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Where is Holytown?

Holytown is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, two miles east of the town of Bellshill, 11 miles east of the major city of Glasgow, 32 miles west of Edinburgh, 302 miles north of Cardiff, and 337 miles north-west of London. Holytown lies four miles east of the City of Glasgow border. Holytown falls within the unitary authority of North Lanarkshire. It is in the ML1 postcode district. The post town for Holytown is Motherwell.

Holytown on a map

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

Which county is Holytown in?

Holytown 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 Holytown in Lanarkshire?

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

Map showing location of Holytown within Lanarkshire
Location of Holytown within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Holytown?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Holytown is ML1 4UA.

Where is Holytown in ML1?

Holytown is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the ML1 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the ML1 postcode district.

Map showing location of Holytown within ML1
Location of Holytown within ML1

What is the post town for Holytown?

The post town for Holytown is Motherwell. Holytown is in the ML1 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Motherwell.

What is the latitude and longitude of Holytown?

The centre of Holytown is located at position 55.82248° latitude and -3.97138° longitude.

Latitude55.82248°
Longitude-3.97138°

What is the easting and northing of Holytown?

The centre of Holytown is located at the grid reference easting 276590 and northing 660562 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting276590
Northing660562

What are the nearest towns to Holytown?

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

east
2m
Holytown is 2 miles east of Bellshill
north-east
2m
Holytown is 2 miles north-east of Motherwell
south
3m
Holytown is 3 miles south of Airdrie
south-east
4m
Holytown is 4 miles south-east of Coatbridge
north-west
4m
Holytown is 4 miles north-west of Wishaw
north-east
4m
Holytown is 4 miles north-east of Hamilton
east
4m
Holytown is 4 miles east of Uddingston
north
6m
Holytown is 6 miles north of Larkhall
north-west
8m
Holytown is 8 miles north-west of Carluke
south
9m
Holytown is 9 miles south of Cumbernauld

What are the nearest cities to Holytown?

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

east
11m
Holytown is 11 miles east of Glasgow
south
20m
Holytown is 20 miles south of Stirling
south-west
26m
Holytown is 26 miles south-west of Dunfermline
west
32m
Holytown is 32 miles west of Edinburgh
south-west
45m
Holytown is 45 miles south-west of Perth
south-west
58m
Holytown is 58 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
76m
Holytown is 76 miles north-west of Carlisle
north-west
110m
Holytown is 110 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
south
115m
Holytown is 115 miles south of Inverness
south-west
117m
Holytown is 117 miles south-west of Aberdeen

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