Wishaw
Wishaw is a large town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the edge of the Clyde Valley, 15 miles south-east of Glasgow city centre. The town is part of the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include St Ignatius Church, Wishaw and South Wishaw Parish Church.
St Ignatius Church, Wishaw
Church
St Ignatius Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the town of Wishaw in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, within the Diocese of Motherwell. The church building was constructed in 1865, and is a category A listed building.
South Wishaw Parish Church
Church
South Wishaw Parish Church is a parish church of the Church of Scotland, serving the southern area of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire. It is within the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Forth Valley and Clydesdale.
Wishaw railway station
Railway station
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Wishaw railway station is a railway station in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Wishaw Deviation Line just south of the single track link line which connects to the West Coast Main Line at Shieldmuir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Overtown and Newmains.
Overtown
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Overtown is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located to the east of the River Clyde, about one mile south of Wishaw. Originally developed as a mining village in the 19th century, its population declined after the closure of the coal mines and the associated railways in the 1950s.
Newmains
Town
Photo: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newmains is a village and former mining community on the eastern edge of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, 18 miles south-east of Glasgow. Newmains is situated 1½ miles east of Wishaw.
Morningside
Village
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Morningside is a small village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located around 3⁄4 mile south of Newmains, and 2+1⁄4 miles east of Wishaw. Morningside's population is 1,090 people. Morningside is situated 2 miles east of Wishaw.
Wishaw
- Type: Town with 50,500 residents
- Description: town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.77435° or 55° 46′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.91841° or 3° 55′ 6″ westPopulation
50,500Elevation
453 feet (138 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WHWOpen location code
9C7RQ3FJ+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 93818249OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Wishaw” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վիշոու”
- Asturian: “Wishaw”
- Basque: “Wishaw”
- Belarusian: “Уішау”
- Bengali: “উইশাঁ”
- Catalan: “Wishaw”
- Cebuano: “Wishaw”
- Chinese: “威蕭”
- Chinese: “韋蕭”
- Chinese: “韦萧”
- Czech: “Wishaw”
- Dutch: “Wishaw”
- French: “Wishaw”
- German: “Wishaw”
- Gujarati: “વિશો”
- Hebrew: “וישו”
- Irish: “Camas Neachdain”
- Irish: “Camas Neathain”
- Irish: “Wishaw”
- Italian: “Wishaw”
- Japanese: “ウィショー (ランカシャー)”
- Japanese: “ウィショー”
- Kannada: “ವಿಶ್ವಾ”
- Korean: “위쇼”
- Lithuanian: “Višo”
- Persian: “ویشاو”
- Polish: “Wishaw”
- Portuguese: “Wishaw”
- Romanian: “Wishaw”
- Russian: “Вишоу”
- Russian: “Уишо”
- Scots: “Wishae”
- Scots: “Wishaw”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Camas Neachdain”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Camas Neathain”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Wishaw”
- Silesian: “Wishaw”
- Slovak: “Wishaw”
- Slovenian: “Wishaw”
- South Azerbaijani: “ویشاو”
- Spanish: “Wishaw”
- Swedish: “Wishaw”
- Tamil: “விசாவ்”
- Telugu: “విషా”
- Ukrainian: “Вішоу”
- Urdu: “ویشاو”
- Welsh: “Camas Neachdain”
- Welsh: “Wishaw”
- “Camas Neachdain”
- “Camas Neathain”
- “Wishaw”
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