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Overtown

Overtown is a village in , Scotland. It is located to the east of the , about one mile south of . 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.
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  • Type: Village with 2,110 residents
  • Description: village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Overtown, North Lanarkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cambusnethan House and Wishaw railway station.

Historic site
Photo: Enigs, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, or Cambusnethan Priory, in , Scotland, was designed by James Gillespie Graham and completed in 1820. It is listed on the Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland as a building facing "critical" risk, having been damaged by fire in the 1980s and since vandalized.

Railway station
Photo: A-M-Jervis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station in , , . 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 .

Recreation area
Photo: Ross Watson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wishaw Football Club is a football club based in the town of , . The club currently competes in the West of Scotland League Fourth Division.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Law and Dalserf.

Village
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village situated between and in , Scotland with a population of around 3,000. The village lies on the border of . is a former mining village, now mainly a low density residential area.

Village
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is a small village of only a few streets in , Scotland. It lies on the , 2 miles east of and 7 miles south east of Hamilton.

Town
Photo: Iain Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large town in , Scotland, on the edge of the , 15 miles south-east of city centre. The town is part of the Motherwell and constituency.

Overtown

Latitude
55.75424° or 55° 45′ 15″ north
Longitude
-3.91068° or 3° 54′ 38″ west
Population
2,110
Elevation
453 feet (138 metres)
Open location code
9C7RQ33Q+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 93809305
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2640762
Wiki­data ID
Q7114042
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Overtown” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Overtown”
  • Catalan: “Overtown”
  • Cebuano: “Overtown”
  • Dutch: “Overtown”
  • French: “Overtown”
  • German: “Overtown”
  • Spanish: “Overtown”
  • Swedish: “Overtown”
  • Welsh: “Overtown”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Overtown”. Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.