Carstairs

Carstairs (/kɑːrˈstɛərz/, Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Tarrais) is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Carstairs is located 5 miles (8 kilometres) east of the county town of Lanark and the West Coast Main Line runs through the village. The village is served by Carstairs railway station, which is served by the Caledonian Sleeper to and from London Euston. Carstairs is best known as the location of the State Hospital. Carstairs is applied to the places Carstairs Village and the village of Carstairs Junction where the railway station is situated. The two places are two completely different villages divided by 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) of land, a parkland area (Monteith Park) and the railway line.

This article is about the village in Scotland. For other uses, see Carstairs (disambiguation).

Carstairs
  • Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Tarrais
Carstairs Village Green
Carstairs
Location within South Lanarkshire
Population840 (mid-2020 est.)
OS grid referenceNS938460
Community council
  • Carstairs
Council area
  • South Lanarkshire
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLANARK
Postcode districtML11
Dialling code01555
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

Carstairs Village has massively expanded since 2007 with the building of Millwood Estate.

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