Kirk o‘ Shotts

Kirk o‘ Shotts is a hamlet in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Kirk o‘ Shotts is situated nearby to the locality Shottsburn, as well as near the hamlet North Hirst.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kirk o’ Shotts transmitting station and Shottskirk.

Kirk o’ Shotts transmitting station

The Kirk o' Shotts transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications site at The Hirst which lies just outside the village of Salsburgh which is near the town of Shotts in North Lanarkshire central Scotland.

Shottskirk

Place of worship

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Shottskirk, more commonly known as Kirk O'Shotts Parish Church, or affectionately "The M8 Church", is a local parish church located in Salsburgh, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, and serves the village of Salsburgh, the town of Shotts and the hamlets in between.

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. HM Prison Shotts is situated 1½ miles south of Kirk o‘ Shotts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shotts and Hartwood.

Shotts

Town

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Shotts is a 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. Shotts is situated 2½ miles southeast of Kirk o‘ Shotts.

Hartwood

Village

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Hartwood is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Nearby settlements include Shotts, Allanton and Bonkle. The area is rural, with fewer than 50 houses. Hartwood is situated 3 miles south of Kirk o‘ Shotts.

Harthill

Village

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Harthill is a rural village split between North Lanarkshire and West Lothian in Scotland, with most of the village in North Lanarkshire. It is located about halfway between Glasgow, 21 miles to the west, and Edinburgh, 25 miles to the east. Harthill is situated 3½ miles east of Kirk o‘ Shotts.

Kirk o‘ Shotts

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.8518° or 55° 51′ 7″ north

Longitude

-3.8322° or 3° 49′ 56″ west

Open location code

9C7RV529+P4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1179602106

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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