Motherwell

E25612

former industrial town town

Motherwell is a former industrial town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, historically known as a major center of the steel industry.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
MOTHERWELL	1
Motherwell and Wishaw	1
Motherwell district	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former industrial town ⓘ town ⓘ
administrativeRole	former burgh ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
dialCode	01698 ⓘ
diocesanSeatOf	Roman Catholic Diocese of Motherwell ⓘ
distanceFromGlasgow	approximately 12 miles southeast ⓘ
economicTransition	from heavy industry to service sector ⓘ
footballLeague	Scottish Professional Football League ⓘ
footballStadium	Fir Park ⓘ
governingBody	North Lanarkshire Council ⓘ
hasCollege	New College Lanarkshire (Motherwell campus) ⓘ
hasFootballClub	Motherwell F.C. ⓘ
hasPark	Strathclyde Country Park ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding	Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral ⓘ
hasRiver	River Clyde ⓘ
hasSecondarySchool	Braidhurst High School ⓘ Dalziel High School ⓘ Our Lady’s High School, Motherwell ⓘ Taylor High School (nearby, New Stevenston) ⓘ
historicallyKnownAs	major steel production centre ⓘ
historicalRegion	Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
industrialDeclinePeriod	late 20th century ⓘ
knownFor	heavy industry ⓘ steel industry ⓘ
lieutenancyArea	Lanarkshire ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Central Belt of Scotland North Lanarkshire ⓘ
near	Glasgow ⓘ Hamilton ⓘ Wishaw ⓘ
nickname	Steelopolis ⓘ
OSGridReference	NS755565 ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency	Motherwell self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Motherwell and Wishaw
partOf	Lanarkshire ⓘ
postcodeArea	ML ⓘ
postTown	Motherwell self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MOTHERWELL
railLine	West Coast Main Line ⓘ
region	Lanarkshire ⓘ surface form: West Central Scotland
roadConnection	A725 road ⓘ M74 motorway ⓘ
servedBy	Motherwell railway station ⓘ
timeZone	GMT ⓘ
timeZoneDST	BST ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scottish rail network → connectsCity → Motherwell ⓘ

Central Lowlands of Scotland → contains → Motherwell ⓘ

central Scotland → contains → Motherwell ⓘ

subject surface form: Central Scotland

Lanarkshire → contains → Motherwell ⓘ

North Lanarkshire → containsSettlement → Motherwell ⓘ

North Lanarkshire → formedFrom → Motherwell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motherwell district

Lanarkshire → formerAdministrativeCountyIncludes → Motherwell ⓘ

North Lanarkshire → hasAdministrativeCentre → Motherwell ⓘ

Hamilton → hasNearbyTown → Motherwell ⓘ

Greater Glasgow → hasSuburb → Motherwell ⓘ

Orbiston, Bellshill, Scotland → hasTransportLinksTo → Motherwell ⓘ

Orbiston, Bellshill, Scotland → locatedNear → Motherwell ⓘ

River Clyde → majorCityOnRiver → Motherwell ⓘ

Motherwell → parliamentaryConstituency → Motherwell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motherwell and Wishaw

Motherwell → postTown → Motherwell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: MOTHERWELL