Motherwell

Motherwell is an industrial town in the region of central Scotland, with a population of 32,840 in 2020. It's 16 miles southeast of Glasgow, and divided by the motorway and River Clyde from neighbouring .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Fir Park and Motherwell railway station.

Stadium
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Stadium is a football stadium situated in Motherwell, , Scotland. The stadium plays host to the home matches of Scottish Premiership club Motherwell and was the temporary home of Gretna for the 2007–08 SPL season.

Railway station
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serves the town of Motherwell, in , Scotland. It is on the West Coast Main Line and is served also by Argyle Line trains of the suburban railway network.

Church
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The Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Good Aid, popularly known as , is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in the town of Motherwell in , Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hamilton and Bellshill.

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is a town on in central Scotland. With a population of 55,000 in 2022, it's the fourth-largest town in Scotland and lies 12 miles southeast of , at the confluence of the River Clyde with the Avon Water.

Town
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is a town in in Scotland, ten miles southeast of Glasgow city centre and 37 mi west of . Other nearby localities are Motherwell 2 mi to the south, 3 mi to the southwest, 1+1⁄2 mi to the west, 2 mi to the east and 3 mi to the north. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Motherwell.

Town
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is a village situated between Motherwell and in , Scotland. Most local amenities are shared with the adjacent villages of , and which have a combined population of around 20,000 across the four localities.

Motherwell

Latitude
55.7894° or 55° 47′ 22″ north
Longitude
-3.9904° or 3° 59′ 26″ west
Population
32,100
Elevation
272 feet (83 metres)
IATA airport code
XQW
United Nations Location Code
GB MOW
Open location code
9C7RQ2Q5+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 93798500
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2642135
Wiki­data ID
Q737547
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Motherwell” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماذرويل”
  • Armenian: “Մոթերուելլ”
  • Asturian: “Motherwell”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mazervell”
  • Basque: “Motherwell”
  • Bengali: “মাদারওয়েল”
  • Breton: “Tobar na Màthar”
  • Bulgarian: “Мъдъруел”
  • Catalan: “Motherwell”
  • Cebuano: “Motherwell”
  • Chinese: “馬瑟威爾”
  • Chinese: “馬瑟韋爾”
  • Chinese: “马瑟韦尔”
  • Czech: “Motherwell”
  • Danish: “Motherwell”
  • Dutch: “Motherwell”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماذرويل”
  • Estonian: “Motherwell”
  • Finnish: “Motherwell”
  • French: “Motherwell”
  • German: “Motherwell”
  • Gujarati: “મધરવેલ”
  • Hebrew: “מאת’רוול”
  • Icelandic: “Motherwell”
  • Indonesian: “Motherwell”
  • Irish: “Tobar na Máthar”
  • Irish: “Tobar na Màthar”
  • Italian: “Motherwell”
  • Japanese: “マザーウェル”
  • Kannada: “ಮದರ್ವೆಲ್”
  • Korean: “마더웰”
  • Korean: “머더웰”
  • Latvian: “Matervela”
  • Lithuanian: “Madervelis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Motherwell, North Lanarkshire”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Motherwell”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Motherwell”
  • Norwegian: “Motherwell”
  • Persian: “مادرول”
  • Polish: “Motherwell”
  • Portuguese: “Motherwell”
  • Russian: “Мазервел”
  • Russian: “Мазервелл”
  • Russian: “Мотеруэлл”
  • Scots: “Mitherwall”
  • Scots: “Motherwal”
  • Scots: “Motherwell”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Motherwell”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Tobar na Màthar”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Motherwell”
  • Silesian: “Motherwell”
  • Sindhi: “مڌر ويل”
  • Slovak: “Motherwell”
  • Slovenian: “Motherwell”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مادرول”
  • Spanish: “Motherwell”
  • Spanish: “Tobar na Mathar”
  • Spanish: “Tobar na Màthar”
  • Swedish: “Motherwell”
  • Tamil: “மதர்வெல்”
  • Tamil: “மோதெரவெல்”
  • Telugu: “మదర్ వెల్”
  • Telugu: “మోతేర్వేల్”
  • Turkish: “Motherwell”
  • Ukrainian: “Мотервелл”
  • Urdu: “موتھیرویل”
  • Welsh: “Motherwell”
  • Yue Chinese: “馬瑟韋爾”
  • “Motherwell”

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