The Top 5 best thing to do in Motherwell

The Top 5 Best Things to do in Motherwell

1. Strathclyde country park 

Strathclyde Country Park lies in 400 hectares of countryside in the valley of the River Clyde. Set within beautiful surroundings, the park is one of the most popular family attractions in the central belt of Scotland, with thousands of visitors each year enjoying the vast range of activities and events on offer.

Ideally situated, with excellent road and public transport links, the park offers outdoor adventure playgrounds, bicycle hire, fitness gym, watersports centre with cafe, conference facilities and watersport activities, including our popular family fun boats. 

2. National Shrine Of Our Lady

The "Carfin Grotto", as the shrine is locally referred to, was the brainchild of Father, later Canon Thomas N. Taylor(died 1963), parish priest of St. Francis Xavier`s Parish in the small, mining village of Carfin, which lies two miles east of Motherwell, in the West of Scotland. Following a trip to France's principal Marian shrine at Lourdes, Canon Taylor's vision was to build a religious memorial in honour of Our Blessed Lady based on the template of the Grotto of Massabielle; realising this vision was to become his life's work. Since its opening in the early 1920s, the "grotto" has attracted pilgrims in the hundreds of thousands and its environs have been modified and enhanced with rich Catholic symbols and buildings. For the past 90 plus years, the grotto shrine has offered a pilgrimage season with Sunday processions, rosaries, outdoor Masses and dedicated Feast Day events which runs annually from early May until late September.

3. M&D Scotland theme park

 M&D`s Scotland`s Theme Park is an amusement park located in Motherwell. Bordering on Strathclyde Park, the park contains four operating rollercoasters, two water rides, several fairground rides, an arcade, a theatre,ten-pin bowling and an indoor tropical house, Amazonia.

4.Amazonia

A unique place for fun and learning for all ages, Amazonia is a temperature-controlled tropical house, home to over 70 different species. Amazonia is themed on the Amazon rainforest in South America, the largest rainforest in the world!

Marvel at our monkeys, parrots, snakes, frogs, tarantulas, butterflies and more! Enter our nocturnal area to see bats, kinkajou, snakes, frogs and fish! Watch our AMAZING leaf cutter ants hard at work!

5.North Lanarkshire Heritage centre 

A museum and heritage centre with exhibitions, archives and local studies, activities and workshops. You can find out about the history of North Lanarkshire or research your family tree. The exhibitions change regularly and the Climb Thru Time exhibition in the tower relates the history of Motherwell. Relax in the garden area or take a look at the views over Lanarkshire and beyond from the viewing tower. Hire the conference room for meetings and community groups.