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Where is Airdrie?

Airdrie is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, two miles east of the town of Coatbridge, ten miles east of the major city of Glasgow, 31 miles west of Edinburgh, 305 miles north of Cardiff, and 340 miles north-west of London. Airdrie lies four miles east of the City of Glasgow border. Airdrie falls within the unitary authority of North Lanarkshire. It is in the ML6 postcode district. The post town for Airdrie is Airdrie.

Airdrie on a map

Map showing extent of Airdrie as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Airdrie
Map showing location of Airdrie within the UK
Location of Airdrie within the UK

Which county is Airdrie in?

Airdrie is in the ceremonial county of Lanarkshire, the historic county of Lanarkshire, and the administrative county of North Lanarkshire.

Ceremonial CountyLanarkshire
Historic CountyLanarkshire
Administrative CountyNorth Lanarkshire

Where is Airdrie in Lanarkshire?

Airdrie is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Lanarkshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Lanarkshire.

Map showing location of Airdrie within Lanarkshire
Location of Airdrie within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Airdrie?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Airdrie is ML6 6BL.

Where is Airdrie in ML6?

Airdrie is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the ML6 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the ML6 postcode district.

Map showing location of Airdrie within ML6
Location of Airdrie within ML6

What is the post town for Airdrie?

The post town for Airdrie is Airdrie. Airdrie is in the ML6 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Airdrie.

What is the latitude and longitude of Airdrie?

The centre of Airdrie is located at position 55.86604° latitude and -3.98089° longitude.

Latitude55.86604°
Longitude-3.98089°

What is the easting and northing of Airdrie?

The centre of Airdrie is located at the grid reference easting 276133 and northing 665426 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting276133
Northing665426

What are the nearest towns to Airdrie?

Position of Airdrie relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Airdrie to the centre of the town.

east
2m
Airdrie is 2 miles east of Coatbridge
north-east
4m
Airdrie is 4 miles north-east of Bellshill
north-east
5m
Airdrie is 5 miles north-east of Uddingston
north
5m
Airdrie is 5 miles north of Motherwell
south
5m
Airdrie is 5 miles south of Cumbernauld
north
7m
Airdrie is 7 miles north of Hamilton
north
7m
Airdrie is 7 miles north of Wishaw
south
8m
Airdrie is 8 miles south of Kilsyth
south-east
9m
Airdrie is 9 miles south-east of Kirkintilloch
north
9m
Airdrie is 9 miles north of Larkhall

What are the nearest cities to Airdrie?

Position of Airdrie relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Airdrie to the centre of the city.

east
10m
Airdrie is 10 miles east of Glasgow
south
17m
Airdrie is 17 miles south of Stirling
south-west
25m
Airdrie is 25 miles south-west of Dunfermline
west
31m
Airdrie is 31 miles west of Edinburgh
south-west
42m
Airdrie is 42 miles south-west of Perth
south-west
56m
Airdrie is 56 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
79m
Airdrie is 79 miles north-west of Carlisle
north-west
112m
Airdrie is 112 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
south
112m
Airdrie is 112 miles south of Inverness
south-west
114m
Airdrie is 114 miles south-west of Aberdeen