Mauldslie Woods

Mauldslie Woods is an area of woodland close to the town of Carluke, South Lanarkshire. It is one of six woodlands which form the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve, the others being Cartland Craigs, Chatelherault, Cleghorn Glen, Falls of Clyde and Lower Nethan Gorges.

Mauldslie Woods
Mauldslie Woods shown within South Lanarkshire
LocationSouth Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nearest cityCarluke
Coordinates55°44′5.956″N 3°53′59.9094″W
Established2007: Mauldslie Woods declared a constituent woodland of the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve.
Governing bodySouth Lanarkshire Council
www.nnr-scotland.org.uk/clyde-valley-woodlands/

It stands on the estate of Mauldslie Castle. Its most notable resident was John Wightman of Mauldslie, Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1721/23.[1]

References
  1. https://randomscottishhistory.com/2018/03/07/chapter-9-the-castle-hill-concluded-pp-87-94/
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