Wattston
Wattston is a village on the B803, west of Greengairs in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Between them Wattston and Greengairs have about 1,190 residents. It is around 4 km south of Cumbernauld, and 4 km north of Airdrie.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Greenfaulds railway station and Airdrie Academy.
Greenfaulds railway station
Railway station
Photo: Jim Smillie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greenfaulds railway station serves the Greenfaulds area of the town of Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is also within walking distance of the Lenziemill industrial estate, the Luggie Water and the Blairlinn industrial estate. Greenfaulds railway station is situated 2½ miles northwest of Wattston.
Airdrie Academy
School
Photo: Jim Smillie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Airdrie Academy is a secondary school located within Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Airdrie Academy is situated 2½ miles southwest of Wattston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greengairs and Greenfaulds.
Greengairs
Village
Photo: Raymond Okonski, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greengairs is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Greengairs is shown on a map by Roy c.1754 under the name of Green Geirs. In toponymy, the name means "green strips of grass".
Greenfaulds
Suburb
Greenfaulds is an area of the town of Cumbernauld in Scotland. Greenfaulds was a half council half private estate built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Greenfaulds is situated 2½ miles northwest of Wattston.
Carbrain
Suburb
Carbrain /kar 'bren/ is a neighbourhood in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire in Scotland. It gets a brief mention on William Roy's eighteenth century map of the Scottish Lowlands. Carbrain is situated 2½ miles north of Wattston.
Wattston
- Type: Village with 570 residents
- Description: village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.9079° or 55° 54′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.95826° or 3° 57′ 30″ westPopulation
570Elevation
614 feet (187 metres)Open location code
9C7RW25R+5MOpenStreetMap ID
node 149513229OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12264045Wikidata ID
Q7975050
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