# Auchlochan

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{{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		
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 | static_image_name             = New accommodation at Auchlochan - geograph.org.uk - 332195.jpg
 | static_image_caption          = New accommodation at Auchlochan, 2007
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 | coordinates                         = {{coord|55.617090|-3.891100|display=inline,title}}
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 | unitary_scotland                 = [South Lanarkshire](/source/South_Lanarkshire)
 | lieutenancy_scotland          = [Lanarkshire](/source/Lanarkshire)
 | constituency_westminster  = [Lanark and Hamilton East](/source/Lanark_and_Hamilton_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
 | constituency_scottish_parliament = [Clydesdale](/source/Clydesdale_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency))
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'''Auchlochan''' is a village in [South Lanarkshire](/source/South_Lanarkshire), Scotland. It is on the [River Nethan](/source/River_Nethan) and is located near the villages of Birkwood, [Braehead](/source/Braehead%2C_South_Lanarkshire) and [Coalburn](/source/Coalburn), with the nearest village being Coalburn.

==History==
From 1890 to 1968, they were several [collieries](/source/coal_mining) in the area, known generally as the [Auchlochan Collieries](/source/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](/source/Train_station) called [Auchlochan Platform](/source/Auchlochan_Platform_railway_station).{{cn|date=May 2022|reason=[WP:SPS](/source/WP%3ASPS)/[WP:UGC](/source/WP%3AUGC) bad source removed}}

==Overview==
There is a [Methodist Homes (MHA)](/source/Methodist_Homes_(MHA)) [retirement village](/source/retirement_community) 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](/source/Ivy_Wallace) (1915–2006), author and illustrator
* [George Patterson](/source/George_Patterson_(missionary)) (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](/source/List_of_places_in_South_Lanarkshire)

{{commons category|Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire}}

{{South Lanarkshire Settlements}}

==References==
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Category:Villages in South Lanarkshire

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