New Lanark World Heritage Site Leaflet
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Where can i find out more? Further Information NEW LANARK TRUST Information about visiting New Lanark, the history of New New Lanark World Heritage Site, the site, downloadable guides, details of special events South Lanarkshire ML11 9DB and information on learning resources can be found at Tel: +44 (0)1555 661 345 the New Lanark Trust’s website: newlanark.org Email: [email protected] Lanark www.newlanark.org To find out more about the wider area and the natural SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL history of the Clyde Valley, see the back page of this Almada Street, leaflet for links to the Scottish Wildlife Trust and Hamilton, Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership. South Lanarkshire ML3 0AA Tel: +44 (0)303 123 1015 www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk FALLS OF CLYDE RESERVE & VISITOR CENTRE World Heritage Site New Lanark, South Lanarkshire ML11 9DB Tel: +44 (0)1555 665 262 Email: [email protected] www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/visitor-centres/falls-of-clyde CLYDE & AVON VALLEY LANDSCAPE PARTNERSHIP 30 Hope Street, Lanark ML11 7NE Tel: +44 (0)1555 663 430 Awaiting Main Pic Email: [email protected] www.clydeandavonvalley.com Mill Building with Modern Roof Garden © New Lanark Trust HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND Longmore House, Salisbury Place, Edinburgh EH9 1SH Tel: +44 (0)131 668 8600 Email: [email protected] www.historicenvironment.scot Produced by Historic Environment Scotland Images © Crown Copyright HES unless otherwise specified Front cover: Mill Building, Mill workers © New Lanark Trust, Bell Tower © New Lanark Trust Mill Lade Counting House © Historic Environment Scotland - Scottish Charity No. SC045925 Over 200 years ago the impressive sandstone What was New Lanark? What can I see and do today? cotton mills of New Lanark were built by an New Lanark was built around 1785 as a completely The buildings in the village today look much as enterprising Scot, David Dale, in a dramatic new cotton mill village powered by the waters of the they did in the early 19th century during Owen’s gorge in Lanarkshire close to the famous Falls famous Falls of Clyde. The village is built with local management. The imposing mill buildings, tenement of Clyde. The village quickly became known stone and is situated in a narrow steep-sided gorge rows of workers’ accommodation, the Institute for through which the River Clyde flows. the Formation of Character and the Robert Owen’s all over the world under the enlightened School for Children, along with Robert Owen and management of Dale’s son-in-law, the social In founding the village on such a difficult site David Dale’s Houses are all open to the public. pioneer Robert Owen. Arkwright and Dale showed determination and confidence. They knew that very high profits could be The original weir, lade and waterways which In 2001, UNESCO inscribed New Lanark as a World made from a successful cotton mill utilising the natural provided water- power to the mills from the 1780s Heritage Site, in acknowledgement of its significant water power available. Arkwright had invented a new are still in use today. Woodland walks from the village role in the development of model industrial kind of spinning machine, the waterframe. This led to give access to views of the Falls of Clyde and of the gorge. settlements. The integration of planning and the new factory age, and mill villages like New Lanark architecture with a humane concern on the part of were established, powered by large water wheels employers for the wellbeing of workers is a milestone revolutionising large scale textile production. in social and industrial history. By 1799, New Lanark was the biggest cotton mill in New Lanark village remains a thriving community Scotland and one of the largest factory sites in the with a resident population, a visitor centre, a hotel world. Over 2,000 people lived or worked in the village. and a range of small businesses. The New Lanark The mill continued manufacturing cotton for nearly 200 Trust, which owns much of the World Heritage Site, years, until 1968. This helps explain why the buildings in is committed to supporting the restoration and the village are so little changed. development of the village. Mill Building Water Wheel Robert Owen © New Lanark Trust View from the Falls New Lanark © New Lanark Trust .