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Bothwell Services
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The main services building in 2005
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Bothwell Services
Location within South Lanarkshire
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County South Lanarkshire
Road M74
Coordinates: 55°48′49″N4°03′44″W / 55.8136°N 4.0622°W / 55.8136; -4.0622
Operator Roadchef
Website www.roadchef.com/locations/bothwell

Bothwell services is a motorway service station near the small town of Bothwell, Scotland. The service station is located next to the M74 motorway between junctions 4 and 5 and may be accessed in the southbound direction only - its northbound counterpart between junctions 6 and 5 is Hamilton services. It is owned by Roadchef.

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