Jackton

Jackton is a suburban village lying on the western periphery of in , on the B764 Eaglesham Road connecting it to the village of .
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Photo: Iain Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Suburb with 100 residents
  • Description: village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
  • Postal code: G75

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hairmyres railway station and Hairmyres Hospital.

Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY 4.0.
is a railway station between the Hairmyres and Peel Park areas of , , , .

Hospital
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University Hospital Hairmyres is a district general hospital in the Hairmyres neighbourhood of , , . The hospital serves one of the largest elderly populations in Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lanarkshire.

Bridge
Photo: John McLeish, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gardenhall and Mossneuk.

Quarter
East Kilbride, often referred to as EK, is the largest town in in , and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. Historically a small village, it was designated Scotland's first "new town" on 6 May 1947, and thereafter widely expanded.

Suburb
is redominantly a residential suburb situated in the south-western area of the new town , . It takes its name from the former farm, the buildings of which stood near the suburb's north-eastern corner.

Suburb
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a residential area in the new town of , South Lanarkshire, Scotland where construction started from the 1990s onwards. The south western area of the development, running alongside Shields Road, sits close to the border with East Renfrewshire.

Jackton

Latitude
55.749° or 55° 44′ 56″ north
Longitude
-4.23687° or 4° 14′ 13″ west
Population
100
Elevation
492 feet (150 metres)
Open location code
9C7QPQX7+J7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10683959680
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11550829
Wiki­data ID
Q6118064
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Scots—“Jackton” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Jackton”
  • Dutch: “Jackton”
  • French: “Jackton”
  • Scots: “Jackton”

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