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Where is Cathkin?

Cathkin is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, two miles south-east of the town of Rutherglen, four miles south of the major city of Glasgow, 40 miles west of Edinburgh, 302 miles north of Cardiff, and 340 miles north-west of London. Cathkin lies just south-east of the City of Glasgow border. Cathkin falls within the unitary authority of South Lanarkshire. It is in the G73 postcode district. The post town for Cathkin is Glasgow.

Cathkin on a map

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

Which county is Cathkin in?

Cathkin 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 Cathkin in Lanarkshire?

Cathkin is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Lanarkshire, and towards the westernmost extremity of Lanarkshire.

Map showing location of Cathkin within Lanarkshire
Location of Cathkin within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Cathkin?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Cathkin is G73 5JU.

Where is Cathkin in G73?

Cathkin is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the G73 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the G73 postcode district.

Map showing location of Cathkin within G73
Location of Cathkin within G73

What is the post town for Cathkin?

The post town for Cathkin is Glasgow. Cathkin is in the G73 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Glasgow.

What is the latitude and longitude of Cathkin?

The centre of Cathkin is located at position 55.80589° latitude and -4.19269° longitude.

Latitude55.80589°
Longitude-4.19269°

What is the easting and northing of Cathkin?

The centre of Cathkin is located at the grid reference easting 262669 and northing 659132 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting262669
Northing659132

What are the nearest towns to Cathkin?

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

south-east
2m
Cathkin is 2 miles south-east of Rutherglen
north
3m
Cathkin is 3 miles north of East Kilbride
west
4m
Cathkin is 4 miles west of Uddingston
west
7m
Cathkin is 7 miles west of Hamilton
west
7m
Cathkin is 7 miles west of Bellshill
south
7m
Cathkin is 7 miles south of Bishopbriggs
south-west
7m
Cathkin is 7 miles south-west of Coatbridge
east
8m
Cathkin is 8 miles east of Barrhead
west
8m
Cathkin is 8 miles west of Motherwell
south-east
9m
Cathkin is 9 miles south-east of Renfrew

What are the nearest cities to Cathkin?

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

south
4m
Cathkin is 4 miles south of Glasgow
south-west
24m
Cathkin is 24 miles south-west of Stirling
south-west
34m
Cathkin is 34 miles south-west of Dunfermline
west
40m
Cathkin is 40 miles west of Edinburgh
south-west
50m
Cathkin is 50 miles south-west of Perth
south-west
65m
Cathkin is 65 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
80m
Cathkin is 80 miles north-west of Carlisle
south
116m
Cathkin is 116 miles south of Inverness
north-west
117m
Cathkin is 117 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
south-west
123m
Cathkin is 123 miles south-west of Aberdeen