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About Shotts

Shotts is a former mining town in North Lanarkshire, positioned between Glasgow and Edinburgh on elevated ground that ensures brisk winters. The M8 motorway at Junction 5 provides quick access via the A7066, making it a convenient base for reaching either city in about 30 minutes. The town's 12th-century kirk remains one of Lanarkshire's oldest continuously used churches.

Where is Shotts on the map?

Shotts is in Scotland, at 55.820, -3.797 - about 14 km north-east of Craigneuk, North Lanarkshire.

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The closest airport to Shotts is Edinburgh Airport, 39 km (about 32 min by car). Other airports nearby: Glasgow Airport.

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