Elvanfoot

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Elvanfoot is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Elvanfoot church in April 2007

Elvanfoot is located at the confluence of the River Clyde and Elvan Water.^[1] The Clyde is crossed by a pedestrian suspension bridge that has been closed since 2007 for want of repair.^[2] The apparently-abandoned church is on the Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland.^[3]

Transport

Elvanfoot is at the junction of the A702 and B7040 roads and 1 ¹⁄₂ miles (2.4 km) south from junction 14 of the M74 motorway. Until 1965 it was served by Elvanfoot railway station on the West Coast Main Line.

References

External links

Media related to Elvanfoot at Wikimedia Commons

Map sources for Elvanfoot

v t e River Clyde

Administrative areas	South Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire City of Glasgow West Dunbartonshire Renfrewshire Inverclyde Argyll and Bute

Flows into	Firth of Clyde, then North Channel

Towns (upstream to downstream)	Elvanfoot Abington Symington New Lanark Lanark Wishaw Motherwell Hamilton Bothwell Uddingston Cambuslang Rutherglen Glasgow Renfrew Clydebank Bearsden Old Kilpatrick Dumbarton Port Glasgow Greenock Helensburgh Gourock Dunoon

Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	Daer Water Potrail Water Duneaton Water Medwin Water Douglas Water Mouse Water River Nethan Avon Water South Calder Water North Calder Water River Kelvin River Cart River Leven

Major bridges and Crossings (upstream to downstream)	Clyde's Bridge Wolfclyde Bridge Thankerton Bridge Hyndford Bridge Clydesholm Bridge Crossford Bridge Garrion Bridge Clyde Bridge Bothwell Bridge Haughhead Bridge Clydeford Bridge Cambuslang Bridge Bogleshole Road Bridge Auchenshuggle Bridge Dalmarnock Bridge Dalmarnock Railway Bridge Rutherglen Bridge Polmadie Bridge King's Bridge St. Andrew's Suspension Bridge Pipe Bridge and Weir Albert Bridge City Union Bridge Victoria Bridge South Portland Street Suspension Bridge Glasgow Bridge Caledonian Railway Bridge George V Bridge Tradeston Bridge Kingston Bridge Clyde Arc Bell's Bridge Millennium Bridge Clyde Tunnel Renfrew Ferry Erskine Ferry Erskine Bridge

Longest UK rivers Severn Thames Trent Great Ouse Wye Ure/Ouse Tay Spey Clyde Tweed Avon Nene Eden Dee

Coordinates: 55°26′13″N 3°39′20″W / 55.437°N 3.6555°W / 55.437; -3.6555

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