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Where is Greenlees?

Greenlees is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, two miles south-east of the town of Rutherglen, five miles south-east of the major city of Glasgow, 40 miles west of Edinburgh, 302 miles north of Cardiff, and 340 miles north-west of London. Greenlees lies roughly one mile south-east of the City of Glasgow border. Greenlees falls within the unitary authority of South Lanarkshire. It is in the G72 postcode district. The post town for Greenlees is Glasgow.

Greenlees on a map

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

Which county is Greenlees in?

Greenlees 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 Greenlees in Lanarkshire?

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

Map showing location of Greenlees within Lanarkshire
Location of Greenlees within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Greenlees?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Greenlees is G72 8YT.

Where is Greenlees in G72?

Greenlees is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the G72 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the G72 postcode district.

Map showing location of Greenlees within G72
Location of Greenlees within G72

What is the post town for Greenlees?

The post town for Greenlees is Glasgow. Greenlees is in the G72 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Glasgow.

What is the latitude and longitude of Greenlees?

The centre of Greenlees is located at position 55.80621° latitude and -4.17121° longitude.

Latitude55.80621°
Longitude-4.17121°

What is the easting and northing of Greenlees?

The centre of Greenlees is located at the grid reference easting 264016 and northing 659126 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting264016
Northing659126

What are the nearest towns to Greenlees?

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

south-east
2m
Greenlees is 2 miles south-east of Rutherglen
north
3m
Greenlees is 3 miles north of East Kilbride
west
4m
Greenlees is 4 miles west of Uddingston
north-west
6m
Greenlees is 6 miles north-west of Hamilton
west
6m
Greenlees is 6 miles west of Bellshill
south-west
7m
Greenlees is 7 miles south-west of Coatbridge
west
7m
Greenlees is 7 miles west of Motherwell
south
7m
Greenlees is 7 miles south of Bishopbriggs
south-west
8m
Greenlees is 8 miles south-west of Airdrie
east
9m
Greenlees is 9 miles east of Barrhead

What are the nearest cities to Greenlees?

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

south-east
5m
Greenlees is 5 miles south-east of Glasgow
south-west
23m
Greenlees is 23 miles south-west of Stirling
south-west
33m
Greenlees is 33 miles south-west of Dunfermline
west
40m
Greenlees is 40 miles west of Edinburgh
south-west
50m
Greenlees is 50 miles south-west of Perth
south-west
65m
Greenlees is 65 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
80m
Greenlees is 80 miles north-west of Carlisle
south
116m
Greenlees is 116 miles south of Inverness
north-west
116m
Greenlees is 116 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
south-west
122m
Greenlees is 122 miles south-west of Aberdeen