{{Short description|Hamlet in Scotland}} {{Distinguish|Aucha Lochy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = Scotland | official_name = Auchlochan | gaelic_name = Achadh an Lochain | scots_name = | static_image_name = New accommodation at Auchlochan - geograph.org.uk - 332195.jpg | static_image_caption = New accommodation at Auchlochan, 2007 | population = | population_ref = | os_grid_reference = | coordinates = {{coord|55.617090|-3.891100|display=inline,title}} | label_position = left | unitary_scotland = South Lanarkshire | lieutenancy_scotland = Lanarkshire | constituency_westminster = Lanark and Hamilton East | constituency_scottish_parliament = Clydesdale | historic_county = | post_town = | postcode_district = | postcode_area = | dial_code = }}
'''Auchlochan''' is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the River Nethan and is located near the villages of Birkwood, Braehead and Coalburn, with the nearest village being Coalburn.
==History== From 1890 to 1968, they were several collieries in the area, known generally as the Auchlochan Collieries.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title= The Auchlochan Collieries |url= http://www.coalburnheritage.org.uk/coalburnhistauchpits.php |url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 June 2021|website=Coalburn Heritage}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=|title= Housing Conditions of Miners |url= http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/428.html |url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 June 2021|website=Scottish Mining Website}}</ref> From 1907 to 1965, there was a railway station called Auchlochan Platform.{{cn|date=May 2022|reason=WP:SPS/WP:UGC bad source removed}}
==Overview== There is a Methodist Homes (MHA) retirement village in Auchlochlan,<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title= Auchlochan Garden Village |url= https://auchlochan.mha.org.uk/ |url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 June 2021|website= Auchlochan Garden Village}}</ref> and the Hollandbush Golf Club is just south of the village.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title= Welcome to |url= http://www.hollandbushgolfclub.co.uk/ |url-status=|archive-url=| archive-date=|access-date=13 June 2021|website= Hollandbush Golf Club}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=22 September 2020|title= Teenager Jack Frame killed by drunk driver who had taken drugs|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-54250315 |url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 June 2021|website=BBC News}}</ref>
==Notable residents== * Ivy Wallace (1915–2006), author and illustrator * George Patterson (1920–2012), engineer and missionary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/medicine-obituaries/9799200/George-Patterson.html |title=George Patterson |newspaper=The Telegraph|date=2013-01-13 |accessdate=2013-01-14}}</ref>
==See also== *List of places in South Lanarkshire
{{commons category|Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire}}
{{South Lanarkshire Settlements}}
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