It is on the A706 road between Lanark (about 12 km to the south west) and Whitburn (a similar distance to the north).

Amongst the historic buildings in the village, Forth Parish Church was built in 1875 and the stone used was quarried directly from nearby Hailstonegreen.

The main street garage which still stands today was first opened in the same spot back in 1926 by Sanny Griffin.

had a devastating effect on the town of Forth: forty-nine men from Forth lost their lives, out of a total population of only 1,000.

[2] Black Law Wind Farm, once the largest on-land windfarm in Britain, is situated in an area bounded by the nearby hamlet of Climpy, and the moorland outskirts of Carluke and Shotts.

Additionally, the local football team, Forth Wanderers own a pitch where they play home matches and have their training sessions.

3.5 kilometers to the north of Forth, just of the A706 road to Fauldhouse, is the hill called Leven Seat.

[4] This small effigy of Buddha sits atop the trig point facing eastwards.

The effigy used to sit in a small shrine amongst a pile of rocks at the bottom of the hill in the water trough.

[6] Also Billy Ritchie, known as Rock music's first lead keyboard player and member of pioneering 60s/70s band Clouds.