Shotts
Shotts is a small town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located 16 miles from Glasgow and has a population of about 8,840. A local story has Shotts being named after the legendary giant highwayman Bertram de Shotts, though toponymists give the Anglo-Saxon scēots as the real source of the name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 8,630 residents
- Description: rural town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
- Postal code: ML7
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shotts railway station and Hannah Park.
Shotts railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shotts railway station is a railway station serving Shotts in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line, 20½ miles east of Glasgow Central towards Edinburgh Waverley.
Hannah Park
Sports venue
Photo: Robert Guthrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shotts Bon Accord Football Academy are a Scottish football club based in the town of Shotts, North Lanarkshire. The club was formed in 1950 and currently competes in the West of Scotland League Premier Division.
HM Prison Shotts
Prison
HM Prison Shotts is a prison near Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is a prison holding male prisoners with maximum security classification. Shotts exclusively holds prisoners serving a term of five years or longer, with some prisoners being transferred from other prisons due to a need for a more secure environment.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hartwood and Allanton.
Hartwood
Village
Photo: Jim Smillie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hartwood is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Nearby settlements include Shotts, Allanton and Bonkle. The area is rural, with fewer than 50 houses.
Allanton
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allanton is a village on the A71, in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Allanton Colliery was the last colliery to be built and the first colliery to be taken over by the National Coal Board in 1951. Allanton is situated 1½ miles southwest of Shotts.
Bonkle
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bonkle is a village 3 miles north-east of Wishaw in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is sited on the east bank of the South Calder Water. Murdostoun Castle is located nearby. Bonkle is situated 2½ miles southwest of Shotts.
Shotts
- Category: locality
- Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.81967° or 55° 49′ 11″ northLongitude
-3.80732° or 3° 48′ 26″ westPopulation
8,630Elevation
709 feet (216 metres)OpenStreetMap ID
node 229146196OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Shotts” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Shotts”
- Basque: “Shotts”
- Bulgarian: “Шотц”
- Cebuano: “Shotts”
- Chinese: “肖茨”
- French: “Shotts”
- German: “Shotts”
- Irish: “na Seots”
- Irish: “Na Seots”
- Irish: “Shotts”
- Italian: “Shotts”
- Japanese: “ショッツ”
- Persian: “شاتس”
- Polish: “Shotts”
- Portuguese: “Shotts”
- Russian: “Шотс”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Na Seots”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Shotts”
- Spanish: “Shotts”
- Swedish: “Shotts”
- Welsh: “Shotts”
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