Pentland View Campsite

Add a cultural element to your Lanarkshire break with a visit to the Wilsontown Ironworks (five minutes’ drive), an important relic of the Industrial Revolution in an area once covered with furnaces and mines. There’s more industrial heritage at New Lanark (25 minutes), where an 18th-century cotton mill and workers’ cottages have been painstakingly restored; you can also take scenic walks along the River Clyde here. There are more bracing strolls to be had in the Pentland Hills Regional Park (35 minutes), while the Falls of Clyde (25 minutes) offer up hikes through woodland to impressive waterfalls – keep your eye out for elusive otters in the water as you go. Outdoor adventurers can also climb Culter Fell (40 minutes) or Tinto Hill (half an hour) for stunning views across South Lanarkshire’s woodland glens. Combine your exercise with something out of the ordinary: clamber up Leven Seat (10 minutes) to the Leven Seat Klostoph Buddha, a gold-painted effigy of Buddha atop the trig point. Alternatively, take the weight off your feet with a tasting session at The Wee Farm Distillery and Steak & Still Farm Shop (10 minutes), which sells heritage gins made on site and a fine array of Scottish produce from Arran cheeses to Aberdeen Angus steaks.