GetTheData logo
  1. Carstairs

Where is Carstairs?

Carstairs is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, four miles north-east of the town of Lanark, 24 miles south-east of the major city of Glasgow, 26 miles south-west of Edinburgh, 292 miles north of Cardiff, and 324 miles north-west of London. Carstairs lies six miles south of the West Lothian border. Carstairs falls within the unitary authority of South Lanarkshire. It is in the ML11 postcode district. The post town for Carstairs is Lanark.

Carstairs on a map

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

Which county is Carstairs in?

Carstairs 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 Carstairs in Lanarkshire?

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

Map showing location of Carstairs within Lanarkshire
Location of Carstairs within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Carstairs?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Carstairs is ML11 8QD.

Where is Carstairs in ML11?

Carstairs is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the ML11 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the ML11 postcode district.

Map showing location of Carstairs within ML11
Location of Carstairs within ML11

What is the post town for Carstairs?

The post town for Carstairs is Lanark. Carstairs is in the ML11 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Lanark.

What is the latitude and longitude of Carstairs?

The centre of Carstairs is located at position 55.69565° latitude and -3.69072° longitude.

Latitude55.69565°
Longitude-3.69072°

What is the easting and northing of Carstairs?

The centre of Carstairs is located at the grid reference easting 293827 and northing 645983 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting293827
Northing645983

What are the nearest towns to Carstairs?

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

north-east
4m
Carstairs is 4 miles north-east of Lanark
south-east
6m
Carstairs is 6 miles south-east of Carluke
north-west
8m
Carstairs is 8 miles north-west of Biggar
south-east
11m
Carstairs is 11 miles south-east of Wishaw
east
11m
Carstairs is 11 miles east of Larkhall
south
12m
Carstairs is 12 miles south of Whitburn
south
12m
Carstairs is 12 miles south of Blackburn
south-east
14m
Carstairs is 14 miles south-east of Motherwell
south
14m
Carstairs is 14 miles south of Armadale
south
14m
Carstairs is 14 miles south of Bathgate

What are the nearest cities to Carstairs?

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

south-east
24m
Carstairs is 24 miles south-east of Glasgow
south-west
26m
Carstairs is 26 miles south-west of Edinburgh
south
27m
Carstairs is 27 miles south of Dunfermline
south
31m
Carstairs is 31 miles south of Stirling
south
49m
Carstairs is 49 miles south of Perth
south-west
60m
Carstairs is 60 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
63m
Carstairs is 63 miles north-west of Carlisle
north-west
96m
Carstairs is 96 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north-west
105m
Carstairs is 105 miles north-west of Durham
north-west
106m
Carstairs is 106 miles north-west of Sunderland

More Carstairs data