Rigside
Rigside is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 5 miles (8 kilometres) from the town of Lanark, and less than 1 mi (1.6 km) from Douglas Water. It lies on the A70 road to Ayr, and has approximately 800 inhabitants.
Rigside is a former mining village. The village has one shop a takeaway cafe and public house. The village also has a very limited public transport link so most of the villagers have access to a car.
Rigside Primary School is on Muirfoot Road and has a Rigside and Rural Communities Nursery. The villagers raised money for a brand new playpark for the children of the village and are now fundraising for a skate park.
The houses in the village are heated in order by ASHP, coal, oil, and LPG. There is no mains gas in the village.
There is a mixture of both private and council owned houses which are being upgraded to ASHP from solid fuel.
There is broadband in the village (up to 8 Mbit/s) and high speed fiber optic broadband (up to 89mbit from BT and other providers is now available. (April 2017)
Coordinates: 55°35′50″N 3°46′49″W / 55.59722°N 3.78028°W
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