Sandford, South Lanarkshire

Sandford
Sandford Sandford shown within South Lanarkshire
Population	202
Council area	South Lanarkshire
Lieutenancy area	Lanarkshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STRATHAVEN
Postcode district	ML10
Dialling code	01357
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
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Coordinates: 55°39′47″N 4°02′24″W / 55.663°N 4.04°W / 55.663; -4.04

Sandford is a village near Strathaven, South Lanarkshire in Scotland. It lies approximately 15 miles south east of Glasgow. It has 50 houses and 200 inhabitants. Sandford also has two parks and a bus shed which houses 5 buses overnight. The village is home to one of the oldest mills in Avondale.

The village is a part of Sandford and Upper Avondale Community Council. In 2002-3 the Council was successful in winning a grant of ₤21,000 to restore a footpath between the village and the small town of Strathaven 2.2 miles away.^[1]

Footnotes

↑ Community Environmental Renewal Grants, 2002 - 2003, Scottish Government website.

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Settlements in South Lanarkshire

Towns	Biggar Blantyre Bothwell Cambuslang Carluke East Kilbride Hamilton Larkhall Lanark Lesmahagow Rutherglen Strathaven Uddingston

Villages and hamlets	Abington Allanton Ashgill Auchengray Auchenheath Auldhouse Blackwood Braidwood Caldermill Carnwath Carstairs Junction Carstairs Village Cartland Chapelton Coalburn Coulter Crawford Crawfordjohn Crossford Dalserf Dolphinton Douglas Dunsyre Elsrickle Forth Garrion Bridge Glassford Jackton Kilncadzow Kirkfieldbank Kirkmuirhill Law Leadhills New Lanark Newbigging Nerston Pettinain Quarter Quothquan Ravenstruther Rigside Roberton Rosebank Sandford Stonehouse Symington Tarbrax Thankerton Thorntonhall Tillietudlem Wiston Woolfords Yieldshields

List of places in South Lanarkshire

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