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Shotts

Rural town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

CitytownQ1009915

Country: United Kingdom
Located in: North Lanarkshire
, Shotts
Population: 8,570(2016)

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Shotts is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located 16 miles from Glasgow and has a population of about 8,840. A local story has Shotts being named after the legendary giant highwayman Bertram de Shotts, though toponymists give the Anglo-Saxon scēots as the real source of the name. Shotts is the home of the world famous Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band, 16-time winners of World Pipe Band Championships.

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Shares border with: Bathgate
Historic county: Lanarkshire

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17 identifiers linking Shotts across the web's reference databases

55.8224, -3.8039OpenStreetMap ↗

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