Furnace Bank

Furnace Bank is a building in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Furnace Bank is situated nearby to Shotts Library, as well as near the museum Shotts Heritage Centre.

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. Shotts railway station is situated 1,900 feet west of Furnace Bank.

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 1 mile northwest of Furnace Bank.

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 northwest of Furnace Bank.

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 2 miles west of Furnace Bank.

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 Furnace Bank.

Furnace Bank

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

55.81837° or 55° 49′ 6″ north

Longitude

-3.78961° or 3° 47′ 23″ west

Open location code

9C7RR696+85

OpenStreetMap ID

way 170893136

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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