Hamilton West, Hamilton, Scotland

Hamilton West is an area of the town of Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Hamilton West
2018 aerial view of Hamilton West, including council headquarters, courthouse, racecourse, university, football stadium and retail park
Hamilton West is located in South Lanarkshire
Hamilton West
Hamilton West
Location within South Lanarkshire
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtML3 0
Dialling code01698
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

Summary

About 10 minutes walk north west of Hamilton town centre, the area contains many of the more important institutions in the town, including: the South Lanarkshire county buildings, Hamilton Retail Park (including a Sainsbury's), Holy Cross High School, the private institution Hamilton College, a large Morrisons supermarket, Hamilton Park Racecourse, a Five-a-side football complex, New Douglas Park (home of Hamilton Academical F.C.), Hamilton Sheriff Court, Hamilton Water Palace (swimming pool), Hamilton West Parish Church, Peacock Cross, and many bars and restaurants and takeaways such as Equi's Ice Cream parlour dating from the 1920s (located beside the former home of David Livingstone).

The Hamilton campus of the University of the West of Scotland, previously the buildings of Bell College until 2007, were located in the area from 1972 until 2018 when The buildings remained in use as part of the UWS facilities until 2018, when a replacement at the Hamilton International Technology Park (actually situated outside the town, closer to Blantyre) was completed.[1][2][3][4] By then, plans had been submitted for the intended redevelopment of the Almada Street site into a mix of office, retail and residential use and a park area, with the working name Hamilton Green urban village.[5]

Since 2005, one of the local UK Parliamentary constituencies has been named Rutherglen and Hamilton West, however only a small part of the 'Hamilton West' area falls within its boundaries[6] with the majority, including all the public amenities listed above, coming under the other constituency covering the town: Lanark and Hamilton East.[7]

Transport

Hamilton West railway station serves the area. Regular trains go to Hamilton Central, Motherwell, Larkhall, Lanark and Glasgow.

The area is also well served by buses to other areas in Hamilton, as well as East Kilbride and Glasgow.

References
  1. "New UWS campus in Hamilton takes one step forward". Evening Times. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. "UWS campus move to Hamilton International Technology Park worth £443million to local economy over 25 years". Daily Record. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  3. "Lanarkshire Campus". University of the West of Scotland. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. UWS – A look inside, The Blantyre Project, 13 August 2018
  5. "Check Hamilton UWS plans: Five-storey hotel, 365 homes, shops, restaurant and cafe". Daily Record. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  6. "UK Parliament constituencies 2005 onwards: Rutherglen and Hamilton West" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  7. "UK Parliament constituencies 2005 onwards: Lanark and Hamilton East" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2018.


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