The park centered around Strathclyde Loch has several attractions for visitors, including a visitor center, picnic site, camping and caravan site, water sports center, and theme park. The physical landscape posed challenges for building the A465 road, requiring embankments across rivers and through narrow valleys, and construction on steep slopes. Evidence from the map shows the CBD of Motherwell is located in Area A, where there is a high density of buildings, railway station, churches, and civic buildings clustered at a route center.