HM Prison Shotts
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.- Type: Prison
- Description: prison in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “HMP Shotts”
- Postal code: ML7 4LE
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 1¼ miles southeast of HM Prison Shotts.
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 3,900 feet east of HM Prison Shotts.
Hartwood railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hartwood railway station is a railway station serving Hartwood in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the Shotts Line, 19 miles east of Glasgow Central towards Edinburgh Waverley. Hartwood railway station is situated 1¼ miles southwest of HM Prison 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.
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 south of HM Prison Shotts.
HM Prison Shotts
- Category: government building
- Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.82877° or 55° 49′ 44″ northLongitude
-3.82551° or 3° 49′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C7RR5HF+GQOpenStreetMap ID
way 781433176OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonWikidata ID
Q5635259
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Highlights include Learning Circle and Shotts Nature Park.
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