Newhouse, North Lanarkshire
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 The Newhouse. Formerly known as the Newhouse Hotel prior to extensive modernisation, this has been a notable landmark in Newhouse for many years, particularly in days gone by when the old A8 used to pass through Newhouse. |
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| Newhouse shown within North Lanarkshire | |
| Population | 4,245 (as part of neighbouring Holytown) (2001 census) |
| OS grid reference | NS790612 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MOTHERWELL |
| Postcode district | ML1 |
| Dialling code | 01698 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
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Newhouse is a hamlet and major road interchange located in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Sited 2 miles from the village of Salsburgh, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) from nearby Holytown and about 4 miles (6.4 km) north east of Motherwell.
It consists of four small houses, a Premier Inn hotel and Table Table restaurant an Esso petrol station and independent Garden Centre. It also has a large industrial park, which is the United Kingdom base for several multinational companies including Terex,Honeywell and the Newhouse research siteand the Scottish distribution centre for Co-operative Food.
It was formerly a terminus for a railway line from Airdrie, and had several coal mines. Since the end of coal mining in the area these have gone, along with most of the inhabitants.
It was also a historic crossing place for north-south and east-west traffic, being on the two former trunk route of the A8 between Glasgow and Edinburgh and also on the A73 from Cumbernauld and the north, to Carlisle and the south and west of England. The road junction on which the hamlet is situated remains very busy though and is prone to congested traffic at peak times, since it is where the current A8, M8, A73 (now detrunked and supplanted by the M74), A775 and B7066 all meet.
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