# Woolfords

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{{Use British English|date=August 2025}}
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{{confused|Woolford (disambiguation){{!}}Woolford|Woolford's Water}}
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|static_image_caption=Woolfords Cottages from the north
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|unitary_scotland = [South Lanarkshire](/source/South_Lanarkshire)
|lieutenancy_scotland = [Lanarkshire](/source/Lanarkshire)
|historic_county=
|post_town = WEST CALDER
|postcode_area = EH
|postcode_district = EH55
|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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'''Woolfords''' is a small [hamlet](/source/hamlet_(place))  in the Parish of [Carnwath](/source/Carnwath), in [South Lanarkshire](/source/South_Lanarkshire), Scotland.

Woolfords is located on the road between [Auchengray](/source/Auchengray) and [West Calder](/source/West_Calder), next to [Cobbinshaw Reservoir](/source/Cobbinshaw_Reservoir). It was formerly part of [West Calder](/source/West_Calder) in [Midlothian](/source/Midlothian) and has an EH55 [postcode](/source/postcode).

Woolfords is at {{convert|1000|ft}} above sea level on the edge of the [Pentland Hills](/source/Pentland_Hills). Nearby villages include [Auchengray](/source/Auchengray) and [Tarbrax](/source/Tarbrax).

North of Woolfords and the other side of the railway line is the [linear settlement](/source/linear_settlement) of '''Woolfords Cottages'''.

==History==
Woolfords was built to house the mineworkers for the coal, lime and shale mines of [Cobbinshaw](/source/Cobbinshaw), [Tarbrax](/source/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](/source/Cobbinshaw_railway_station) on the [Caledonian Railway](/source/Caledonian_Railway)'s Edinburgh to [Carstairs](/source/Carstairs_railway_station) Line, was sited close to Woolfords. The station was located north of [Auchengray railway station](/source/Auchengray_railway_station).

== References ==
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{{South Lanarkshire Settlements}}

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Category:Villages in South Lanarkshire

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