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Where is Symington?

Symington is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, three miles south-west of the town of Biggar, 31 miles south-east of the major city of Glasgow, 29 miles south-west of Edinburgh, 285 miles north of Cardiff, and 316 miles north-west of London. Symington lies three miles west of the Tweeddale border. Symington falls within the unitary authority of South Lanarkshire. It is in the ML12 postcode district. The post town for Symington is Biggar.

Symington on a map

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

Which county is Symington in?

Symington 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 Symington in Lanarkshire?

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

Map showing location of Symington within Lanarkshire
Location of Symington within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Symington?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Symington is ML12 6LJ.

Where is Symington in ML12?

Symington is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the ML12 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the ML12 postcode district.

Map showing location of Symington within ML12
Location of Symington within ML12

What is the post town for Symington?

The post town for Symington is Biggar. Symington is in the ML12 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Biggar.

What is the latitude and longitude of Symington?

The centre of Symington is located at position 55.59999° latitude and -3.59534° longitude.

Latitude55.59999°
Longitude-3.59534°

What is the easting and northing of Symington?

The centre of Symington is located at the grid reference easting 299577 and northing 635196 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting299577
Northing635196

What are the nearest towns to Symington?

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

south-west
3m
Symington is 3 miles south-west of Biggar
south-east
9m
Symington is 9 miles south-east of Lanark
south-east
13m
Symington is 13 miles south-east of Carluke
west
16m
Symington is 16 miles west of Peebles
south-east
18m
Symington is 18 miles south-east of Larkhall
south-east
18m
Symington is 18 miles south-east of Wishaw
south
19m
Symington is 19 miles south of Whitburn
south
19m
Symington is 19 miles south of Blackburn
north
19m
Symington is 19 miles north of Moffat
south
20m
Symington is 20 miles south of Livingston

What are the nearest cities to Symington?

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

south-west
29m
Symington is 29 miles south-west of Edinburgh
south-east
31m
Symington is 31 miles south-east of Glasgow
south
33m
Symington is 33 miles south of Dunfermline
south
38m
Symington is 38 miles south of Stirling
south
55m
Symington is 55 miles south of Perth
north-west
55m
Symington is 55 miles north-west of Carlisle
south-west
64m
Symington is 64 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
89m
Symington is 89 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north-west
98m
Symington is 98 miles north-west of Durham
north-west
100m
Symington is 100 miles north-west of Sunderland

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