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Where is Leadhills?

Leadhills is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, seven miles north-east of the town of Sanquhar, 36 miles south-east of the major city of Glasgow, 43 miles south-west of Edinburgh, 273 miles north of Cardiff, and 308 miles north-west of London. Leadhills lies just north-west of the Dumfries border. Leadhills falls within the unitary authority of South Lanarkshire. It is in the ML12 postcode district. The post town for Leadhills is Biggar.

Leadhills on a map

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

Which county is Leadhills in?

Leadhills 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 Leadhills in Lanarkshire?

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

Map showing location of Leadhills within Lanarkshire
Location of Leadhills within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Leadhills?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Leadhills is ML12 6XP.

Where is Leadhills in ML12?

Leadhills is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the ML12 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the ML12 postcode district.

Map showing location of Leadhills within ML12
Location of Leadhills within ML12

What is the post town for Leadhills?

The post town for Leadhills is Biggar. Leadhills is in the ML12 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Biggar.

What is the latitude and longitude of Leadhills?

The centre of Leadhills is located at position 55.4158° latitude and -3.76169° longitude.

Latitude55.4158°
Longitude-3.76169°

What is the easting and northing of Leadhills?

The centre of Leadhills is located at the grid reference easting 288577 and northing 614954 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting288577
Northing614954

What are the nearest towns to Leadhills?

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

north-east
7m
Leadhills is 7 miles north-east of Sanquhar
north-west
14m
Leadhills is 14 miles north-west of Moffat
east
17m
Leadhills is 17 miles east of New Cumnock
south-west
17m
Leadhills is 17 miles south-west of Biggar
south
18m
Leadhills is 18 miles south of Lanark
east
20m
Leadhills is 20 miles east of Cumnock
south
22m
Leadhills is 22 miles south of Carluke
north-west
24m
Leadhills is 24 miles north-west of Lochmaben
south
24m
Leadhills is 24 miles south of Larkhall
south-east
24m
Leadhills is 24 miles south-east of Darvel

What are the nearest cities to Leadhills?

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

south-east
36m
Leadhills is 36 miles south-east of Glasgow
south-west
43m
Leadhills is 43 miles south-west of Edinburgh
south
47m
Leadhills is 47 miles south of Dunfermline
north-west
49m
Leadhills is 49 miles north-west of Carlisle
south
49m
Leadhills is 49 miles south of Stirling
south
69m
Leadhills is 69 miles south of Perth
south-west
78m
Leadhills is 78 miles south-west of Dundee
west
90m
Leadhills is 90 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north-west
97m
Leadhills is 97 miles north-west of Durham
west
101m
Leadhills is 101 miles west of Sunderland