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Where is Allanton?

Allanton is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, four miles north-east of the town of Wishaw, 16 miles east of the major city of Glasgow, 27 miles west of Edinburgh, 300 miles north of Cardiff, and 333 miles north-west of London. Allanton lies four miles south-west of the West Lothian border. Allanton falls within the unitary authority of North Lanarkshire. It is in the ML7 postcode district. The post town for Allanton is Shotts.

Allanton on a map

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

Which county is Allanton in?

Allanton is in the ceremonial county of Lanarkshire, the historic county of Lanarkshire, and the administrative county of North Lanarkshire.

Ceremonial CountyLanarkshire
Historic CountyLanarkshire
Administrative CountyNorth Lanarkshire

Where is Allanton in Lanarkshire?

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

Map showing location of Allanton within Lanarkshire
Location of Allanton within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Allanton?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Allanton is ML7 5AH.

Where is Allanton in ML7?

Allanton is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the ML7 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the ML7 postcode district.

Map showing location of Allanton within ML7
Location of Allanton within ML7

What is the post town for Allanton?

The post town for Allanton is Shotts. Allanton is in the ML7 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Shotts.

What is the latitude and longitude of Allanton?

The centre of Allanton is located at position 55.80031° latitude and -3.83395° longitude.

Latitude55.80031°
Longitude-3.83395°

What is the easting and northing of Allanton?

The centre of Allanton is located at the grid reference easting 285134 and northing 657858 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting285134
Northing657858

What are the nearest towns to Allanton?

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

north-east
4m
Allanton is 4 miles north-east of Wishaw
north
5m
Allanton is 5 miles north of Carluke
east
6m
Allanton is 6 miles east of Motherwell
north-east
7m
Allanton is 7 miles north-east of Larkhall
south-east
7m
Allanton is 7 miles south-east of Airdrie
south-west
7m
Allanton is 7 miles south-west of Whitburn
east
8m
Allanton is 8 miles east of Bellshill
east
8m
Allanton is 8 miles east of Hamilton
south-west
9m
Allanton is 9 miles south-west of Armadale
south-east
9m
Allanton is 9 miles south-east of Coatbridge

What are the nearest cities to Allanton?

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

east
16m
Allanton is 16 miles east of Glasgow
south
22m
Allanton is 22 miles south of Stirling
south-west
24m
Allanton is 24 miles south-west of Dunfermline
west
27m
Allanton is 27 miles west of Edinburgh
south
44m
Allanton is 44 miles south of Perth
south-west
56m
Allanton is 56 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
72m
Allanton is 72 miles north-west of Carlisle
north-west
104m
Allanton is 104 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north-west
114m
Allanton is 114 miles north-west of Durham
south-west
115m
Allanton is 115 miles south-west of Aberdeen