Visits for College and University Groups
As a destination for field-trips and study visits, New Lanark is an unusual and stimulating resource. We can offer a guided visit, with an optional seminar /discussion session tailored to suit your group’s special interest. The following are just some of the special interest tours we have provided:
- Urban Conservation
- Geographical / Settlement Studies
- Planning
- Heritage and Leisure Management
- Travel and Tourism / Marketing
- Child Care and Nursery Education
- Housing Studies
- Social and Economic History
- Utopian Socialism
- Teacher Training - using historic sites with your pupils
- Industrial Archaeology
- Water Power - from water wheels to hydro-electricity
All guided visits include entry to the award-winning
Visitor Centre where a range of exhibitions and attractions interpret the fascinating story of New Lanark. The riverside setting in the Clyde gorge, with the Scottish Wildlife Trust's
Falls of Clyde Reserve adjacent to the village, adds another interesting dimension to the site. There is also an excellent Grade 1
Youth Hostel in a former Millworkers' tenement row - ideal for affordable and comfortable field-trip accommodation. Packed lunches and hot lunches are available from our Mill Pantry for booked groups. Please ask the bookings officer for details.
