Bothwell Community Council

Bothwell Parish Church
Main Street
Bothwell
01698 853189

Bothwell Evangelical Church
60 Main Street
Bothwell
01698 854321

St Bride’s R C Church
Fallside Road
Bothwell
01698 852710

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Bothwell Castle

Bothwell Castle

Bothwell Castle is one of Scotland’s finest medieval monuments. Built from local red sandstone; it dates from the mid 13th century when Walter of Moray inherited the Lordship of Bothwell from the Olifard family, ancestors of the Oliphant family. Archaeological artefacts of both the Olifard and Moray families were found in the ancient parish church of St Brides in Bothwell.

The rich lands of Bothwell and its castle were fought over many times during the Wars of Independence, with the castle changing hands, between the Scots and English, some six times over a period of just 40 years. The grand castle design of the Morays was never completed as a result of this turmoil and it was only when Archibald the Grim, a Black Douglas, married Joanna Murray in the mid 14th century, was the castle completed to the structure seen today.

With the demise of the Black Douglasses in 1455, King James IV bestowed the barony upon Patrick Hepburn but at the King’s request, Hepburn and the title moved to Hermitage Castle in Liddlesdale, with the Red Douglasses coming to Bothwell. The 4th Earl of Bothwell, James Hepburn, the third husband of Mary Queen of Scots, therefore had no connection with Bothwell Castle.

The subsequent history of the castle is somewhat uneventful and towards the end of the 17th century, Archibald Douglas, First Earl of Forfar, moved out and started to build a fine Palladian mansion, Bothwell House, using much of the stone from the castle. Alas, like Hamilton Palace, just five years before it, Bothwell House was demolished in 1926, a victim of subsidence from coal mining. The only remaining structure being the current entrance to Bothwell Castle Golf Club. However, nearly 800 years later, Historic Scotland is proud to maintain Bothwell Castle as part of the nation’s built heritage.

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Bothwell Physiotherapy
28 Hamilton Road
Bothwell
01698 854474

Bothwell Salon, Hairdresser
9A Main St
Bothwell
01698 852279

Beauty@71 Main St
71 Main St
Bothwell
01698 858580

Bothwell Podiatry Clinic
79 Main St
Bothwell
01698 850333

Bothwell Trading Bay 
50 Main St
Bothwell
01698 854141

The Bothwell Clinic, centre for Holistic Health
10 Main St
Bothwell
01698 854805

Bothwell Medical Centre, Doctors
3 Uddingston Road
Bothwell
01698 852299

Murphy and Dardis, Dentist
73 Main St
Bothwell
01698 854048

Paolo’s Unisex Salon
48 Main St
Bothwell
01698 853885

David Corbett  Hair and Beauty
52 Main St
Bothwell
01698 8522333

Beauty Box                                                                                                                                                                 39 Main Street                                                                                                                                              Bothwell                                                                                                                                                             01698 850889

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Jan Allan Jewellers
31 Main St
Bothwell
01698 853373

Lo Scrigno Glass, crystal and other objects of extreme quality
65 Main St
Bothwell
01698 852832

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Bank of Scotland
14 Main St
Bothwell
01698 853633

Clydesdale Bank
75 Main St
Bothwell
01698 852085

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St Brides Primary and Nursery School
Ailsa Dr
Bothwell
01698 853709

Bothwell Primary
Blantyre road
Bothwell
01698 852919

Bothwell Out of School Care Ltd
The Parish Church Centre
Main St
Bothwell
01698 850058

Bothwell Montessori Nursery School
53 Main St
Bothwell
01698 850000

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