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Where is Blantyre?

Blantyre is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, two miles south of the town of Uddingston, eight miles south-east of the major city of Glasgow, 37 miles west of Edinburgh, 300 miles north of Cardiff, and 337 miles north-west of London. Blantyre lies three miles south-east of the City of Glasgow border. Blantyre falls within the unitary authority of South Lanarkshire. It is in the G72 postcode district. The post town for Blantyre is Glasgow.

Blantyre on a map

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

Which county is Blantyre in?

Blantyre 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 Blantyre in Lanarkshire?

Blantyre is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Lanarkshire, and towards the westernmost extremity of Lanarkshire.

Map showing location of Blantyre within Lanarkshire
Location of Blantyre within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Blantyre?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Blantyre is G72 0NX.

Where is Blantyre in G72?

Blantyre is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the G72 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the G72 postcode district.

Map showing location of Blantyre within G72
Location of Blantyre within G72

What is the post town for Blantyre?

The post town for Blantyre is Glasgow. Blantyre is in the G72 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Glasgow.

What is the latitude and longitude of Blantyre?

The centre of Blantyre is located at position 55.79226° latitude and -4.0862° longitude.

Latitude55.79226°
Longitude-4.0862°

What is the easting and northing of Blantyre?

The centre of Blantyre is located at the grid reference easting 269296 and northing 657410 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting269296
Northing657410

What are the nearest towns to Blantyre?

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

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

What are the nearest cities to Blantyre?

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

south-east
8m
Blantyre is 8 miles south-east of Glasgow
south
23m
Blantyre is 23 miles south of Stirling
south-west
31m
Blantyre is 31 miles south-west of Dunfermline
west
37m
Blantyre is 37 miles west of Edinburgh
south-west
49m
Blantyre is 49 miles south-west of Perth
south-west
63m
Blantyre is 63 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
77m
Blantyre is 77 miles north-west of Carlisle
north-west
113m
Blantyre is 113 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
south
117m
Blantyre is 117 miles south of Inverness
south-west
121m
Blantyre is 121 miles south-west of Aberdeen