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Where is Shotts?

Shotts is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, six miles south-west of the town of Whitburn, 17 miles east of the major city of Glasgow, 25 miles west of Edinburgh, 301 miles north of Cardiff, and 333 miles north-west of London. Shotts lies two miles south-west of the West Lothian border. Shotts falls within the unitary authority of North Lanarkshire. It is in the ML7 postcode district. The post town for Shotts is Shotts.

Shotts on a map

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

Which county is Shotts in?

Shotts is in the ceremonial county of Lanarkshire, the historic county of Lanarkshire, and the administrative county of North Lanarkshire.

Ceremonial CountyLanarkshire
Historic CountyLanarkshire
Administrative CountyNorth Lanarkshire

Where is Shotts in Lanarkshire?

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

Map showing location of Shotts within Lanarkshire
Location of Shotts within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Shotts?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Shotts is ML7 4BJ.

Where is Shotts in ML7?

Shotts is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the ML7 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the ML7 postcode district.

Map showing location of Shotts within ML7
Location of Shotts within ML7

What is the post town for Shotts?

The post town for Shotts is Shotts. Shotts is in the ML7 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Shotts.

What is the latitude and longitude of Shotts?

The centre of Shotts is located at position 55.81912° latitude and -3.79971° longitude.

Latitude55.81912°
Longitude-3.79971°

What is the easting and northing of Shotts?

The centre of Shotts is located at the grid reference easting 287334 and northing 659895 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting287334
Northing659895

What are the nearest towns to Shotts?

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

south-west
6m
Shotts is 6 miles south-west of Whitburn
north-east
6m
Shotts is 6 miles north-east of Wishaw
north
6m
Shotts is 6 miles north of Carluke
south-west
7m
Shotts is 7 miles south-west of Armadale
south-east
8m
Shotts is 8 miles south-east of Airdrie
south-west
8m
Shotts is 8 miles south-west of Blackburn
east
8m
Shotts is 8 miles east of Motherwell
south-west
8m
Shotts is 8 miles south-west of Bathgate
east
9m
Shotts is 9 miles east of Bellshill
north-east
9m
Shotts is 9 miles north-east of Larkhall

What are the nearest cities to Shotts?

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

east
17m
Shotts is 17 miles east of Glasgow
south
21m
Shotts is 21 miles south of Stirling
south-west
22m
Shotts is 22 miles south-west of Dunfermline
west
25m
Shotts is 25 miles west of Edinburgh
south
42m
Shotts is 42 miles south of Perth
south-west
55m
Shotts is 55 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
73m
Shotts is 73 miles north-west of Carlisle
north-west
104m
Shotts is 104 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
south-west
113m
Shotts is 113 miles south-west of Aberdeen
north-west
113m
Shotts is 113 miles north-west of Durham

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