Shepherds Hill

Shepherds Hill is a locality in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Shepherds Hill is situated nearby to the locality Well Hill, as well as near the hamlet Southshotts Myre.

Places of Interest

Highlights include HM Prison Shotts and Shottskirk.

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.

Shottskirk

Place of worship

Photo: Ctollan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shotts and Hartwood.

Shotts

Town

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 1½ miles southeast of Shepherds Hill.

Hartwood

Village

Photo: Jim Smillie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 2 miles south of Shepherds Hill.

Allanton

Village

Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Allanton is a village on the A71, in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Allanton Colliery was the last colliery to be built and the first colliery to be taken over by the National Coal Board in 1951. Allanton is situated 2½ miles south of Shepherds Hill.

Shepherds Hill

Type: Locality
Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.83634° or 55° 50′ 11″ north

Longitude

-3.83571° or 3° 50′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C7RR5P7+GP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 338809082

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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