Newhouse, North Lanarkshire

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Newhouse is a hamlet about 4 miles north east of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

It consists of four houses, a hotel and restaurant, (both owned by Whitbread) and an independent petrol station.

It was formerly a terminus for a railway line from Airdrie, and had several coal mines. These have since gone, along with most of the inhabitants.

It is situated on a very busy road junction, where the A8, M8, A73, A775 and B7066 all meet. It is notorious for its bad weather, as it is one of the highest points on the M8, and commands a view over most of the Clyde Valley and Campsie Fells.

Keir Hardie one of the first two Labour Party MPs elected to the UK Parliament was born in Newhouse