Stonehouse is a village of weavers’ cottages and newer estates beside the Avon Water, bypassed by the A71 on its way from the M74 at Canderside to Strathaven and Ayrshire. The bypass keeps most lorries out of the centre, but it also means surfacing and safety works on a fast rural road where debris cannot be left lying.
New housing has been added in stages around the village, and those sites, together with one-off plots and the conversion of older buildings, are the usual reason a sweeper is needed. Dairy and livestock farms surround Stonehouse on every side, so slurry tankers, silage trailers and feed lorries add a seasonal layer of mud on the minor roads towards Sandford and Glassford.
Stonehouse and the Avon valley
Enquiries for Stonehouse can include Sandford, Glassford, Chapelton and Strathaven to the west, and Larkhall, Ashgill and the Canderside junction to the east. The village is only a few minutes from the M74, so operators based elsewhere in Lanarkshire can generally reach it without difficulty when they have a vehicle free.