Wester Hassockrigg

Wester Hassockrigg is a hamlet in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Wester Hassockrigg is situated nearby to the hamlet Easter Hassockrigg, as well as near Hirst.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shotts railway station and HM Prison Shotts.

Shotts railway station

Railway station

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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. Shotts railway station is situated 2 miles south of Wester Hassockrigg.

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 southwest of Wester Hassockrigg.

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. Hannah Park is situated 1½ miles south of Wester Hassockrigg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shotts and Harthill.

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 2 miles south of Wester Hassockrigg.

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 2 miles east of Wester Hassockrigg.

Greenrigg

Village

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Greenrigg is a hamlet that lies in the west of West Lothian, Scotland. Greenrigg is within walking distance to shops in the bordering village of Harthill and is quick drive away from Whitburn. Greenrigg is situated 2½ miles east of Wester Hassockrigg.

Wester Hassockrigg

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

55.8482° or 55° 50′ 54″ north

Longitude

-3.80181° or 3° 48′ 7″ west

Open location code

9C7RR5XX+77

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1851213159

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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