Places to visit
within an hours drive from the
Monklands area:

• Local: Mackinnon Mills on Kirshaws Road, just off the M8, is a mecca for those after retail therapy. This shopping village offers clothing, gifts, shoes, a golf shop and a designer zone with huge discounts off brand names. A coffee shop, restaurant and free parking are also available.
   
• The North Calder Heritage Trail is a 10 mile walk which starts at Summerlee Heritage Park and runs to Hillend Reservoir. Walkers will pass through native woodland and reminders of the importance of the Monkland Canal on the way.
   
• Summerlee Heritage Centre
• The Falkirk Wheel
• Garrion Bridges Garden Centre & Cafe
• The Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway
• Blair Drummond Safari Park
• Scotland's Museum of Lead Mining
• The Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway
• Scottish Mining Museum
• Rosslyn Chapel and the Da Vinci Code
• Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
• New Lanark - World Heritage Site
• Falls of Clyde Visitor Centre and Wildlife Reserve 
• Scottish Wool Centre in Aberfoyle
• Loch Lomond Shores is a principal gateway to Scotland’s first National Park.
  
  Other places a little further
   
• Raptor World
   

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