Wishaw, Scotland

Wishaw Library

A traditional library and lots, lots more

Wishaw Library is located right in the centre of the town, just off the Main Street, on Kenilworth Avenue. It has an extensive range of books available to borrow but also a wide range of other items such as CD's, computer games and talking books, to name but a few. It also offers its members free Internet access and services such as photocopying and faxing are available at very reasonable prices. There is also a shop where it is possible to order items such as books or DVD's as well as purchase the likes of local interest publications and stationery.

Kenilworth Avenue, Wishaw

A part of Wishaw which has changed very little in decades

Kenilworth Avenue is indeed the curving road upon which Wishaw Library is located but equally - and in a literal sense - the name refers to the wide, tree-lined thoroughfare that adjoins the main road. There are three narrow roads which run parallel between two rows of houses, interspersed by two, tree-lined grassy verges.

This part of Kenilworth Avenue has changed very little - if at all - within my lifetime. Indeed, my mother has often told me how she used to wheel me along it in my pram in the Autumn and laugh as I used to try to catch the falling leaves!

The History of Wishaw in Pictures and in Text

by Helen Moir

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Belhaven Park, Wishaw

A legacy to a town from a grieving father

Belhaven Park sits on the Western edge of Wishaw, just off Dryburgh Road. It is a leafy, grassy area, featuring walkways, benches to sit upon and including a childrens' play area. It was gifted to the town during the First World War by the then Lord Belhaven and dedicated to the memory of his son who had lost his life in the fighting.

The Five Dollars Visit Belhaven Park and Wishaw!

An unusual stopover for the globetrotters!

The Five Dollars as featured in the photo are in the middle of a whirlwind tour of Europe, raising as much money as they can in the process in a series of novel ways.

In August 2009, The Five Dollars visited Wishaw...

The Five Dollar Vacation - A Worldwide Charity Project With a Difference!

Wishaw Bottom Cross

The scene of an ongoing debate

The recent construction of a new Tesco SuperStore in Wishaw resulted in a major alteration of the traffic system at what is locally referred to as Wishaw Bottom Cross. This has not gone down well with a great many local residents and road users, with additional congestion resulting, as well as the pedestrian crossing from the Main Street having been removed altogether.

Wishaw Golf Club

Wishaw Golf Club is located at the foot of the town, on Cleland Road. The course is a Par 69 and has some tricky holes, with a total of seventeen of the eighteen greens having a bunker immediately before them.

Wishaw General Hospital

A modern district hospital on the outskirts of Wishaw

Wishaw General Hospital is located to the south-west of Wishaw, off Glasgow Road. It opened in May 2001 as a direct replacement for Law Hospital, near Carluke, which dated back to the Second World War.

Wishaw General has a 24-hour Accident and Emergency Department, an MRI scanner and the second largest maternity unit in Scotland.

Food in Scotland

All is not always what it seems

The vast majority of people from overseas, when they think of food in Scotland, will think of such as haggis, shortbread or Aberdeen Angus beef. This is simply because such products are the ones which have gained the widest culinary fame as coming from Scotland. The reality in Scotland, however, is very different and not only are those items supplemented by a great many other foodstuffs in modern times, they always have been.

There are a great many centuries old Scottish dishes and cooking methods which most outwith Scotland have no knowledge of and the truth is that the vast majority of them are far more appealing than the rather unappetising haggis, tatties and neeps pictured right...

The Traditional Food and Cuisine of Scotland