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Where is Heads?

Heads is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, three miles south-west of the town of Larkhall, 13 miles south-east of the major city of Glasgow, 37 miles south-west of Edinburgh, 294 miles north of Cardiff, and 331 miles north-west of London. Heads falls within the unitary authority of South Lanarkshire. It is in the ML10 postcode district. The post town for Heads is Strathaven.

Heads on a map

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

Which county is Heads in?

Heads 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 Heads in Lanarkshire?

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

Map showing location of Heads within Lanarkshire
Location of Heads within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Heads?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Heads is ML10 6TU.

Where is Heads in ML10?

Heads is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the ML10 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the ML10 postcode district.

Map showing location of Heads within ML10
Location of Heads within ML10

What is the post town for Heads?

The post town for Heads is Strathaven. Heads is in the ML10 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Strathaven.

What is the latitude and longitude of Heads?

The centre of Heads is located at position 55.70667° latitude and -4.03751° longitude.

Latitude55.70667°
Longitude-4.03751°

What is the easting and northing of Heads?

The centre of Heads is located at the grid reference easting 272069 and northing 647796 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting272069
Northing647796

What are the nearest towns to Heads?

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

south-west
3m
Heads is 3 miles south-west of Larkhall
south
5m
Heads is 5 miles south of Hamilton
south
6m
Heads is 6 miles south of Motherwell
south-east
6m
Heads is 6 miles south-east of East Kilbride
south-west
7m
Heads is 7 miles south-west of Wishaw
south
8m
Heads is 8 miles south of Bellshill
west
8m
Heads is 8 miles west of Carluke
south
8m
Heads is 8 miles south of Uddingston
west
10m
Heads is 10 miles west of Lanark
south
11m
Heads is 11 miles south of Coatbridge

What are the nearest cities to Heads?

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

south-east
13m
Heads is 13 miles south-east of Glasgow
south
29m
Heads is 29 miles south of Stirling
south-west
34m
Heads is 34 miles south-west of Dunfermline
south-west
37m
Heads is 37 miles south-west of Edinburgh
south-west
53m
Heads is 53 miles south-west of Perth
south-west
66m
Heads is 66 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
71m
Heads is 71 miles north-west of Carlisle
north-west
108m
Heads is 108 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north-west
116m
Heads is 116 miles north-west of Durham
north-west
119m
Heads is 119 miles north-west of Sunderland