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Where is Wishaw?

Wishaw is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, three miles east of the town of Motherwell, 14 miles south-east of the major city of Glasgow, 31 miles west of Edinburgh, 298 miles north of Cardiff, and 333 miles north-west of London. Wishaw lies eight miles south-east of the City of Glasgow border. Wishaw falls within the unitary authority of North Lanarkshire. It is in the ML2 postcode district. The post town for Wishaw is Wishaw.

Wishaw on a map

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

Which county is Wishaw in?

Wishaw 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 Wishaw in Lanarkshire?

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

Map showing location of Wishaw within Lanarkshire
Location of Wishaw within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Wishaw?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Wishaw is ML2 7AB.

Where is Wishaw in ML2?

Wishaw is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the ML2 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the ML2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Wishaw within ML2
Location of Wishaw within ML2

What is the post town for Wishaw?

The post town for Wishaw is Wishaw. Wishaw is in the ML2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Wishaw.

What is the latitude and longitude of Wishaw?

The centre of Wishaw is located at position 55.77447° latitude and -3.92114° longitude.

Latitude55.77447°
Longitude-3.92114°

What is the easting and northing of Wishaw?

The centre of Wishaw is located at the grid reference easting 279589 and northing 655132 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting279589
Northing655132

What are the nearest towns to Wishaw?

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

east
3m
Wishaw is 3 miles east of Motherwell
north-east
3m
Wishaw is 3 miles north-east of Larkhall
north-west
4m
Wishaw is 4 miles north-west of Carluke
east
4m
Wishaw is 4 miles east of Hamilton
south-east
5m
Wishaw is 5 miles south-east of Bellshill
south
7m
Wishaw is 7 miles south of Airdrie
south-east
7m
Wishaw is 7 miles south-east of Uddingston
south-east
7m
Wishaw is 7 miles south-east of Coatbridge
north-west
9m
Wishaw is 9 miles north-west of Lanark
east
10m
Wishaw is 10 miles east of East Kilbride

What are the nearest cities to Wishaw?

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

south-east
14m
Wishaw is 14 miles south-east of Glasgow
south
24m
Wishaw is 24 miles south of Stirling
south-west
27m
Wishaw is 27 miles south-west of Dunfermline
west
31m
Wishaw is 31 miles west of Edinburgh
south-west
47m
Wishaw is 47 miles south-west of Perth
south-west
60m
Wishaw is 60 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
72m
Wishaw is 72 miles north-west of Carlisle
north-west
106m
Wishaw is 106 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north-west
115m
Wishaw is 115 miles north-west of Durham
north-west
117m
Wishaw is 117 miles north-west of Sunderland

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