Motherwell, Scotland
Steeltown Without The Steel
"Where the works used to be, and the retail park now is"
Official Coat of Arms
A shield depicting a rampant lion standing atop the vast, empty, weed-strewn plain of the former Ravenscraig steelworks, flanked by two supportive Motherwell FC scarves. The motto beneath reads, in Latin, 'We Made The Girders For The Forth Bridge, Ask Us About It Constantly'.
TripAdvisor Review
★★★☆☆ 3/5
"Came to see the famous Ravenscraig site expecting a museum of industry and instead found a big empty expanse waiting for redevelopment for what feels like the 25th year running. The Motherwell FC match day atmosphere at Fir Park was genuinely brilliant and the locals couldn't have been friendlier, but the town centre shopping options left a lot to be desired. Concert Hall and library are lovely bits of architecture though, credit where it's due. Would return for another Well game but maybe not for a shopping trip."— Gary Fenwick-Doyle, Solihull
Property Listing
Motivated buyers won't want to miss this vibrant Lanarkshire gem, superbly positioned for the M74 and boasting the emotional depth of a former industrial powerhouse reinventing itself daily! Fir Park stadium is a five-minute stroll for match-day excitement, and the Ravenscraig regeneration promises decades of exciting 'potential'.
Twinned With
Youngstown — Both are proud steel towns still figuring out their second act since the furnaces went cold.
Supporting Evidence
Ravenscraig, once the largest hot strip steel mill in Western Europe, closed in 1992 and its 452-hectare site remains one of the biggest vacant brownfield redevelopment sites in Europe.