Elsrickle, South Lanarkshire

Flower Delivery to Elsrickle with Clare Florist

Lying on Blackmount Hill – which is located at the end of the Pentland Hills – is a small Scottish village by the name of Elsrickle . In the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, Frances Groome described the village as “a pleasant place, in a picturesque situation, and decidedly superior to most small- Scottish villages.”

Halls and Venues

Elsrickle Hall – located on the A701 and adjacent to what was once the old parish church. This venue is where most of the community events in the village are held, as well as local functions and events. The building has the following amenities: hall, meeting room, kitchen and toilets.

Elsrickle Hall is 124 sqm in area and can seat around 128 people concert style and 93 for catered functions. There is also a small car park right on either side of the hall.

Apart from hosting local events, the facility is also available for a variety of social and commercial activities, including engagement parties and wedding receptions. Elsrickle flowers offer great decoration for engagement parties. Users of the venue can also opt to send flowers to Elsrickle for a bigger event like a wedding reception.

Attractions Near Elsrickle

Whether you want to see flowers in Elsrickle or explore further, know that there are several attractions to keep you busy. Here are just a few of them:

Brownsbank Cottage – located just a mile and a half out of Biggar. This used to be the home of poet Hugh McDiarmid and his wife Valda. They lived on the property from 1952 until their deaths in 1978 and 1989.

Gladstone Court Victorian Street Museum – has an actual Victorian street where you can stroll along and visit small shops. There is also a schoolroom where you can experience what it was like in the past. The museum is a great place to take the children as it offers a living experience of Victorian social history.

Greenhill Covenanter's House – a 17th century house that was rescued from its original location in Wiston, which is around 13 km away from Biggar. Visiting this place puts you back during the Killing Times when people were hunted down for worshipping in the open fields.

Moat Park Heritage Centre – used to be an archaeological site, but it has now been closed to the public since January 2014 so the collection can be moved to a new site on Biggar High Street. The new museum is anticipated to open in the summer of 2015.

Biggar Gasworks Museum – the only preserved gasworks left in Scotland. This once belonged to the Gas Light and Coke Company of London, which was the first public gas company in the world.

When natural gas from the North Sea came to Biggar in 1973, the gasworks had to close down. Luckily, the structure wasn't demolished compared to other gasworks. The Historic Buildings and Monuments and the National Museums of Scotland preserved it for future generations.

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