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Where is Allanton?

Allanton is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, one mile south-east of the town of Hamilton, 11 miles south-east of the major city of Glasgow, 34 miles west of Edinburgh, 298 miles north of Cardiff, and 334 miles north-west of London. Allanton lies six miles south-east of the City of Glasgow border. Allanton falls within the unitary authority of South Lanarkshire. It is in the ML3 postcode district. The post town for Allanton is Hamilton.

Allanton on a map

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

Which county is Allanton in?

Allanton is in the ceremonial county of Lanarkshire, the historic county of Lanarkshire, and the administrative county of South Lanarkshire.

Ceremonial CountyLanarkshire
Historic CountyLanarkshire
Administrative CountySouth Lanarkshire

Where is Allanton in Lanarkshire?

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

Map showing location of Allanton within Lanarkshire
Location of Allanton within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Allanton?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Allanton is ML3 7TY.

Where is Allanton in ML3?

Allanton is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the ML3 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the ML3 postcode district.

Map showing location of Allanton within ML3
Location of Allanton within ML3

What is the post town for Allanton?

The post town for Allanton is Hamilton. Allanton is in the ML3 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Hamilton.

What is the latitude and longitude of Allanton?

The centre of Allanton is located at position 55.76526° latitude and -4.00228° longitude.

Latitude55.76526°
Longitude-4.00228°

What is the easting and northing of Allanton?

The centre of Allanton is located at the grid reference easting 274470 and northing 654251 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting274470
Northing654251

What are the nearest towns to Allanton?

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

south-east
1m
Allanton is 1 mile south-east of Hamilton
south
2m
Allanton is 2 miles south of Motherwell
north-west
2m
Allanton is 2 miles north-west of Larkhall
west
3m
Allanton is 3 miles west of Wishaw
south
4m
Allanton is 4 miles south of Bellshill
south-east
5m
Allanton is 5 miles south-east of Uddingston
east
6m
Allanton is 6 miles east of East Kilbride
west
7m
Allanton is 7 miles west of Carluke
south
7m
Allanton is 7 miles south of Coatbridge
south
7m
Allanton is 7 miles south of Airdrie

What are the nearest cities to Allanton?

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

south-east
11m
Allanton is 11 miles south-east of Glasgow
south
24m
Allanton is 24 miles south of Stirling
south-west
30m
Allanton is 30 miles south-west of Dunfermline
west
34m
Allanton is 34 miles west of Edinburgh
south-west
49m
Allanton is 49 miles south-west of Perth
south-west
62m
Allanton is 62 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
74m
Allanton is 74 miles north-west of Carlisle
north-west
109m
Allanton is 109 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north-west
117m
Allanton is 117 miles north-west of Durham
south
119m
Allanton is 119 miles south of Inverness