travel through the area, providing services to towns such as Motherwell. The rectangular road that run through the whole of Wishawhill (Campsie Road, Pentland Road, Grampian Road and Heathery Road) links to all the streets. People Notable people from Wishaw include: Thomas Canfield Pomphrey, architect, was born here in 1881. The Alexander Brothers, musicians and entertainers Joe Baker, footballer Andrew Barrowman, footballer John Cleland, motor racing champion Enrico Cocozza, underground filmmaker Colin Cramb, footballer Sir Samuel Curran, physicist, inventor of the scintillation counter, and founder of Strathclyde University Alan Fisher, journalist Tommy Gemmell, footballer Jim Graham, Washington, D.C. politician Roy Henderson, footballer John Higgins, world snooker champion Paul Higgins, actor and writer Derek Holmes, footballer The Jolt, 1970s pop group Lewis Macleod, footballer John Gibson Lockhart, biographer and novelist Stan McEwan, footballer Marie McLaughlin, opera singer Lee Miller, footballer Michael Moore, politician Deborah Orr, journalist and columnist Paul Quinn, footballer Charles Reid (photographer) Victorian Photographer Gordon Reid, actor Anne Sharp, opera singer Saint Phnx, musical group Bill Scott, rugby player Alison Turriff, musician Frank S. Walsh, scientist Alex Wilson, footballer Thomas Winning, archbishop and cardinal Nicholas McDonald, Singer and runner-up of ITV's The X Factor Kieran Tierney, footballer for Arsenal and the Scotland national team References External links Wishaw High School Facebook page Wishaw High School Remembered – Website under construction History and Photographs of Wishaw Iron & Steel Works 1859 – 1930 Scenes at West Cross Enrico Cocozza interviews local people. Scenes at West Cross Compilation of views around West Cross in Wishaw. Towns in North Lanarkshire Burghs