Flowing through Glasgow the River Clyde is the eighth-longest river in the UK and the second longest in Scotland. Its fame comes from the great steel ships that were built on the river downstream from the city of Glasgow, including the famous passenger liners Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. A remarkable 370 ships were launched from Clyde shipyards in 1913. Although some naval ships are still built here the glory days of shipbuilding on the Clyde have passed.
Close to the town of Lanark the moorland village of Carnwath lies close to the River Clyde, some 50 kilometres south of Glasgow (see map on back page). To the southwest of the village the River Clyde flows in the spectacular series of bends or meanders as it winds across a low-lying flood plain in the middle course of the river.
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