HERITAGE in your HANDS
NESTLED WITHIN a wooded valley on the banks of the fast-flowing River Clyde, a unique woollen yarn manufacturer and former 18th century cotton mill village dominates the landscape of South Lanarkshire, south east of the city of Glasgow.
Founded in 1785 by Scottish industrialist David Dale and later managed by his son-in-law, the Welsh textile manufacturer Robert Owen, New Lanark was built to house a community of mill workers. As a leading venture for its time, it set a new standard for social living – the success of which influenced wider industrial communities across the world during the 19th and 20th centuries. “The historical significance of
