Originally the laundry building of the Carmichael Estate’s 18th-century mansion house, the 2-bedroom Laundry Cottage in Lanark provides inviting self-catering accommodations. With a 3-star award from Visit Scotland, this pretty stone cottage has free Wi-Fi and on-site parking. The master bedroom includes a queen-size bed, while the second has twin beds. There is a tiled bathroom with bath and shower. A lounge and dining room has an open fireplace and a flat-screen TV. The fully fitted kitchen includes a dishwasher, microwave, electric cooker, fridge and freezer. In South Lanarkshire, Laundry Cottage is around 50 minutes’ drive from central Glasgow, and 1 hour from Dumfries and Edinburgh. Among local attractions is Tinto Hill, a 707-yard climb, just over 5 miles away. The World Heritage Site of New Lanark, featuring an 18th-century cotton mill village, is less than 7 miles from the cottage.