton-mausoleum|title=Cambusnethan, St Michael's Graveyard, Belhaven And Stenton Mausoleum|website=Canmore|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> The churchyard is notably round, similar to those found in [[Wales]] and Ireland, suggesting it could have been built on an earlier Celtic temple. Excavated from this area was the Cambusnethan Stone, a large Christian tablet created by the [[Strathclyde Britons]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Cambusnethan Stone|url=https://www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/story/the-cambusnethan-stone/|website=Culture NL Museums}}</ref>
In the 12th century, a Norman lord constructed a large manor near Gowkthrapple, as well as another small church. This was the beginning of the parish of Cambusnethan, which lasted up until 1930. In the 13th century, administrative control of the parish was ceded to [[Glasgow]] from the previous [[Kelso Abbey]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 August 2020|title=Data on Old Cambusnethan Parish|url=https://www.electricscotland.com/books/pdf/cambusnethan.pdf|website=Historical sketches of the parish of Cambusnethan}}</ref> Small [[fortresses]] and [[tower house]]s were built, and after the [[Wars of Scottish Independence|Scottish Wars of Independence]], the [[Feudal baron|baron]]y was transferred by [[Robert the Bruce]] to local lords,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Robert the Bruce, Cambusnethan Parish|url=https://digital.nls.uk/histories-of-scottish-families/archive/95616635?mode=transcription}}</ref> however the title lay abandoned by the 20th century. The [[Somerville (surname)|Somervilles]] of Cambusnethan were the principal aristocrats in the area, although sold their land to [[Sir James Steuart]],later [[Lord Provost of Edinburgh]] in 1653. Wishaw House is thought to date back to the [[15th century]], and appears on [[Timothy Pont|Pont's]] map of Scotland from 1583, as ''Wisha.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Henery |first=Dr Bob |title=Pont maps of Scotland, ca. 1583 - 1614 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/pont/modern-places/s-z.html |access-date=16 February 2023 |website=National Library of Scotland}}</ref> The settlements of ''Greenhead'', ''Camnethan'', ''Peddyr'' and [[Overtown, North Lanarkshire|''Overtoun of Camnethan'']] also appear.
The ruined church on Kirk Road, mere yards away from the current Cambusnethan church, is thought to date back to the 1600s or earlier.
=== Modern era ===
In the 18th century agriculture in the area consisted mainly of growing oats although some wheat and pear trees were cultivated.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lockhart|first1=John|title=The statistical account of Scotland. Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes|date=1791|publisher=W. Creech|location=Edinburgh|pages=569–571|edition=Vol. XII, 1794|url=https://archive.org/stream/statisticalacco06sincgoog#page/n579/mode/2up|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> Members of the [[Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland|Reformed Presbyterian Church]] took up the favourable terms of the proprietor to enable them to establish a congregation in Wishaw in 1792.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Peter|title=Historical sketches of the parish of Cambusnethan|date=1859|publisher=D. Johnston|location=Wishaw|page=50|url=https://archive.org/stream/historicalsket00brow#page/50/mode/2up/search/wishaw|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> The village itself was laid out in 1794, named Cambusnethan, and later renamed '''Wishawtown'''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Livingstone|first1=Archibald|title=The new statistical account of Scotland.|date=1845|publisher=William Blackwood and Sons|location=Edinburgh and London|page=621|edition=Vol 6|url=https://archive.org/stream/b21365805_0006#page/n637/mode/2up/search/wishaw|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref>
In 1801 the population of Wishaw was about 400 and that of the whole parish only 1972.<ref>{{cite book|title=Pomphrey's directory of Wishaw and handbook of the parish of Cambusnethan: with Shotts supplement|date=1893|publisher=W. Pomphrey|location=Wishaw|page=16|edition=3rd|url=https://archive.org/stream/pomphreysdirecto1893wish#page/16/mode/2up|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> In the 1830s Lord Belhaven set up a [[Distilled beverage|distillery]] in Wishaw.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Livingstone|first1=Archibald|title=The new statistical account of Scotland.|date=1845|publisher=William Blackwood and Sons|location=Edinburgh and London|page=622|edition=Vol 6|url=https://archive.org/stream/b21365805_0006#page/n639/mode/2up/search/wishaw|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref> Other nineteenth century industries included coal mining, iron and steel making, foundry work, railway-waggon building and fire-clay making.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mort|first1=Frederick|title=Lanarkshire|date=1910|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|page=166|url=https://archive.org/stream/lanarkshire00mortuoft#page/166/mode/2up/search/wishaw|access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref> Wishaw grew dramatically in the 1830s, with railways and [[gasworks]] coming to the town, many [[collieries]] opening during this time period. By the time the [[Caledonian Railway]]'s main line came through Wishaw in 1848 it was a major mining centre fueling an important part of Scotland's industrial heartland. There were also factories for needle-work and [[Tambour lace|tambouring]], and confectionery.<ref>{{cite book|title=Pomphrey's directory of Wishaw and handbook of the parish of Cambusnethan: with Shotts supplement|date=1893|publisher=W. Pomphrey|location=Wishaw|pages=45–50|edition=3rd|url=https://archive.org/stream/pomphreysdirecto1893wish#page/44/mode/2up|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> On 4 September 1855, the town was incorporated with the villages of [[Coltness]] and [[Stewarton]] to form the [[Burgh]] of Wishaw, with a population of approximately 5,000. Four years later, in 1859, [[St Ignatius Church, Wishaw|St.Ignatius Parish Church]] was established, and the church built on Young Street, where it remains to this day. In 1882 Groome recorded that there were 5 schools in Wishaw as well as others in nearby villages.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Groome|first1=Francis Hindes|title=Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical|date=1882|publisher=T.C. Jack|location=Edinburgh|page=226|edition=Vol 1|url=https://archive.org/stream/ordnancegazettee01groo#page/226/mode/2up|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> Wishaw in the middle of the 19th century was visited by the Polish composer [[Frédéric Chopin#Tour of Great Britain|Frédéric Chopin]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Zaluski|first1=Iwo and Pamela|title=The Scottish Autumn of Frederick Chopin|date=1993|publisher=John Donald Ltd.|location=Edinburgh|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Chopin's+Scottish+autumn.-a014234524|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> Chopin was entertained at Wishaw house and played there for the family, the Hamiltons of Belhaven.<ref>Iwo Zaluski, Pamela Zaluski The Scottish Autumn of Frederick Chopin John Donald Publishers 1993 {{ISBN|9780859763899}}</ref>
Wishaw and its nearby neighbour of [[Motherwell]] were once the centre of steel manufacture in Scotland, as both towns were located either side of the former [[Ravenscraig steelworks]] which closed in 1992. The (now-defunct) local firm of ''R Y Pickering & Co Ltd'' (later Norbrit-Pickering) built railway rolling stock (especially wagons) and many tramcars for tram systems throughout the UK. One of its last tramcar orders was for 10 [[double-decker tram]]s for [[Aberdeen Corporation Tramways]] in 1949. In November 1996, the world's worst recorded outbreak of ''[[Escherichia coli|E. coli O157]]'' occurred in the town, in which 21 people died and around 200 were infected.
[[File:Wishaw Roundabout - geograph.org.uk - 3083685.jpg|thumb|A roundabout in Wishaw, 2014]]
=== Recent decades ===
The town has recovered from the loss of industry such as [[steelworks]] and coal mines which were shuttered in the 1980s and 1990s. In the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]], Wishaw along with its neighbour Motherwell, voted 52% in favour of [[Scottish independence]], meanwhile 48% voted against independence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=30888|title=Referendum result for North Lanarkshire |date=18 September 2014 |website=North Lanarkshire Council |publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023070239/https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=30888 |archive-date=23 October 2017}}</ref> Since [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]], Wishaw has voted SNP in both [[General elections in the uk|general elections]] and local [[Scottish elections]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/S14000047|title=Motherwell and Wishaw parliamentary constituency}}</ref> replacing [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] as the dominant party of the town. Wishaw also has a Scottish Conservative Councillor since 2017.
These days, North Lanarkshire Council suggest that the majority of the biggest employers in the town are supermarkets, with the exceptions of [[Royal Mail]], which has its main Scottish distribution centre at Shieldmuir and the [[National Health Service|NHS]] as a result of [[Wishaw General Hospital|University Hospital Wishaw]]. There are many service industry businesses located in the town's industrial areas, though none with more than a few hundred employees.
==Education==
At present there are three high schools in the area: Clyde Valley High School in Overtown, and [[Coltness High School]] and [[St Aidan's High School]], both in Coltness. St. Aidan's High School serves not only Catholic pupils from Wishaw, but nearby towns such as Newmains, Shotts and Carluke. St. Aidans, therefore has the highest number of pupils at around 1,100.
Primary schools in Wishaw include Calderbridge, St. Thomas', Thornlie, St. Aidan's, Cambusnethan, St. Ignatius' and Wishaw Academy (with both the latter two schools being a joint campus).
The town does not have a university or college at present, with the nearest college being [[Motherwell College]], based in [[Ravenscraig]], and the [[University of the West of Scotland]] (formerly Bell College of Technology) in [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]] being the nearest university.
==Health establishments==
[[File:Wishaw General Hospital - geograph.co.uk - 2576401.jpg|thumb|right|[[Wishaw General Hospital|University Hospital Wishaw]], formerly Wishaw General Hospital.]]
Wishaw has a general hospital, now known as [[Wishaw General Hospital|University Hospital Wishaw]], in the [[Craigneuk]] area. It serves nearby settlements such as [[Motherwell]], [[Newmains]] and [[Shotts]]. It is one of three acute hospitals in Lanarkshire, the others being [[Monklands Hospital]] in [[Airdrie, North Lanarkshire|Airdrie]] and [[Hairmyres Hospital]] in [[East Kilbride]].
Also based in the town, on the site of the old town library in Kenilworth Avenue, is the Houldsworth Centre which houses a café, public toilet, Wishaw library and Wishaw Health Centre.<ref>{{cite web|title=Name for Wishaw health and council centre|url=http://www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk/news/news/Pages/HouldsworthCentre.aspx|website=NHS Lanarkshire|access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref> The centre opened in April 2015 along with a multi-storey car park.
==Town centre==
Main Street is the predominant shopping area in Wishaw. It is partly made up of major national stores such as [[Peacocks (retailer)|Peacock's]], [[Poundland]], [[Iceland (supermarket)|Iceland]] and [[Greggs]]
The Main Street shopping area also features small independent retailers.
There are also many supermarkets in the area, with a new small format [[Asda]] in the eastern suburb of [[Newmains]] that opened in October 2007. A [[Tesco]] Extra superstore was also opened during November 2007, and is adjacent to the [[Wishaw railway station|railway station]], replacing the smaller Metro store on Main Street, about {{convert|150|m|-2}} from the new store.
Wishaw also has the "''Caledonian Centre''", a shopping complex in the northern suburb of Craigneuk consisting of other national store chains such as [[Argos (retailer)|Argos]], [[Matalan]], [[B & M]], [[Pets at Home]] and [[The Range (retailer)|The Range]].
===Recent developments===
[[File:Wishaw countryside.JPG|thumb|right|Wishaw countryside]]
The first stage of the modern town centre regeneration programme was completed in 2004, with a new car park being constructed between the local library and health centre and with the formation of a taxi rank adjacent to the library also a water fountain was put on the ground of Wishaw Library which looks like the old one which used to stand near the former Wishaw Health Centre.
A piece of eyesore land between Station Road and Alexander Street (the railway station and sports centre) was converted into a [[park and ride]] facility, as part of this programme. This has led to a decrease in railway parking and traffic next to the station. The facility was later increased in size as it was too small.
In late 2011, Kitchener Street was converted from a small neighbourhood to a main road, routing traffic away from the Main Street to Kenilworth Avenue, where a new roundabout was built. Lammermore Terrace, which was previously one-way, was converted into a two-way street.
In 2014 work on a new modern housing estate called Ravenwood began on the site of the old Lammermoor Primary school, which was renamed Calderbridge and moved to a new building 600m away. The neighbourhood was finished in 2016 and now consists of around 50 houses.
==Religion==
[[File:South Wishaw Parish Church - geograph.org.uk - 3471222.jpg|thumb|right|South Wishaw Parish Church, on East Academy Street.]]
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Wishaw has many churches in it of various kinds and denominations.
There are several [[Church of Scotland]] congregations. Serving principally the town centre are Wishaw Old Parish Church, the oldest building in Wishaw with the Town Clock in the steeple as the town's principal landmark, and [[South Wishaw Parish Church]], on the outskirts of the town centre.
Serving the outlying parts of Wishaw are – Cambusnethan North Parish Church, Cambusnethan Old and Morningside Parish Church, Craigneuk and Belhaven Church, Coltness Memorial Church (Newmains) and St. Mark's Church (Coltness). The Church of Scotland "charges" have been reduced in recent years through the union of Thornlie and Chalmers Churches to form South Wishaw Parish Church.
The town also has a United Free Church, an Episcopal Church dedicated to St. Andrew, a Baptist church (both in Belhaven Terrace), a Gospel Hall (Ebenezer Gospel Hall), a Methodist church (now known as Netherton Methodist Church), a Christian Outreach Centre and five Roman Catholic Churches: [[St. Ignatius Church, Wishaw|St. Ignatius of Loyola]] (Young Street), St. Aidan's (Coltness), St. Thomas' (Pather), St. Brigid's (Newmains) and St. Patrick's (Shieldmuir).
The town has a large [[Catholic]] population and strong Catholic links. These Catholics are mainly descended from the [[Irish Catholics]] who fled the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Famine]] to settle in and around Glasgow, with many coming to Lanarkshire in particular. Today, the descendants of these immigrants constitute most of the Catholics in the town but there are also Catholics who are from other ethnicities, in particular those from the [[Italian diaspora|Italian]] and [[Polish diaspora|Polish]] communities in Scotland. Some Catholics are even ethnically Scottish.
==Governance ==
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Wishaw is represented by several tiers of elected government. [[North Lanarkshire]] Council, the unitary local authority for Wishaw, is based at [[Motherwell, North Lanarkshire|Motherwell]], and is the executive, [[Deliberation|deliberative]] and [[Legislature|legislative]] body responsible for [[local government in Scotland|local governance]]. The [[Scottish Parliament]] is responsible for [[devolution|devolved matters]] such as [[education in Scotland|education]], [[NHS Scotland|health]] and [[Scots law|justice]],<ref name="devolvedmatters">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk/what-we-do/reserved-and-devolved-matters.html |title=Reserved and devolved matters |publisher=Scotland Office |access-date=14 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004074305/http://www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk/what-we-do/reserved-and-devolved-matters.html |archive-date=4 October 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> while [[reserved and excepted matters|reserved matters]] are dealt with by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]].
===Westminster===
The [[Motherwell and Wishaw (UK Parliament constituency)|Motherwell and Wishaw constituency]] is represented in the [[UK Parliament]] by [[Marion Fellows]] MP (SNP) Scottish Parliament
In the [[Scottish Parliament]], the constituency is represented by [[Clare Adamson]] (SNP).
In addition to this, Wishaw is represented by seven [[Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions|regional MSPs]] from the [[Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Central Scotland electoral region]].
==Sports and recreation==
[[File:The Commercial Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 3007349.jpg|thumb|right|The Commercial Hotel, conjoined to the ''Soul Suite'' nightclub]]
===Facilities===
There is no professional football team in Wishaw. Many of the town's residents are followers of [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]], [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] and near-neighbours [[Motherwell F.C.|Motherwell]]. There is however a junior football team, [[Wishaw F.C.|Wishaw]], which plays its home games at [[Beltane Park]], near to the town's sports centre. There is also a large juvenile football club, Wishaw Wycombe Wanderers, who have many registered young players, playing football in age groups from Under 6s to Under 21s.
Wishaw has a [[List of King George V Playing Fields (North Lanarkshire)|King George's Field]] in memorial to [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]], next to the town's hospital. This small park has two full-sized football pitches as well as a swing park and play area.
To the northwest of the town, there is a large [[golf course]].
[[File:Wishaw from the air (geograph 5719026).jpg|thumb|Wishaw Sports Centre from the air (top centre), during winter.]]
The town's municipal sports centre also includes two small swimming pools, badminton and martial arts facilities and gymnastic equipment. A full-length running track is also on site along with a full-sized football pitch. Long jump pits and throwing cages are also issued within the track. There are also 5-a-side astroturf pitches for football, where many local games are held.
Elsewhere, all-weather pitches and a children's play area behind Morrison's have been closed for a new shared campus primary school by St. Ignatius Primary and Wishaw Academy Primary. The local council has made no announcement on whether these facilities will be replaced.
The town previously had a large swimming pool complete with a large spectator grandstand, an underwater viewpoint and diving facilities (with boards at 1.5m, 3m and 5m). This was closed during the late 1990s to make way for a much smaller facility on the site of the town's sports centre. The reason given for this decision was the cost of maintaining such a facility for a town as small as Wishaw. Over the years it had played host to many regional swimming events and also benefited from being within walking distance of the two main secondary schools in the area as well as a host of primary schools.
[[University Hospital Wishaw]] also has a heat pool for specialist physio treatment.
===Town park===
Wishaw also has a town park named after [[Lord Belhaven]], Belhaven Park. It has a swing park with plenty of climbing frames and slides, and plenty of benches. There is a pathway at the back of the park which leads through the trees and into a council estate. In March 2011, the parks play-area underwent a significant upgrade.
==Transport==
===Location grid===
{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Destinations from Wishaw'''
|Northwest = [[Glasgow]] (32 km), [[Coatbridge]] (20 km)
|North = [[Airdrie, North Lanarkshire|Airdrie]] (15 km), [[Newhouse, North Lanarkshire|Newhouse]] (10 km)
|Northeast = [[Edinburgh]] (58 km), [[Livingston, West Lothian|Livingston]] (34 km), [[Shotts]] (11km)
|West = [[Motherwell]] (6 km), [[East Kilbride]] (20km), [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]] (10 km)
|Centre = Wishaw
|East = [[Newmains]] (2 km)
|Southwest = [[Kilmarnock]] (52 km)
|South = [[Larkhall]] (10 km)
|Southeast = [[Carluke]] (10 km), [[Lanark]] (18 km)
}}
===Bus===
As of March 2023, the following operators provide routes through Wishaw to various destinations;
'''JMB Travel'''
41 Lanark to Hamilton, via Carluke, Wishaw, Craigneuk, & Motherwell (Mon-Sat Daytime. No Evening Service)
93 Coltness to Carbarns, via Coltness, Wishaw, University Hosp Wishaw, Netherton (Mon to Sat Daytime Only)
193 Cleland to Pather, via Coltness, Wishaw, & University Hosp Wishaw (All Day Sunday)
210 Law to University Hosp Wishaw, via Law & Wishaw (Mon to Fri. One Early Morning Journey And One Evening Journey)
251 University Hosp Wishaw to Larkhall, via Wishaw, Waterloo, Overtown, & Garrion Bridge (Mon-Sun all day)
'''Stuarts Coaches'''
210X Lawhill to University Hospital Wishaw, via Law & Wishaw (Mon to Fri. One Way Early Morning Only)
210 Lawhill to University Hospital Wishaw, via Law & Wishaw (Mon to Sat Evening Only. Sunday All Day)
240X Lanark to Glasgow, via Carluke, Wishaw, Craigneuk, & Motherwell (Mon to Fri Daytime)
241X Lanark to Glasgow, via Carluke, Wishaw, Netherton, Muirhouse, & Motherwell (Mon to Sat Daytime)
248 University Hospital Wishaw to Holytown, via Pather, Wishaw, Coltness, Cleland, Newarthill, & New Stevenston (Mon to Sat Evening Only)
248C Monkland Hosp/Airdrie to Law, via Chapelhall, Holytown, New Stevenston, Cleland, University Hosp Wishaw, Wishaw (Mon to Fri Daytime Only)
365 Torbothie to University Hosp Wishaw via, Stane, Dykehead, Allanton, Morningside, Newmains, & Wishaw (Mon to Sat Daytime Only)
366 Harthill to University Hosp Wishaw via, Stane, Dykehead, Allanton, Newmains, Wishaw (Some Journeys Start/Finish at Ravenscraig Sports Centre) (Mon to Sun Daytime Only)
367 Harthill to Ravenscraig via Dykehead, Stane, Allanton, Newmains, Wishaw, University Hosp Wishaw, & Craigneuk (Mon-Sat Evening & All Day Sunday)
'''Whitelaws'''
253 University Hosp Wishaw to Coalburn, via Netherton, Muirhouse, Motherwell, Hamilton, Larkhall, Blackwood, & Lesmahagow (Mon-Sat Daytime Only)
'''First Glasgow'''
240 Overtown to Glasgow, via Wishaw, Craigneuk, Motherwell, Bellshill, Birkenshaw, Tollcross, & Parkhead (Mon to Sun all day)
241 Cleland to North Motherwell, via Coltness, Wishaw, University Hosp Wishaw, Netherton, Muirhouse, & Motherwell (Mon to Sun all day. Evening service runs between Coltness and Motherwell only)
242 Overtown/Pather to Holytown/Maxim Park, via Wishaw, Wishawhill, Craigneuk, Motherwell, & Holytown (Mon to Sat. Early And Late Peak Journeys Start Or End At Maxim Park. First & Last Journeys Start Or End At Overtown Depot)
266 Shotts/Newmains to Hamilton, via Wishaw, University Hosp Wishaw, Netherton, Muirhouse, & Motherwell (Mon-Sun all day. Evening And Sunday Service Run Between Hamilton And Newmains Only)
X11 Newmains to Glasgow, via Wishaw, Netherton, Muirhouse, & Motherwell (Mon-Sun Daytime Only)
N240 Glasgow to Cleland, via, Parkhead, Tollcross, Birkenshaw, Bellshill, Motherwell, Muirhouse, Netherton, Wishaw, & Coltness (Sat & Sunday Night Bus. Runs Only from Glasgow.)
===Railway===
[[Wishaw railway station]] on the [[Argyle line]] (running from [[Lanark railway station|Lanark]] and [[Carstairs railway station|Carstairs]] to [[Milngavie railway station|Milngavie]] and [[Dalmuir railway station|Dalmuir]]).
A mainly half hourly Mon-Sat service & hourly late evening and all day on Sundays is provided by [[ScotRail]] which connects Wishaw to places such as:
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*[[Motherwell railway station|Motherwell]]
*[[Carluke railway station|Carluke]]
*[[Cambuslang railway station|Cambuslang]]
*[[Bellshill railway station|Bellshill]]
*[[Uddingston railway station|Uddingston]]
*[[Glasgow Central railway station|Glasgow Central]]
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Wishaw also has a second station, [[Shieldmuir railway station]], serving the Craigneuk area of the town. There is also a few services to [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Edinburgh Waverley]] which run Mon-Sat. Some extra peak services are provided Mon-Fri to/from Carstairs and Anderston via Glasgow Central Low Level.
Trains on the [[West Coast Main Line]] pass through the town at 115 mph, but no passenger service trains stop there, as the main [[Wishaw South railway station]] on the line closed in 1958.
===Roads===
Wishaw is on the [[A71 road|A71]], Edinburgh, [[Livingston, West Lothian|Livingston]] and [[Kilmarnock]] road which links the town to the [[M74 motorway|M74]] as well as the [[A73 road|A73]] which links the town with the [[Scottish Borders|Borders]] regions and the [[M8 motorway (Scotland)|M8]].
Following a campaign by local politicians, the area is now well signposted from the nearby M8 and M74 motorways. This move was considered necessary as although the town is not considered a principal destination from either of these roads and therefore not included as standard on the signage, it is now the home to the main hospital for an area stretching right down the M74 corridor almost to the [[England|English border]] approximately 75 miles (120 km) away.
===Airport===
The nearest airport to Wishaw is [[Glasgow Airport]] at 20 miles (32 km) distant, though at 26 miles (42 km) [[Edinburgh Airport]] is not much further. Connections to both airports are only via the cities they serve as no direct public transport links are available.
==Wishawhill==
'''Wishawhill''' ({{coord|55.778447|-3.937928|display=inline}}) is a small neighbourhood village in Wishaw. It is located to the north of the town. The suburb can be entered by Heathery Road or Cleland Road, with both roads leading onto the A721 or Glasgow Road running towards Wishaw Main Street.
Wishawhill is situated within walking distance from the major places in the town such as the Main Street, the large [[Tesco Extra]] superstore and [[Wishaw General Hospital]]. There is also the large [[golf course]] located to the north of the area. Virtually all of Wishawhill is low density residential housing and flats, with only a Community Center and the Wishaw Ex-Servicemen's Club being the non-residential buildings in the area. Due to its close proximity with Wishaw Main Street, there is only one local newsagent shop. The suburb also has a swing park and a football pitch.
The area used to be host to one [[Roman Catholic]] Primary School, St Matthew's, located on Pentland Road, until it was shut down in June 2010 due to councillors voting against their constituents wishes.<ref>[http://www.wishawpress.co.uk/2010/06/29/a-look-back-on-the-campaign-to-save-st-matthew-s-primary-76495-26750550/ A look back on the campaign to save St Matthew's Primary], [[Wishaw Press]], 30 June 2010</ref> This happened despite a large campaign by local residents to keep the school open. It is now{{When|date=January 2022}} being demolished due to repeated vandalism. Saint Thomas' in [[Pather]] is now the nearest Roman Catholic school to Wishawhill.
The [[Argyle Line]] next to Campsie Road passes through the suburb, with passenger services located at [[Wishaw railway station]] a mile away. Buses such as [[First Glasgow|FirstGroup]] travel through the area, providing services to towns such as [[Motherwell]]. The rectangular road that run through the whole of Wishawhill (Campsie Road, Pentland Road, Grampian Road and Heathery Road) links to all the streets.
==People==
Notable people from Wishaw include:
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*[[Thomas Canfield Pomphrey]], architect, was born here in 1881.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pomphrey, Tom|url=http://www.gsaarchives.net/archon/index.php?p=core/search&subjectid=559|website=Archives and Collections: Glasgow School of Art|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
*[[The Alexander Brothers]], musicians and entertainers
*[[Joe Baker]], footballer
*[[Andrew Barrowman]], footballer
*[[John Cleland (racing driver)|John Cleland]], motor racing champion
*[[Enrico Cocozza]], underground filmmaker
*[[Colin Cramb]], footballer
*[[Samuel Curran|Sir Samuel Curran]], physicist, inventor of the [[scintillation counter]], and founder of [[Strathclyde University]]
*[[Alan Fisher (broadcast journalist)|Alan Fisher]], journalist
*[[Tommy Gemmell]], footballer
*[[Jim Graham]], Washington, D.C. politician
*[[Roy Henderson (footballer)|Roy Henderson]], footballer
*[[John Higgins]], world snooker champion
*[[Paul Higgins (actor)|Paul Higgins]], actor and writer
*[[Derek Holmes]], footballer
*[[The Jolt]], 1970s pop group
*[[Lewis Macleod (footballer)|Lewis Macleod]], footballer
*[[John Gibson Lockhart]], biographer and novelist
*[[Stan McEwan]], footballer
*[[Marie McLaughlin]], opera singer
*[[Lee Miller (footballer)|Lee Miller]], footballer
*[[Michael Moore (UK politician)|Michael Moore]], politician
*[[Deborah Orr]], journalist and columnist
*[[Paul Quinn (footballer, born 1985)|Paul Quinn]], footballer
*[[Charles Reid (photographer)]] Victorian Photographer
*[[Gordon Reid (actor)|Gordon Reid]], actor
*[[Anne Sharp]], opera singer
*[[Saint Phnx]], musical group
*[[William Patrick Scott|Bill Scott]], rugby player
*[[Alison Turriff]], musician
*[[Frank S. Walsh]], scientist
*[[Alex Wilson (footballer born 1908)|Alex Wilson]], footballer
*[[Thomas Winning]], archbishop and cardinal
*[[Nicholas McDonald]], Singer and runner-up of ITV's ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]''
*[[Kieran Tierney]], footballer for [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] and the [[Scotland national football team|Scotland national team]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.facebook.com/wishawhighschoolwishaw Wishaw High School Facebook page]
* [http://www.wishawhigh.com Wishaw High School Remembered – Website under construction]
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Wishaw|volume=28}}
* [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/steelworks/Steelworks%20index.htm History and Photographs of Wishaw Iron & Steel Works 1859 – 1930]
* [https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/6900 Scenes at West Cross] Enrico Cocozza interviews local people.
* [https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1189 Scenes at West Cross] Compilation of views around West Cross in Wishaw.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cocozza|first1=Enrico |title=Scenes at West Cross|url=https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1189|website=Moving Image Archive|publisher=National Library of Scotland|access-date=5 October 2019}}</ref>
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title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a></th><td class="infobox-data">31 mi (50 km)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">Council area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Lanarkshire" title="North Lanarkshire">North Lanarkshire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenancy_areas_of_Scotland" title="Lieutenancy areas of Scotland">Lieutenancy area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lanarkshire" title="Lanarkshire">Lanarkshire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" 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<p><b>Wishaw</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ɔː/: 'au' in 'fraud'">ɔː</span></span>/</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos skin-invert"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/4\/4c\/Wishaw.ogg\/Wishaw.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Wishaw.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4c/Wishaw.ogg/Wishaw.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Wishaw.ogg" title="File:Wishaw.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Scots_language" title="Scots language">Scots</a>: <i lang="sco">Wishae or Wisha</i> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos skin-invert"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-2" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/9\/95\/Wishae.ogg\/Wishae.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Wishae.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/Wishae.ogg/Wishae.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Wishae.ogg" title="File:Wishae.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a>: <i lang="gd">Camas Neachdain</i>) is a large town in <a href="/wiki/North_Lanarkshire" title="North Lanarkshire">North Lanarkshire</a>, Scotland, on the edge of the <a href="/wiki/River_Clyde" title="River Clyde">Clyde Valley</a>, 15 miles (24 km) south-east of <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> city centre.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> The Burgh of Wishaw was formed in 1855 within <a href="/wiki/Lanarkshire" title="Lanarkshire">Lanarkshire</a>. It formed a joint <a href="/wiki/Large_burgh" title="Large burgh">large burgh</a> with its neighbour <a href="/wiki/Motherwell" title="Motherwell">Motherwell</a> from 1920 until its dissolution when <a href="/wiki/Scottish_local_authorities" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish local authorities">Scottish local authorities</a> were restructured in 1975, and was then in <a href="/wiki/Motherwell_(district)" title="Motherwell (district)">Motherwell district</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Strathclyde_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Strathclyde (region)">Strathclyde region</a> until 1996. The town is part of the <a href="/wiki/Motherwell_and_Wishaw_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Motherwell and Wishaw (UK Parliament constituency)">Motherwell and Wishaw constituency</a>. It has the postal code of <a href="/wiki/ML_postcode_area" title="ML postcode area">ML2</a> and the dialling code <a href="/wiki/List_of_dialling_codes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom">01698</a>.
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Geography_and_climate"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Geography and climate</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Etymology"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Ancient_history"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Ancient history</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Medieval_era"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Medieval era</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Modern_era"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Modern era</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Recent_decades"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Recent decades</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Education"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Education</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Health_establishments"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Health establishments</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Town_centre"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Town centre</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Recent_developments"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Recent developments</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Religion"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Religion</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Governance"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Governance</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Westminster"><span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">Westminster</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#Sports_and_recreation"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Sports and recreation</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Facilities"><span class="tocnumber">9.1</span> <span class="toctext">Facilities</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Town_park"><span class="tocnumber">9.2</span> <span class="toctext">Town park</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#Transport"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Transport</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Location_grid"><span class="tocnumber">10.1</span> <span class="toctext">Location grid</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Bus"><span class="tocnumber">10.2</span> <span class="toctext">Bus</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Railway"><span class="tocnumber">10.3</span> <span class="toctext">Railway</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Roads"><span class="tocnumber">10.4</span> <span class="toctext">Roads</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Airport"><span class="tocnumber">10.5</span> <span class="toctext">Airport</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-24"><a href="#Wishawhill"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Wishawhill</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25"><a href="#People"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">People</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-27"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">14</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li>
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<p>Wishaw lies within <a href="/wiki/North_Lanarkshire" title="North Lanarkshire">North Lanarkshire</a>, the fourth largest local authority in Scotland by population. The town is located in the relatively level <a href="/wiki/Central_Belt" title="Central Belt">Central Belt</a> area; while there are valleys and high moors, there are no hills or summits over 1,640 feet.
</p><p>The defined "locality" of Wishaw<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[a]</a></sup> had a population of 30,290 in 2016,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NRS2016_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRS2016-6">[5]</a></sup> the 26th largest such place in the country. Along with its neighbours of <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_South_Lanarkshire" title="Hamilton, South Lanarkshire">Hamilton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bellshill" title="Bellshill">Bellshill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Motherwell" title="Motherwell">Motherwell</a> it had been considered to form part of the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Glasgow" title="Greater Glasgow">Greater Glasgow</a> <a href="/wiki/Conurbation" title="Conurbation">conurbation</a>, which as of 2019 had a population of around 1,670,000 (around a third of Scotland's total);<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[6]</a></sup> however, since 2016 Wishaw, Motherwell and Bellshill have been officially considered separate from the Glasgow '<a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities and towns in Scotland">settlement</a>' due to small gaps in the chain of occupied postcodes used to determine a grouping, and instead form their own settlement which itself has the fifth largest population in Scotland at 124,000.<sup id="cite_ref-NRS2016_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRS2016-6">[5]</a></sup>
</p><p>Wishaw experiences mild summers and cool winters, with the most rainfall coming between October and March. Snow, while not unheard of during winters, is not the norm. Most winters in Wishaw see around 10–20 days of snow. The warmest month on average is July, with an average daily temperature of 14.7 °C, while the coldest is January with an average daily temperature of 2.3 °C.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[7]</a></sup>
</p><p>Wishaw lies on two rivers, the <a href="/wiki/River_Clyde" title="River Clyde">Clyde</a> running near Overton and Netherton and its tributary the <a href="/wiki/South_Calder_Water" title="South Calder Water">South Calder Water</a>, further north near Coltness and Newmains.
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<p>It is not certain how Wishaw's name came into being. The town is named after <a href="/wiki/Wishaw_House" title="Wishaw House">Wishaw House</a>, a large manor built in the woods by the <a href="/wiki/South_Calder_Water" title="South Calder Water">South Calder Water</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[8]</a></sup> The house was probably built some time after the sale of the lands of <a href="/wiki/Coltness" title="Coltness">Coltness</a>, Wishaw, Watstein and Stain to the predecessor of Lord Belhaven:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[9]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[10]</a></sup> Hamilton of Uddsten.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[11]</a></sup> It could be a corruption of "<i>Via shaw"</i> meaning "way through the woods", which would make sense as an ancient Roman road was built through the modern town. Another theory is that the name derives from "Wee Shaw", meaning small wood, or that the "wis" comes from the medieval <a href="/wiki/Scots_language" title="Scots language">Scots</a> for "water", meaning "water wood".
</p><p>In Scottish Gaelic, the main name of the town is <b>Camas Neachdain</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[12]</a></sup>
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<p>The area of what is now Wishaw once lay on important <a href="/wiki/Roman_roads" title="Roman roads">Roman roads</a> that ran through the areas of the <a href="/wiki/River_Clyde" title="River Clyde">Clyde</a> (<a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> – <i>Cluta)</i> and <a href="/wiki/South_Calder_Water" title="South Calder Water">South Calder Water</a>. In fact, the current Main Street is based on a road built by the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Romans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[13]</a></sup> Another such road ran close to Wishaw House.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[14]</a></sup>
</p><p>In the 1960s, a pagan religious figurine was found in the woods near Netherton, showing that there was some form of settlement near Wishaw before the <a href="/wiki/Christianisation_of_Scotland" title="Christianisation of Scotland">Christianisation of Scotland</a>, which occurred between 400 and 600 AD.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[15]</a></sup>
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<p>A small church was established by a bend (<i>camas/cambo-</i> in <a href="/wiki/Cumbric" title="Cumbric">Cumbric</a>) on the banks of the <a href="/wiki/River_Clyde" title="River Clyde">Clyde</a> near what is now <a href="/wiki/Netherton,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Netherton, North Lanarkshire">Netherton</a> in the eighth century. There is however dispute to whether this was named after (or established by) <a href="/wiki/Neithon_of_Alt_Clut" title="Neithon of Alt Clut">Neithon of Alt Clut</a> or perhaps <a href="/wiki/St_Ninian" class="mw-redirect" title="St Ninian">St Ninian</a>. Nonetheless, the area became known as <i>Cambusnethan</i> or <i>Kamnethan</i> from then on. The site of the original church remains as a ruined <a href="/wiki/Graveyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Graveyard">burial ground</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[16]</a></sup> including an impressive <a href="/wiki/Mausoleum" title="Mausoleum">mausoleum</a> to <a href="/wiki/Lord_Belhaven" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Belhaven">Lord Belhaven</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[17]</a></sup> The churchyard is notably round, similar to those found in <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> and Ireland, suggesting it could have been built on an earlier Celtic temple. Excavated from this area was the Cambusnethan Stone, a large Christian tablet created by the <a href="/wiki/Strathclyde_Britons" class="mw-redirect" title="Strathclyde Britons">Strathclyde Britons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[18]</a></sup>
</p><p>In the 12th century, a Norman lord constructed a large manor near Gowkthrapple, as well as another small church. This was the beginning of the parish of Cambusnethan, which lasted up until 1930. In the 13th century, administrative control of the parish was ceded to <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> from the previous <a href="/wiki/Kelso_Abbey" title="Kelso Abbey">Kelso Abbey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[19]</a></sup> Small <a href="/wiki/Fortresses" class="mw-redirect" title="Fortresses">fortresses</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tower_house" title="Tower house">tower houses</a> were built, and after the <a href="/wiki/Wars_of_Scottish_Independence" title="Wars of Scottish Independence">Scottish Wars of Independence</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Feudal_baron" title="Feudal baron">barony</a> was transferred by <a href="/wiki/Robert_the_Bruce" title="Robert the Bruce">Robert the Bruce</a> to local lords,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[20]</a></sup> however the title lay abandoned by the 20th century. The <a href="/wiki/Somerville_(surname)" title="Somerville (surname)">Somervilles</a> of Cambusnethan were the principal aristocrats in the area, although sold their land to <a href="/wiki/Sir_James_Steuart" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir James Steuart">Sir James Steuart</a>,later <a href="/wiki/Lord_Provost_of_Edinburgh" title="Lord Provost of Edinburgh">Lord Provost of Edinburgh</a> in 1653. Wishaw House is thought to date back to the <a href="/wiki/15th_century" title="15th century">15th century</a>, and appears on <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Pont" title="Timothy Pont">Pont's</a> map of Scotland from 1583, as <i>Wisha.</i><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[21]</a></sup> The settlements of <i>Greenhead</i>, <i>Camnethan</i>, <i>Peddyr</i> and <a href="/wiki/Overtown,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Overtown, North Lanarkshire"><i>Overtoun of Camnethan</i></a> also appear.
</p><p>The ruined church on Kirk Road, mere yards away from the current Cambusnethan church, is thought to date back to the 1600s or earlier.
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<p>In the 18th century agriculture in the area consisted mainly of growing oats although some wheat and pear trees were cultivated.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[22]</a></sup> Members of the <a href="/wiki/Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_of_Scotland" title="Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland">Reformed Presbyterian Church</a> took up the favourable terms of the proprietor to enable them to establish a congregation in Wishaw in 1792.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[23]</a></sup> The village itself was laid out in 1794, named Cambusnethan, and later renamed <b>Wishawtown</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[24]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 1801 the population of Wishaw was about 400 and that of the whole parish only 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[25]</a></sup> In the 1830s Lord Belhaven set up a <a href="/wiki/Distilled_beverage" class="mw-redirect" title="Distilled beverage">distillery</a> in Wishaw.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[26]</a></sup> Other nineteenth century industries included coal mining, iron and steel making, foundry work, railway-waggon building and fire-clay making.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[27]</a></sup> Wishaw grew dramatically in the 1830s, with railways and <a href="/wiki/Gasworks" title="Gasworks">gasworks</a> coming to the town, many <a href="/wiki/Collieries" class="mw-redirect" title="Collieries">collieries</a> opening during this time period. By the time the <a href="/wiki/Caledonian_Railway" title="Caledonian Railway">Caledonian Railway</a>'s main line came through Wishaw in 1848 it was a major mining centre fueling an important part of Scotland's industrial heartland. There were also factories for needle-work and <a href="/wiki/Tambour_lace" title="Tambour lace">tambouring</a>, and confectionery.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[28]</a></sup> On 4 September 1855, the town was incorporated with the villages of <a href="/wiki/Coltness" title="Coltness">Coltness</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stewarton" title="Stewarton">Stewarton</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Burgh" title="Burgh">Burgh</a> of Wishaw, with a population of approximately 5,000. Four years later, in 1859, <a href="/wiki/St_Ignatius_Church,_Wishaw" title="St Ignatius Church, Wishaw">St.Ignatius Parish Church</a> was established, and the church built on Young Street, where it remains to this day. In 1882 Groome recorded that there were 5 schools in Wishaw as well as others in nearby villages.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[29]</a></sup> Wishaw in the middle of the 19th century was visited by the Polish composer <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin#Tour_of_Great_Britain" title="Frédéric Chopin">Frédéric Chopin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[30]</a></sup> Chopin was entertained at Wishaw house and played there for the family, the Hamiltons of Belhaven.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[31]</a></sup>
</p><p>Wishaw and its nearby neighbour of <a href="/wiki/Motherwell" title="Motherwell">Motherwell</a> were once the centre of steel manufacture in Scotland, as both towns were located either side of the former <a href="/wiki/Ravenscraig_steelworks" title="Ravenscraig steelworks">Ravenscraig steelworks</a> which closed in 1992. The (now-defunct) local firm of <i>R Y Pickering & Co Ltd</i> (later Norbrit-Pickering) built railway rolling stock (especially wagons) and many tramcars for tram systems throughout the UK. One of its last tramcar orders was for 10 <a href="/wiki/Double-decker_tram" title="Double-decker tram">double-decker trams</a> for <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Corporation_Tramways" title="Aberdeen Corporation Tramways">Aberdeen Corporation Tramways</a> in 1949. In November 1996, the world's worst recorded outbreak of <i><a href="/wiki/Escherichia_coli" title="Escherichia coli">E. coli O157</a></i> occurred in the town, in which 21 people died and around 200 were infected.
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<p>The town has recovered from the loss of industry such as <a href="/wiki/Steelworks" class="mw-redirect" title="Steelworks">steelworks</a> and coal mines which were shuttered in the 1980s and 1990s. In the <a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_independence_referendum" title="2014 Scottish independence referendum">2014 Scottish independence referendum</a>, Wishaw along with its neighbour Motherwell, voted 52% in favour of <a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">Scottish independence</a>, meanwhile 48% voted against independence.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[32]</a></sup> Since <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a>, Wishaw has voted SNP in both <a href="/wiki/General_elections_in_the_uk" class="mw-redirect" title="General elections in the uk">general elections</a> and local <a href="/wiki/Scottish_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish elections">Scottish elections</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[33]</a></sup> replacing <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> as the dominant party of the town. Wishaw also has a Scottish Conservative Councillor since 2017.
</p><p>These days, North Lanarkshire Council suggest that the majority of the biggest employers in the town are supermarkets, with the exceptions of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Mail" title="Royal Mail">Royal Mail</a>, which has its main Scottish distribution centre at Shieldmuir and the <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">NHS</a> as a result of <a href="/wiki/Wishaw_General_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Wishaw General Hospital">University Hospital Wishaw</a>. There are many service industry businesses located in the town's industrial areas, though none with more than a few hundred employees.
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<p>At present there are three high schools in the area: Clyde Valley High School in Overtown, and <a href="/wiki/Coltness_High_School" title="Coltness High School">Coltness High School</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Aidan%27s_High_School" title="St Aidan's High School">St Aidan's High School</a>, both in Coltness. St. Aidan's High School serves not only Catholic pupils from Wishaw, but nearby towns such as Newmains, Shotts and Carluke. St. Aidans, therefore has the highest number of pupils at around 1,100.
</p><p>Primary schools in Wishaw include Calderbridge, St. Thomas', Thornlie, St. Aidan's, Cambusnethan, St. Ignatius' and Wishaw Academy (with both the latter two schools being a joint campus).
</p><p>The town does not have a university or college at present, with the nearest college being <a href="/wiki/Motherwell_College" title="Motherwell College">Motherwell College</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Ravenscraig" title="Ravenscraig">Ravenscraig</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_West_of_Scotland" title="University of the West of Scotland">University of the West of Scotland</a> (formerly Bell College of Technology) in <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_South_Lanarkshire" title="Hamilton, South Lanarkshire">Hamilton</a> being the nearest university.
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<p>Wishaw has a general hospital, now known as <a href="/wiki/Wishaw_General_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Wishaw General Hospital">University Hospital Wishaw</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Craigneuk" title="Craigneuk">Craigneuk</a> area. It serves nearby settlements such as <a href="/wiki/Motherwell" title="Motherwell">Motherwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newmains" title="Newmains">Newmains</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shotts" title="Shotts">Shotts</a>. It is one of three acute hospitals in Lanarkshire, the others being <a href="/wiki/Monklands_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Monklands Hospital">Monklands Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Airdrie, North Lanarkshire">Airdrie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hairmyres_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Hairmyres Hospital">Hairmyres Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Kilbride" title="East Kilbride">East Kilbride</a>.
</p><p>Also based in the town, on the site of the old town library in Kenilworth Avenue, is the Houldsworth Centre which houses a café, public toilet, Wishaw library and Wishaw Health Centre.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">[34]</a></sup> The centre opened in April 2015 along with a multi-storey car park.
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<p>Main Street is the predominant shopping area in Wishaw. It is partly made up of major national stores such as <a href="/wiki/Peacocks_(retailer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peacocks (retailer)">Peacock's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poundland" title="Poundland">Poundland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iceland_(supermarket)" title="Iceland (supermarket)">Iceland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greggs" title="Greggs">Greggs</a>
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There are also many supermarkets in the area, with a new small format <a href="/wiki/Asda" title="Asda">Asda</a> in the eastern suburb of <a href="/wiki/Newmains" title="Newmains">Newmains</a> that opened in October 2007. A <a href="/wiki/Tesco" title="Tesco">Tesco</a> Extra superstore was also opened during November 2007, and is adjacent to the <a href="/wiki/Wishaw_railway_station" title="Wishaw railway station">railway station</a>, replacing the smaller Metro store on Main Street, about 150 metres (500 ft) from the new store.
</p><p>Wishaw also has the "<i>Caledonian Centre</i>", a shopping complex in the northern suburb of Craigneuk consisting of other national store chains such as <a href="/wiki/Argos_(retailer)" title="Argos (retailer)">Argos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matalan" title="Matalan">Matalan</a>, <a href="/wiki/B_%26_M" class="mw-redirect" title="B & M">B & M</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pets_at_Home" title="Pets at Home">Pets at Home</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Range_(retailer)" title="The Range (retailer)">The Range</a>.
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<p>The first stage of the modern town centre regeneration programme was completed in 2004, with a new car park being constructed between the local library and health centre and with the formation of a taxi rank adjacent to the library also a water fountain was put on the ground of Wishaw Library which looks like the old one which used to stand near the former Wishaw Health Centre.
</p><p>A piece of eyesore land between Station Road and Alexander Street (the railway station and sports centre) was converted into a <a href="/wiki/Park_and_ride" title="Park and ride">park and ride</a> facility, as part of this programme. This has led to a decrease in railway parking and traffic next to the station. The facility was later increased in size as it was too small.
</p><p>In late 2011, Kitchener Street was converted from a small neighbourhood to a main road, routing traffic away from the Main Street to Kenilworth Avenue, where a new roundabout was built. Lammermore Terrace, which was previously one-way, was converted into a two-way street.
</p><p>In 2014 work on a new modern housing estate called Ravenwood began on the site of the old Lammermoor Primary school, which was renamed Calderbridge and moved to a new building 600m away. The neighbourhood was finished in 2016 and now consists of around 50 houses.
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<p>Wishaw has many churches in it of various kinds and denominations.
</p><p>There are several <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a> congregations. Serving principally the town centre are Wishaw Old Parish Church, the oldest building in Wishaw with the Town Clock in the steeple as the town's principal landmark, and <a href="/wiki/South_Wishaw_Parish_Church" title="South Wishaw Parish Church">South Wishaw Parish Church</a>, on the outskirts of the town centre.
</p><p>Serving the outlying parts of Wishaw are – Cambusnethan North Parish Church, Cambusnethan Old and Morningside Parish Church, Craigneuk and Belhaven Church, Coltness Memorial Church (Newmains) and St. Mark's Church (Coltness). The Church of Scotland "charges" have been reduced in recent years through the union of Thornlie and Chalmers Churches to form South Wishaw Parish Church.
</p><p>The town also has a United Free Church, an Episcopal Church dedicated to St. Andrew, a Baptist church (both in Belhaven Terrace), a Gospel Hall (Ebenezer Gospel Hall), a Methodist church (now known as Netherton Methodist Church), a Christian Outreach Centre and five Roman Catholic Churches: <a href="/wiki/St._Ignatius_Church,_Wishaw" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Ignatius Church, Wishaw">St. Ignatius of Loyola</a> (Young Street), St. Aidan's (Coltness), St. Thomas' (Pather), St. Brigid's (Newmains) and St. Patrick's (Shieldmuir).
</p><p>The town has a large <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> population and strong Catholic links. These Catholics are mainly descended from the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Catholics" title="Irish Catholics">Irish Catholics</a> who fled the <a href="/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)" title="Great Famine (Ireland)">Famine</a> to settle in and around Glasgow, with many coming to Lanarkshire in particular. Today, the descendants of these immigrants constitute most of the Catholics in the town but there are also Catholics who are from other ethnicities, in particular those from the <a href="/wiki/Italian_diaspora" title="Italian diaspora">Italian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Polish_diaspora" title="Polish diaspora">Polish</a> communities in Scotland. Some Catholics are even ethnically Scottish.
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<p>Wishaw is represented by several tiers of elected government. <a href="/wiki/North_Lanarkshire" title="North Lanarkshire">North Lanarkshire</a> Council, the unitary local authority for Wishaw, is based at <a href="/wiki/Motherwell,_North_Lanarkshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Motherwell, North Lanarkshire">Motherwell</a>, and is the executive, <a href="/wiki/Deliberation" title="Deliberation">deliberative</a> and <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislative</a> body responsible for <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Scotland" title="Local government in Scotland">local governance</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> is responsible for <a href="/wiki/Devolution" title="Devolution">devolved matters</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Scotland" title="Education in Scotland">education</a>, <a href="/wiki/NHS_Scotland" title="NHS Scotland">health</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scots_law" title="Scots law">justice</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-devolvedmatters_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-devolvedmatters-36">[35]</a></sup> while <a href="/wiki/Reserved_and_excepted_matters" class="mw-redirect" title="Reserved and excepted matters">reserved matters</a> are dealt with by the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a>.
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<p>The <a href="/wiki/Motherwell_and_Wishaw_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Motherwell and Wishaw (UK Parliament constituency)">Motherwell and Wishaw constituency</a> is represented in the <a href="/wiki/UK_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Parliament">UK Parliament</a> by <a href="/wiki/Marion_Fellows" title="Marion Fellows">Marion Fellows</a> MP (SNP) Scottish Parliament
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</p><p>In addition to this, Wishaw is represented by seven <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_constituencies_and_regions" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions">regional MSPs</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Central_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Central Scotland electoral region</a>.
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<p>There is no professional football team in Wishaw. Many of the town's residents are followers of <a href="/wiki/Rangers_F.C." title="Rangers F.C.">Rangers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a> and near-neighbours <a href="/wiki/Motherwell_F.C." title="Motherwell F.C.">Motherwell</a>. There is however a junior football team, <a href="/wiki/Wishaw_F.C." title="Wishaw F.C.">Wishaw</a>, which plays its home games at <a href="/wiki/Beltane_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Beltane Park">Beltane Park</a>, near to the town's sports centre. There is also a large juvenile football club, Wishaw Wycombe Wanderers, who have many registered young players, playing football in age groups from Under 6s to Under 21s.
</p><p>Wishaw has a <a href="/wiki/List_of_King_George_V_Playing_Fields_(North_Lanarkshire)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of King George V Playing Fields (North Lanarkshire)">King George's Field</a> in memorial to <a href="/wiki/George_V_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George V of the United Kingdom">King George V</a>, next to the town's hospital. This small park has two full-sized football pitches as well as a swing park and play area.
</p><p>To the northwest of the town, there is a large <a href="/wiki/Golf_course" title="Golf course">golf course</a>.
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<p>The town's municipal sports centre also includes two small swimming pools, badminton and martial arts facilities and gymnastic equipment. A full-length running track is also on site along with a full-sized football pitch. Long jump pits and throwing cages are also issued within the track. There are also 5-a-side astroturf pitches for football, where many local games are held.
Elsewhere, all-weather pitches and a children's play area behind Morrison's have been closed for a new shared campus primary school by St. Ignatius Primary and Wishaw Academy Primary. The local council has made no announcement on whether these facilities will be replaced.
</p><p>The town previously had a large swimming pool complete with a large spectator grandstand, an underwater viewpoint and diving facilities (with boards at 1.5m, 3m and 5m). This was closed during the late 1990s to make way for a much smaller facility on the site of the town's sports centre. The reason given for this decision was the cost of maintaining such a facility for a town as small as Wishaw. Over the years it had played host to many regional swimming events and also benefited from being within walking distance of the two main secondary schools in the area as well as a host of primary schools.
</p><p><a href="/wiki/University_Hospital_Wishaw" title="University Hospital Wishaw">University Hospital Wishaw</a> also has a heat pool for specialist physio treatment.
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<p>Wishaw also has a town park named after <a href="/wiki/Lord_Belhaven" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Belhaven">Lord Belhaven</a>, Belhaven Park. It has a swing park with plenty of climbing frames and slides, and plenty of benches. There is a pathway at the back of the park which leads through the trees and into a council estate. In March 2011, the parks play-area underwent a significant upgrade.
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<td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> (32 km), <a href="/wiki/Coatbridge" title="Coatbridge">Coatbridge</a> (20 km)</td>
<td><a href="/wiki/Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Airdrie, North Lanarkshire">Airdrie</a> (15 km), <a href="/wiki/Newhouse,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Newhouse, North Lanarkshire">Newhouse</a> (10 km)</td>
<td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> (58 km), <a href="/wiki/Livingston,_West_Lothian" title="Livingston, West Lothian">Livingston</a> (34 km), <a href="/wiki/Shotts" title="Shotts">Shotts</a> (11km)</td>
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<td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Newmains" title="Newmains">Newmains</a> (2 km)</td>
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<td><a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock" title="Kilmarnock">Kilmarnock</a> (52 km)</td>
<td><a href="/wiki/Larkhall" title="Larkhall">Larkhall</a> (10 km)</td>
<td><a href="/wiki/Carluke" title="Carluke">Carluke</a> (10 km), <a href="/wiki/Lanark" title="Lanark">Lanark</a> (18 km)</td>
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<p>As of March 2023, the following operators provide routes through Wishaw to various destinations;
</p><p><b>JMB Travel</b>
</p><p>41 Lanark to Hamilton, via Carluke, Wishaw, Craigneuk, & Motherwell (Mon-Sat Daytime. No Evening Service)
</p><p>93 Coltness to Carbarns, via Coltness, Wishaw, University Hosp Wishaw, Netherton (Mon to Sat Daytime Only)
</p><p>193 Cleland to Pather, via Coltness, Wishaw, & University Hosp Wishaw (All Day Sunday)
</p><p>210 Law to University Hosp Wishaw, via Law & Wishaw (Mon to Fri. One Early Morning Journey And One Evening Journey)
</p><p>251 University Hosp Wishaw to Larkhall, via Wishaw, Waterloo, Overtown, & Garrion Bridge (Mon-Sun all day)
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</p><p>210X Lawhill to University Hospital Wishaw, via Law & Wishaw (Mon to Fri. One Way Early Morning Only)
</p><p>210 Lawhill to University Hospital Wishaw, via Law & Wishaw (Mon to Sat Evening Only. Sunday All Day)
</p><p>240X Lanark to Glasgow, via Carluke, Wishaw, Craigneuk, & Motherwell (Mon to Fri Daytime)
</p><p>241X Lanark to Glasgow, via Carluke, Wishaw, Netherton, Muirhouse, & Motherwell (Mon to Sat Daytime)
</p><p>248 University Hospital Wishaw to Holytown, via Pather, Wishaw, Coltness, Cleland, Newarthill, & New Stevenston (Mon to Sat Evening Only)
</p><p>248C Monkland Hosp/Airdrie to Law, via Chapelhall, Holytown, New Stevenston, Cleland, University Hosp Wishaw, Wishaw (Mon to Fri Daytime Only)
</p><p>365 Torbothie to University Hosp Wishaw via, Stane, Dykehead, Allanton, Morningside, Newmains, & Wishaw (Mon to Sat Daytime Only)
</p><p>366 Harthill to University Hosp Wishaw via, Stane, Dykehead, Allanton, Newmains, Wishaw (Some Journeys Start/Finish at Ravenscraig Sports Centre) (Mon to Sun Daytime Only)
</p><p>367 Harthill to Ravenscraig via Dykehead, Stane, Allanton, Newmains, Wishaw, University Hosp Wishaw, & Craigneuk (Mon-Sat Evening & All Day Sunday)
</p><p><b>Whitelaws</b>
</p><p>253 University Hosp Wishaw to Coalburn, via Netherton, Muirhouse, Motherwell, Hamilton, Larkhall, Blackwood, & Lesmahagow (Mon-Sat Daytime Only)
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</p><p>240 Overtown to Glasgow, via Wishaw, Craigneuk, Motherwell, Bellshill, Birkenshaw, Tollcross, & Parkhead (Mon to Sun all day)
</p><p>241 Cleland to North Motherwell, via Coltness, Wishaw, University Hosp Wishaw, Netherton, Muirhouse, & Motherwell (Mon to Sun all day. Evening service runs between Coltness and Motherwell only)
</p><p>242 Overtown/Pather to Holytown/Maxim Park, via Wishaw, Wishawhill, Craigneuk, Motherwell, & Holytown (Mon to Sat. Early And Late Peak Journeys Start Or End At Maxim Park. First & Last Journeys Start Or End At Overtown Depot)
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266 Shotts/Newmains to Hamilton, via Wishaw, University Hosp Wishaw, Netherton, Muirhouse, & Motherwell (Mon-Sun all day. Evening And Sunday Service Run Between Hamilton And Newmains Only)
</p><p>X11 Newmains to Glasgow, via Wishaw, Netherton, Muirhouse, & Motherwell (Mon-Sun Daytime Only)
</p><p>N240 Glasgow to Cleland, via, Parkhead, Tollcross, Birkenshaw, Bellshill, Motherwell, Muirhouse, Netherton, Wishaw, & Coltness (Sat & Sunday Night Bus. Runs Only from Glasgow.)
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<p><a href="/wiki/Wishaw_railway_station" title="Wishaw railway station">Wishaw railway station</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Argyle_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Argyle line">Argyle line</a> (running from <a href="/wiki/Lanark_railway_station" title="Lanark railway station">Lanark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carstairs_railway_station" title="Carstairs railway station">Carstairs</a> to <a href="/wiki/Milngavie_railway_station" title="Milngavie railway station">Milngavie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dalmuir_railway_station" title="Dalmuir railway station">Dalmuir</a>).
</p><p>A mainly half hourly Mon-Sat service & hourly late evening and all day on Sundays is provided by <a href="/wiki/ScotRail" title="ScotRail">ScotRail</a> which connects Wishaw to places such as:
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Motherwell_railway_station" title="Motherwell railway station">Motherwell</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Carluke_railway_station" title="Carluke railway station">Carluke</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Cambuslang_railway_station" title="Cambuslang railway station">Cambuslang</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bellshill_railway_station" title="Bellshill railway station">Bellshill</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Uddingston_railway_station" title="Uddingston railway station">Uddingston</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Central_railway_station" title="Glasgow Central railway station">Glasgow Central</a></li></ul>
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<p>Wishaw also has a second station, <a href="/wiki/Shieldmuir_railway_station" title="Shieldmuir railway station">Shieldmuir railway station</a>, serving the Craigneuk area of the town. There is also a few services to <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Waverley_railway_station" title="Edinburgh Waverley railway station">Edinburgh Waverley</a> which run Mon-Sat. Some extra peak services are provided Mon-Fri to/from Carstairs and Anderston via Glasgow Central Low Level.
</p><p>Trains on the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a> pass through the town at 115 mph, but no passenger service trains stop there, as the main <a href="/wiki/Wishaw_South_railway_station" title="Wishaw South railway station">Wishaw South railway station</a> on the line closed in 1958.
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<p>Wishaw is on the <a href="/wiki/A71_road" title="A71 road">A71</a>, Edinburgh, <a href="/wiki/Livingston,_West_Lothian" title="Livingston, West Lothian">Livingston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock" title="Kilmarnock">Kilmarnock</a> road which links the town to the <a href="/wiki/M74_motorway" class="mw-redirect" title="M74 motorway">M74</a> as well as the <a href="/wiki/A73_road" title="A73 road">A73</a> which links the town with the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Borders" title="Scottish Borders">Borders</a> regions and the <a href="/wiki/M8_motorway_(Scotland)" title="M8 motorway (Scotland)">M8</a>.
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<p>The nearest airport to Wishaw is <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Airport" title="Glasgow Airport">Glasgow Airport</a> at 20 miles (32 km) distant, though at 26 miles (42 km) <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Airport" title="Edinburgh Airport">Edinburgh Airport</a> is not much further. Connections to both airports are only via the cities they serve as no direct public transport links are available.
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<p><b>Wishawhill</b> (<span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion load-gadget" data-gadget="WikiMiniAtlas"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Wishaw&params=55.778447_N_3.937928_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">55°46′42″N</span> <span class="longitude">3°56′17″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">55.778447°N 3.937928°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">55.778447; -3.937928</span></span></span></a></span></span>) is a small neighbourhood village in Wishaw. It is located to the north of the town. The suburb can be entered by Heathery Road or Cleland Road, with both roads leading onto the A721 or Glasgow Road running towards Wishaw Main Street.
</p><p>Wishawhill is situated within walking distance from the major places in the town such as the Main Street, the large <a href="/wiki/Tesco_Extra" class="mw-redirect" title="Tesco Extra">Tesco Extra</a> superstore and <a href="/wiki/Wishaw_General_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Wishaw General Hospital">Wishaw General Hospital</a>. There is also the large <a href="/wiki/Golf_course" title="Golf course">golf course</a> located to the north of the area. Virtually all of Wishawhill is low density residential housing and flats, with only a Community Center and the Wishaw Ex-Servicemen's Club being the non-residential buildings in the area. Due to its close proximity with Wishaw Main Street, there is only one local newsagent shop. The suburb also has a swing park and a football pitch.
</p><p>The area used to be host to one <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> Primary School, St Matthew's, located on Pentland Road, until it was shut down in June 2010 due to councillors voting against their constituents wishes.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">[36]</a></sup> This happened despite a large campaign by local residents to keep the school open. It is now<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (January 2022)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> being demolished due to repeated vandalism. Saint Thomas' in <a href="/wiki/Pather" title="Pather">Pather</a> is now the nearest Roman Catholic school to Wishawhill.
</p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Argyle_Line" title="Argyle Line">Argyle Line</a> next to Campsie Road passes through the suburb, with passenger services located at <a href="/wiki/Wishaw_railway_station" title="Wishaw railway station">Wishaw railway station</a> a mile away. Buses such as <a href="/wiki/First_Glasgow" title="First Glasgow">FirstGroup</a> travel through the area, providing services to towns such as <a href="/wiki/Motherwell" title="Motherwell">Motherwell</a>. The rectangular road that run through the whole of Wishawhill (Campsie Road, Pentland Road, Grampian Road and Heathery Road) links to all the streets.
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<p>Notable people from Wishaw include:
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Canfield_Pomphrey" title="Thomas Canfield Pomphrey">Thomas Canfield Pomphrey</a>, architect, was born here in 1881.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">[37]</a></sup></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Alexander_Brothers" title="The Alexander Brothers">The Alexander Brothers</a>, musicians and entertainers</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Baker" title="Joe Baker">Joe Baker</a>, footballer</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Barrowman" title="Andrew Barrowman">Andrew Barrowman</a>, footballer</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/John_Cleland_(racing_driver)" title="John Cleland (racing driver)">John Cleland</a>, motor racing champion</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Enrico_Cocozza" title="Enrico Cocozza">Enrico Cocozza</a>, underground filmmaker</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Cramb" title="Colin Cramb">Colin Cramb</a>, footballer</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Curran" title="Samuel Curran">Sir Samuel Curran</a>, physicist, inventor of the <a href="/wiki/Scintillation_counter" title="Scintillation counter">scintillation counter</a>, and founder of <a href="/wiki/Strathclyde_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Strathclyde University">Strathclyde University</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Fisher_(broadcast_journalist)" title="Alan Fisher (broadcast journalist)">Alan Fisher</a>, journalist</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Gemmell" title="Tommy Gemmell">Tommy Gemmell</a>, footballer</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Graham" title="Jim Graham">Jim Graham</a>, Washington, D.C. politician</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Henderson_(footballer)" title="Roy Henderson (footballer)">Roy Henderson</a>, footballer</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/John_Higgins" title="John Higgins">John Higgins</a>, world snooker champion</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Higgins_(actor)" title="Paul Higgins (actor)">Paul Higgins</a>, actor and writer</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Holmes" title="Derek Holmes">Derek Holmes</a>, footballer</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Jolt" title="The Jolt">The Jolt</a>, 1970s pop group</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Macleod_(footballer)" title="Lewis Macleod (footballer)">Lewis Macleod</a>, footballer</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/John_Gibson_Lockhart" title="John Gibson Lockhart">John Gibson Lockhart</a>, biographer and novelist</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Stan_McEwan" title="Stan McEwan">Stan McEwan</a>, footballer</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Marie_McLaughlin" title="Marie McLaughlin">Marie McLaughlin</a>, opera singer</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Miller_(footballer)" title="Lee Miller (footballer)">Lee Miller</a>, footballer</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Moore (UK politician)">Michael Moore</a>, politician</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Deborah_Orr" title="Deborah Orr">Deborah Orr</a>, journalist and columnist</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Quinn_(footballer,_born_1985)" title="Paul Quinn (footballer, born 1985)">Paul Quinn</a>, footballer</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Reid_(photographer)" title="Charles Reid (photographer)">Charles Reid (photographer)</a> Victorian Photographer</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Reid_(actor)" title="Gordon Reid (actor)">Gordon Reid</a>, actor</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Sharp" title="Anne Sharp">Anne Sharp</a>, opera singer</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Phnx" title="Saint Phnx">Saint Phnx</a>, musical group</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/William_Patrick_Scott" title="William Patrick Scott">Bill Scott</a>, rugby player</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Alison_Turriff" title="Alison Turriff">Alison Turriff</a>, musician</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Frank_S._Walsh" title="Frank S. Walsh">Frank S. Walsh</a>, scientist</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Wilson_(footballer_born_1908)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alex Wilson (footballer born 1908)">Alex Wilson</a>, footballer</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Winning" title="Thomas Winning">Thomas Winning</a>, archbishop and cardinal</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_McDonald" title="Nicholas McDonald">Nicholas McDonald</a>, Singer and runner-up of ITV's <i><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (UK)">The X Factor</a></i></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kieran_Tierney" title="Kieran Tierney">Kieran Tierney</a>, footballer for <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team" title="Scotland national football team">Scotland national team</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFLockhart1791" class="citation book cs1">Lockhart, John (1791). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/statisticalacco06sincgoog#page/n579/mode/2up"><i>The statistical account of Scotland. Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes</i></a> (Vol. XII, 1794 ed.). Edinburgh: W. Creech. pp. 569–571<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+statistical+account+of+Scotland.+Drawn+up+from+the+communications+of+the+ministers+of+the+different+parishes&rft.place=Edinburgh&rft.pages=569-571&rft.edition=Vol.+XII%2C+1794&rft.pub=W.+Creech&rft.date=1791&rft.aulast=Lockhart&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fstatisticalacco06sincgoog%23page%2Fn579%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWishaw" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFBrown1859" class="citation book cs1">Brown, Peter (1859). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/historicalsket00brow#page/50/mode/2up/search/wishaw"><i>Historical sketches of the parish of Cambusnethan</i></a>. Wishaw: D. Johnston. p. 50<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Historical+sketches+of+the+parish+of+Cambusnethan&rft.place=Wishaw&rft.pages=50&rft.pub=D.+Johnston&rft.date=1859&rft.aulast=Brown&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fhistoricalsket00brow%23page%2F50%2Fmode%2F2up%2Fsearch%2Fwishaw&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWishaw" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFLivingstone1845" class="citation book cs1">Livingstone, Archibald (1845). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/b21365805_0006#page/n637/mode/2up/search/wishaw"><i>The new statistical account of Scotland</i></a> (Vol 6 ed.). Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. p. 621<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+new+statistical+account+of+Scotland.&rft.place=Edinburgh+and+London&rft.pages=621&rft.edition=Vol+6&rft.pub=William+Blackwood+and+Sons&rft.date=1845&rft.aulast=Livingstone&rft.aufirst=Archibald&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fb21365805_0006%23page%2Fn637%2Fmode%2F2up%2Fsearch%2Fwishaw&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWishaw" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/pomphreysdirecto1893wish#page/16/mode/2up"><i>Pomphrey's directory of Wishaw and handbook of the parish of Cambusnethan: with Shotts supplement</i></a> (3rd ed.). Wishaw: W. Pomphrey. 1893. p. 16<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pomphrey%27s+directory+of+Wishaw+and+handbook+of+the+parish+of+Cambusnethan%3A+with+Shotts+supplement&rft.place=Wishaw&rft.pages=16&rft.edition=3rd&rft.pub=W.+Pomphrey&rft.date=1893&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fpomphreysdirecto1893wish%23page%2F16%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWishaw" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFLivingstone1845" class="citation book cs1">Livingstone, Archibald (1845). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/b21365805_0006#page/n639/mode/2up/search/wishaw"><i>The new statistical account of Scotland</i></a> (Vol 6 ed.). Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. p. 622<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+new+statistical+account+of+Scotland.&rft.place=Edinburgh+and+London&rft.pages=622&rft.edition=Vol+6&rft.pub=William+Blackwood+and+Sons&rft.date=1845&rft.aulast=Livingstone&rft.aufirst=Archibald&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fb21365805_0006%23page%2Fn639%2Fmode%2F2up%2Fsearch%2Fwishaw&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWishaw" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFMort1910" class="citation book cs1">Mort, Frederick (1910). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/lanarkshire00mortuoft#page/166/mode/2up/search/wishaw"><i>Lanarkshire</i></a>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 166<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lanarkshire&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.pages=166&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1910&rft.aulast=Mort&rft.aufirst=Frederick&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Flanarkshire00mortuoft%23page%2F166%2Fmode%2F2up%2Fsearch%2Fwishaw&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWishaw" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/pomphreysdirecto1893wish#page/44/mode/2up"><i>Pomphrey's directory of Wishaw and handbook of the parish of Cambusnethan: with Shotts supplement</i></a> (3rd ed.). Wishaw: W. Pomphrey. 1893. pp. 45–50<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pomphrey%27s+directory+of+Wishaw+and+handbook+of+the+parish+of+Cambusnethan%3A+with+Shotts+supplement&rft.place=Wishaw&rft.pages=45-50&rft.edition=3rd&rft.pub=W.+Pomphrey&rft.date=1893&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fpomphreysdirecto1893wish%23page%2F44%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWishaw" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFGroome1882" class="citation book cs1">Groome, Francis Hindes (1882). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/ordnancegazettee01groo#page/226/mode/2up"><i>Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical</i></a> (Vol 1 ed.). Edinburgh: T.C. Jack. p. 226<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ordnance+gazetteer+of+Scotland+%3A+a+survey+of+Scottish+topography%2C+statistical%2C+biographical%2C+and+historical&rft.place=Edinburgh&rft.pages=226&rft.edition=Vol+1&rft.pub=T.C.+Jack&rft.date=1882&rft.aulast=Groome&rft.aufirst=Francis+Hindes&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fordnancegazettee01groo%23page%2F226%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWishaw" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFZaluski1993" class="citation book cs1">Zaluski, Iwo and Pamela (1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Chopin's+Scottish+autumn.-a014234524"><i>The Scottish Autumn of Frederick Chopin</i></a>. Edinburgh: John Donald Ltd<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Scottish+Autumn+of+Frederick+Chopin&rft.place=Edinburgh&rft.pub=John+Donald+Ltd.&rft.date=1993&rft.aulast=Zaluski&rft.aufirst=Iwo+and+Pamela&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefreelibrary.com%2FChopin%27s%2BScottish%2Bautumn.-a014234524&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWishaw" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Iwo Zaluski, Pamela Zaluski The Scottish Autumn of Frederick Chopin John Donald Publishers 1993 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780859763899" title="Special:BookSources/9780859763899">9780859763899</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171023070239/https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=30888">"Referendum result for North Lanarkshire"</a>. <i>North Lanarkshire Council</i>. Government of the United Kingdom. 18 September 2014. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=30888">the original</a> on 23 October 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=North+Lanarkshire+Council&rft.atitle=Referendum+result+for+North+Lanarkshire&rft.date=2014-09-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.northlanarkshire.gov.uk%2Findex.aspx%3Farticleid%3D30888&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWishaw" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk/news/news/Pages/HouldsworthCentre.aspx">"Name for Wishaw health and council centre"</a>. <i>NHS Lanarkshire</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NHS+Lanarkshire&rft.atitle=Name+for+Wishaw+health+and+council+centre&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhslanarkshire.org.uk%2Fnews%2Fnews%2FPages%2FHouldsworthCentre.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWishaw" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-devolvedmatters-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-devolvedmatters_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061004074305/http://www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk/what-we-do/reserved-and-devolved-matters.html">"Reserved and devolved matters"</a>. Scotland Office. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk/what-we-do/reserved-and-devolved-matters.html">the original</a> on 4 October 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 November</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Reserved+and+devolved+matters&rft.pub=Scotland+Office&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotlandoffice.gov.uk%2Fwhat-we-do%2Freserved-and-devolved-matters.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWishaw" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/6900">Scenes at West Cross</a> Enrico Cocozza interviews local people.</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1189">Scenes at West Cross</a> Compilation of views around West Cross in Wishaw.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39">[1]</a></sup></li></ul>
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<li><a href="/wiki/Auchinloch" title="Auchinloch">Auchinloch</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Annathill" title="Annathill">Annathill</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Banton,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Banton, North Lanarkshire">Banton</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bargeddie" title="Bargeddie">Bargeddie</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Birkenshaw,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Birkenshaw, North Lanarkshire">Birkenshaw</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bonkle" title="Bonkle">Bonkle</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Cardowan" title="Cardowan">Cardowan</a></li>
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<li><a href="/wiki/Caldercruix" title="Caldercruix">Caldercruix</a></li>
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<li><a href="/wiki/Cleland,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Cleland, North Lanarkshire">Cleland</a></li>
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<li><a href="/wiki/Dullatur" title="Dullatur">Dullatur</a></li>
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<li><a href="/wiki/Glenboig" title="Glenboig">Glenboig</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Glenmavis" title="Glenmavis">Glenmavis</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Greengairs" title="Greengairs">Greengairs</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Hareshaw" title="Hareshaw">Hareshaw</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Harthill,_Scotland" title="Harthill, Scotland">Harthill</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Hartwood" title="Hartwood">Hartwood</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Holytown" title="Holytown">Holytown</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Longriggend" title="Longriggend">Longriggend</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Luggiebank" title="Luggiebank">Luggiebank</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Millerston" title="Millerston">Millerston</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mollinsburn" title="Mollinsburn">Mollinsburn</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Moodiesburn" title="Moodiesburn">Moodiesburn</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Morningside,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Morningside, North Lanarkshire">Morningside</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Muirhead,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Muirhead, North Lanarkshire">Muirhead</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Newarthill" title="Newarthill">Newarthill</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Newhouse,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Newhouse, North Lanarkshire">Newhouse</a></li>
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<li><a href="/wiki/Overtown,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Overtown, North Lanarkshire">Overtown</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Plains,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Plains, North Lanarkshire">Plains</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Queenzieburn" title="Queenzieburn">Queenzieburn</a></li>
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<li><a href="/wiki/Garrion_Bridge" title="Garrion Bridge">Garrion Bridge</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kelvinhead" title="Kelvinhead">Kelvinhead</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Riggend" title="Riggend">Riggend</a></li>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_Public_Observatory" title="Airdrie Public Observatory">Airdrie Public Observatory</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bedlay_Castle" title="Bedlay Castle">Bedlay Castle</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Carfin_Grotto" title="Carfin Grotto">Carfin Grotto</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Clyde Valley">Clyde Valley</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Colzium" title="Colzium">Colzium</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dalzell_House" title="Dalzell House">Dalzell House</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dalziel_Park" title="Dalziel Park">Dalziel Park</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Drumpellier_Country_Park" title="Drumpellier Country Park">Drumpellier Country Park</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Duncarron" title="Duncarron">Duncarron</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Greenlink_Cycle_Path" title="Greenlink Cycle Path">Greenlink Cycle Path</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jerviston" title="Jerviston">Jerviston</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Newhouse_Research_Site" title="Newhouse Research Site">Newhouse Research Site</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/North_Lanarkshire_Heritage_Centre" title="North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre">North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ravenscraig_Regional_Sports_Facility" title="Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility">Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Summerlee_Museum_of_Scottish_Industrial_Life" title="Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life">Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Strathclyde_Country_Park" title="Strathclyde Country Park">Strathclyde Country Park</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Not including outlying localities <a href="/wiki/Cleland,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Cleland, North Lanarkshire">Cleland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gowkthrapple_(Wishaw)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gowkthrapple (Wishaw)">Gowkthrapple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newmains" title="Newmains">Newmains</a> and <a href="/wiki/Overtown,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Overtown, North Lanarkshire">Overtown</a> which are each <a href="/wiki/List_of_census_localities_in_Scotland#North_Lanarkshire" title="List of census localities in Scotland">recorded separately</a>.</span>
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