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Where is Rutherglen?

Rutherglen is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, three miles south of the major city of Glasgow, 41 miles west of Edinburgh, 304 miles north of Cardiff, and 342 miles north-west of London. Rutherglen lies just south-east of the City of Glasgow border. Rutherglen falls within the unitary authority of South Lanarkshire. It is in the G73 postcode district. The post town for Rutherglen is Glasgow.

Rutherglen on a map

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

Which county is Rutherglen in?

Rutherglen 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 Rutherglen in Lanarkshire?

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

Map showing location of Rutherglen within Lanarkshire
Location of Rutherglen within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Rutherglen?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Rutherglen is G73 2HB.

Where is Rutherglen in G73?

Rutherglen is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the G73 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the G73 postcode district.

Map showing location of Rutherglen within G73
Location of Rutherglen within G73

What is the post town for Rutherglen?

The post town for Rutherglen is Glasgow. Rutherglen is in the G73 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Glasgow.

What is the latitude and longitude of Rutherglen?

The centre of Rutherglen is located at position 55.82885° latitude and -4.21356° longitude.

Latitude55.82885°
Longitude-4.21356°

What is the easting and northing of Rutherglen?

The centre of Rutherglen is located at the grid reference easting 261443 and northing 661730 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting261443
Northing661730

What are the nearest towns to Rutherglen?

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

west
5m
Rutherglen is 5 miles west of Uddingston
north
5m
Rutherglen is 5 miles north of East Kilbride
south
5m
Rutherglen is 5 miles south of Bishopbriggs
east
7m
Rutherglen is 7 miles east of Barrhead
west
7m
Rutherglen is 7 miles west of Bellshill
west
8m
Rutherglen is 8 miles west of Coatbridge
south-east
8m
Rutherglen is 8 miles south-east of Renfrew
south-east
8m
Rutherglen is 8 miles south-east of Bearsden
north-west
8m
Rutherglen is 8 miles north-west of Hamilton
south
8m
Rutherglen is 8 miles south of Kirkintilloch

What are the nearest cities to Rutherglen?

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

south
3m
Rutherglen is 3 miles south of Glasgow
south-west
23m
Rutherglen is 23 miles south-west of Stirling
south-west
34m
Rutherglen is 34 miles south-west of Dunfermline
west
41m
Rutherglen is 41 miles west of Edinburgh
south-west
49m
Rutherglen is 49 miles south-west of Perth
south-west
65m
Rutherglen is 65 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
82m
Rutherglen is 82 miles north-west of Carlisle
south
114m
Rutherglen is 114 miles south of Inverness
north-west
118m
Rutherglen is 118 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
south-west
122m
Rutherglen is 122 miles south-west of Aberdeen