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Where is Braehead?

Braehead is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, six miles north-east of the town of Lanark, 24 miles south-east of the major city of Glasgow, 24 miles south-west of Edinburgh, 295 miles north of Cardiff, and 326 miles north-west of London. Braehead lies four miles south of the West Lothian border. Braehead falls within the unitary authority of South Lanarkshire. It is in the ML11 postcode district. The post town for Braehead is Lanark.

Braehead on a map

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

Which county is Braehead in?

Braehead 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 Braehead in Lanarkshire?

Braehead is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Lanarkshire, and towards the easternmost extremity of Lanarkshire.

Map showing location of Braehead within Lanarkshire
Location of Braehead within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Braehead?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Braehead is ML11 8EY.

Where is Braehead in ML11?

Braehead is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the ML11 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the ML11 postcode district.

Map showing location of Braehead within ML11
Location of Braehead within ML11

What is the post town for Braehead?

The post town for Braehead is Lanark. Braehead is in the ML11 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Lanark.

What is the latitude and longitude of Braehead?

The centre of Braehead is located at position 55.73925° latitude and -3.66661° longitude.

Latitude55.73925°
Longitude-3.66661°

What is the easting and northing of Braehead?

The centre of Braehead is located at the grid reference easting 295459 and northing 650798 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting295459
Northing650798

What are the nearest towns to Braehead?

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

north-east
6m
Braehead is 6 miles north-east of Lanark
east
7m
Braehead is 7 miles east of Carluke
south
9m
Braehead is 9 miles south of Whitburn
south
9m
Braehead is 9 miles south of Blackburn
north-west
10m
Braehead is 10 miles north-west of Biggar
east
10m
Braehead is 10 miles east of Wishaw
south
11m
Braehead is 11 miles south of Armadale
south
11m
Braehead is 11 miles south of Bathgate
south-west
12m
Braehead is 12 miles south-west of Livingston
east
12m
Braehead is 12 miles east of Larkhall

What are the nearest cities to Braehead?

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

south-west
24m
Braehead is 24 miles south-west of Edinburgh
south-east
24m
Braehead is 24 miles south-east of Glasgow
south
24m
Braehead is 24 miles south of Dunfermline
south
28m
Braehead is 28 miles south of Stirling
south
46m
Braehead is 46 miles south of Perth
south-west
57m
Braehead is 57 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
65m
Braehead is 65 miles north-west of Carlisle
north-west
97m
Braehead is 97 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north-west
106m
Braehead is 106 miles north-west of Durham
north-west
107m
Braehead is 107 miles north-west of Sunderland