site, Carluke Leisure Centre facilities include a gym, swimming pool, health suite, creche and coffee shop. Carluke has two lawn bowls clubs, Castlehill Bowling club and Carluke Bowling Club. A concrete outdoor skatepark is located near Crawforddyke primary school, features include quarter pipes, manual pad and bowled section. Transport Carluke is situated from Junction 8 of the M74, from Junction 6 of the M8 and from the M80 at Cumbernauld, and is the meeting place of the A73 and A721 roads. The town also benefits from frequent direct rail services to Lanark, Motherwell, Hamilton and Glasgow and a recently enhanced bi-hourly service to Edinburgh (Sundays excepted) from Carluke railway station, less than a 10-minute walk from the town centre. There is a circular town bus route that connects the town centre with several local housing schemes. There are also regular bus services to Lanark, Wishaw, Motherwell, Hamilton and Glasgow as well as an hourly express coach service to Glasgow that runs non-stop from the outskirts of Motherwell via the M74, M73 and M8 motorways. Notable people The town was home to three recipients of the Victoria Cross: William Angus Thomas Caldwell Donald Cameron It is also the birthplace of: Major Thomas Weir, covenanting soldier and alleged warlock Major General William Roy, widely regarded as the founding father of the Ordnance Survey Joe Dodds, a left-sided defender who played for Celtic, Cowdenbeath, Queen of the South and the Scotland national team Dougie Arnott, the former Motherwell striker, currently resides in the town. Tom Steele (stuntman). John Jackson, racing driver John Cumming, footballer for Heart of Midlothian FC and the Scotland national team. The sports facility in the town is named after him. David Turnbull, footballer for Celtic and the Scotland national team. See also List of places in South Lanarkshire References External links Images of Carluke on Flickr.com Towns in South Lanarkshire