{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=August 2025}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2025}} {{confused|Woolford (disambiguation){{!}}Woolford|Woolford's Water}} {{Infobox UK place |official_name = Woolfords |static_image_name=Woolfords Cottages from the north - geograph.org.uk - 5580913.jpg |static_image_caption=Woolfords Cottages from the north |country = Scotland |coordinates = {{coord|55|47|48.2|N|3|35|22.29|W|region:GB|display=inline,title}} |os_grid_reference = NT003569 |unitary_scotland = South Lanarkshire |lieutenancy_scotland = Lanarkshire |historic_county= |post_town = WEST CALDER |postcode_area = EH |postcode_district = EH55 |constituency_westminster = Lanark and Hamilton East |constituency_scottish_parliament = Clydesdale }}
'''Woolfords''' is a small hamlet in the Parish of Carnwath, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Woolfords is located on the road between Auchengray and West Calder, next to Cobbinshaw Reservoir. It was formerly part of West Calder in Midlothian and has an EH55 postcode.
Woolfords is at {{convert|1000|ft}} above sea level on the edge of the Pentland Hills. Nearby villages include Auchengray and Tarbrax.
North of Woolfords and the other side of the railway line is the linear settlement of '''Woolfords Cottages'''.
==History== Woolfords was built to house the mineworkers for the coal, lime and shale mines of Cobbinshaw, Tarbrax and Baads Mill.<ref>{{cite web |title=Woolfords (old rows) |url=https://www.scottishshale.co.uk/places/company-housing/woolfords-old-rows-2/ |website=Scottish Shale |access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Woolfords (new rows) |url=https://www.scottishshale.co.uk/places/company-housing/woolfords-cottages/ |website=Scottish Shale |access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref> Nearby Cobbinshaw is much older.
==Transport== The Cobbinshaw railway station on the Caledonian Railway's Edinburgh to Carstairs Line, was sited close to Woolfords. The station was located north of Auchengray railway station.
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{{South Lanarkshire Settlements}}
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Category:Villages in South Lanarkshire
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