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Where is Abington?

Abington is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, 11 miles south-west of the town of Biggar, 33 miles south-east of the major city of Glasgow, 37 miles south-west of Edinburgh, 278 miles north of Cardiff, and 312 miles north-west of London. Abington lies six miles north of the Dumfries border. Abington falls within the unitary authority of South Lanarkshire. It is in the ML12 postcode district. The post town for Abington is Biggar.

Abington on a map

Map showing extent of Abington as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Abington
Map showing location of Abington within the UK
Location of Abington within the UK

Which county is Abington in?

Abington is in the ceremonial county of Lanarkshire, the historic county of Lanarkshire, and the administrative county of South Lanarkshire.

Ceremonial CountyLanarkshire
Historic CountyLanarkshire
Administrative CountySouth Lanarkshire

Where is Abington in Lanarkshire?

Abington is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Lanarkshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Lanarkshire.

Map showing location of Abington within Lanarkshire
Location of Abington within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Abington?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Abington is ML12 6RZ.

Where is Abington in ML12?

Abington is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the ML12 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the ML12 postcode district.

Map showing location of Abington within ML12
Location of Abington within ML12

What is the post town for Abington?

The post town for Abington is Biggar. Abington is in the ML12 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Biggar.

What is the latitude and longitude of Abington?

The centre of Abington is located at position 55.49206° latitude and -3.69204° longitude.

Latitude55.49206°
Longitude-3.69204°

What is the easting and northing of Abington?

The centre of Abington is located at the grid reference easting 293192 and northing 623331 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting293192
Northing623331

What are the nearest towns to Abington?

Position of Abington relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Abington to the centre of the town.

south-west
11m
Abington is 11 miles south-west of Biggar
north-east
13m
Abington is 13 miles north-east of Sanquhar
south
13m
Abington is 13 miles south of Lanark
north-west
15m
Abington is 15 miles north-west of Moffat
south
18m
Abington is 18 miles south of Carluke
south-east
20m
Abington is 20 miles south-east of Larkhall
east
20m
Abington is 20 miles east of New Cumnock
south-east
21m
Abington is 21 miles south-east of Wishaw
south-west
23m
Abington is 23 miles south-west of Peebles
east
23m
Abington is 23 miles east of Cumnock

What are the nearest cities to Abington?

Position of Abington relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Abington to the centre of the city.

south-east
33m
Abington is 33 miles south-east of Glasgow
south-west
37m
Abington is 37 miles south-west of Edinburgh
south
41m
Abington is 41 miles south of Dunfermline
south
44m
Abington is 44 miles south of Stirling
north-west
51m
Abington is 51 miles north-west of Carlisle
south
63m
Abington is 63 miles south of Perth
south-west
72m
Abington is 72 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
90m
Abington is 90 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north-west
97m
Abington is 97 miles north-west of Durham
north-west
100m
Abington is 100 miles north-west of Sunderland