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Where is Thankerton?

Thankerton is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, four miles west of the town of Biggar, 29 miles south-east of the major city of Glasgow, 29 miles south-west of Edinburgh, 287 miles north of Cardiff, and 318 miles north-west of London. Thankerton lies four miles west of the Tweeddale border. Thankerton falls within the unitary authority of South Lanarkshire. It is in the ML12 postcode district. The post town for Thankerton is Biggar.

Thankerton on a map

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

Which county is Thankerton in?

Thankerton 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 Thankerton in Lanarkshire?

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

Map showing location of Thankerton within Lanarkshire
Location of Thankerton within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Thankerton?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Thankerton is ML12 6QW.

Where is Thankerton in ML12?

Thankerton is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the ML12 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the ML12 postcode district.

Map showing location of Thankerton within ML12
Location of Thankerton within ML12

What is the post town for Thankerton?

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

What is the latitude and longitude of Thankerton?

The centre of Thankerton is located at position 55.62404° latitude and -3.63257° longitude.

Latitude55.62404°
Longitude-3.63257°

What is the easting and northing of Thankerton?

The centre of Thankerton is located at the grid reference easting 297294 and northing 637927 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting297294
Northing637927

What are the nearest towns to Thankerton?

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

west
4m
Thankerton is 4 miles west of Biggar
south-east
7m
Thankerton is 7 miles south-east of Lanark
south-east
11m
Thankerton is 11 miles south-east of Carluke
south-east
15m
Thankerton is 15 miles south-east of Wishaw
south-east
15m
Thankerton is 15 miles south-east of Larkhall
south
17m
Thankerton is 17 miles south of Whitburn
south
17m
Thankerton is 17 miles south of Blackburn
west
18m
Thankerton is 18 miles west of Peebles
south-east
18m
Thankerton is 18 miles south-east of Motherwell
south
19m
Thankerton is 19 miles south of Livingston

What are the nearest cities to Thankerton?

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

south-west
29m
Thankerton is 29 miles south-west of Edinburgh
south-east
29m
Thankerton is 29 miles south-east of Glasgow
south
32m
Thankerton is 32 miles south of Dunfermline
south
36m
Thankerton is 36 miles south of Stirling
south
54m
Thankerton is 54 miles south of Perth
north-west
58m
Thankerton is 58 miles north-west of Carlisle
south-west
63m
Thankerton is 63 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
91m
Thankerton is 91 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north-west
100m
Thankerton is 100 miles north-west of Durham
north-west
102m
Thankerton is 102 miles north-west of Sunderland