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Where is Motherwell?

Motherwell is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, two miles north-east of the town of Hamilton, 11 miles south-east of the major city of Glasgow, 33 miles west of Edinburgh, 300 miles north of Cardiff, and 335 miles north-west of London. Motherwell lies five miles south-east of the City of Glasgow border. Motherwell falls within the unitary authority of North Lanarkshire. It is in the ML1 postcode district. The post town for Motherwell is Motherwell.

Motherwell on a map

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

Which county is Motherwell in?

Motherwell 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 Motherwell in Lanarkshire?

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

Map showing location of Motherwell within Lanarkshire
Location of Motherwell within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Motherwell?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Motherwell is ML1 1BB.

Where is Motherwell in ML1?

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

Map showing location of Motherwell within ML1
Location of Motherwell within ML1

What is the post town for Motherwell?

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

What is the latitude and longitude of Motherwell?

The centre of Motherwell is located at position 55.78996° latitude and -3.99356° longitude.

Latitude55.78996°
Longitude-3.99356°

What is the easting and northing of Motherwell?

The centre of Motherwell is located at the grid reference easting 275096 and northing 656983 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting275096
Northing656983

What are the nearest towns to Motherwell?

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

north-east
2m
Motherwell is 2 miles north-east of Hamilton
south-east
2m
Motherwell is 2 miles south-east of Bellshill
west
3m
Motherwell is 3 miles west of Wishaw
north
4m
Motherwell is 4 miles north of Larkhall
south-east
4m
Motherwell is 4 miles south-east of Uddingston
south
5m
Motherwell is 5 miles south of Coatbridge
south
5m
Motherwell is 5 miles south of Airdrie
east
7m
Motherwell is 7 miles east of East Kilbride
north-west
7m
Motherwell is 7 miles north-west of Carluke
east
9m
Motherwell is 9 miles east of Rutherglen

What are the nearest cities to Motherwell?

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

south-east
11m
Motherwell is 11 miles south-east of Glasgow
south
23m
Motherwell is 23 miles south of Stirling
south-west
28m
Motherwell is 28 miles south-west of Dunfermline
west
33m
Motherwell is 33 miles west of Edinburgh
south-west
47m
Motherwell is 47 miles south-west of Perth
south-west
61m
Motherwell is 61 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
75m
Motherwell is 75 miles north-west of Carlisle
north-west
109m
Motherwell is 109 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
south
117m
Motherwell is 117 miles south of Inverness
north-west
118m
Motherwell is 118 miles north-west of Durham

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