Shotts
Shotts is a railway stop in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Shotts is situated nearby to the building Presbytery, St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, 84 Station Road, as well as near the government office North Lanarkshire Council Tax Office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shotts railway station and Hannah Park.
Shotts railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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 3,000 feet northwest of Shotts.
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 1¼ miles northwest of Shotts.
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.
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 1½ miles west of Shotts.
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 2 miles southwest of Shotts.
Shotts
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.81839° or 55° 49′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.79953° or 3° 47′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C7RR692+95OpenStreetMap ID
node 4305346797OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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