Forrestburn Reservoir

Forrestburn Reservoir is a reservoir in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Forrestburn Reservoir is situated nearby to the hamlet Blairmains, as well as near Bentfoot.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shottskirk and Blawhorn Moss.

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.

Blawhorn Moss

Nature reserve

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blawhorn Moss is a raised bog located to the northwest of the village of Blackridge, about 6 kilometres west of Armadale in the council area of West Lothian in central Scotland.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shotts and Blackridge.

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.

Blackridge

Village

Photo: paul birrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blackridge is a small town in the western part of West Lothian, Scotland. The village name dates to 1581, first recorded as Blakrig. Later, Blackrig and then Blackrigg became the standard spelling until Blackridge became the norm in official documents after about 1840.

Harthill

Village

Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Forrestburn Reservoir

Type: Reservoir
Description: reservoir in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK, on Forrestburn Water
Category: body of water
Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.8631° or 55° 51′ 47″ north

Longitude

-3.8127° or 3° 48′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C7RV57P+7W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 22341575

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

Wikidata ID

Q105906451

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Blairmains and Bentfoot.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Forrestburn Speed Hillclimb and Papperthill Craigs.

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