Shottskirk

#3865 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Shottskirk, more commonly known as Kirk O'Shotts Parish Church, or affectionately "The M8 Church", is a local parish church located in Salsburgh, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, and serves the village of Salsburgh, the town of Shotts and the hamlets in between. ()

Coordinates: 55°50'45"N, 3°50'60"W

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Shottskirk – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility, Excelsior Stadium, Carfin Lourdes Grotto, Cafe Spice Airdrie.

5.7 miSW
Sport complex, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility, Motherwell
146 min walk • The Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility is a public leisure centre that is located in the Ravenscraig area of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
4.4 miW
Arenas and stadiums, Sport, Football
Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
112 min walk • The Excelsior Stadium is a football stadium in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the home ground of Airdrieonians F.C. of the Scottish Professional Football League.
5 miSW
Church
Carfin Lourdes Grotto, Mossend
127 min walk • Carfin Lourdes Grotto, a Roman Catholic shrine in Scotland dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes, was created in the early twentieth century. The "Carfin Grotto", as the shrine is locally referred to, was the brainchild of Father, later Canon Thomas N. Taylor, parish priest of St.
5.3 miW
Museum, Observatories and planetariums
Cafe Spice Airdrie, Airdrie
136 min walk • Airdrie Public Observatory is a fully operational, historic astronomical observatory, which is part of the library building in the town of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
5.1 miE
Park
Polkemmet Country Park
132 min walk • Polkemmet Country Park is located 2 kilometres west of the town of Whitburn in West Lothian, Scotland and east of the village of Greenrigg. It is a 3 star Visitor Attraction. It is adjacent to the M8 motorway, 2 kilometres east of the "Heart of Scotland" services at Harthill.
5.4 miS
Park
Greenhead Moss, Wishaw
139 min walk • Greenhead Moss Community Nature Park, or simply Greenhead Moss is a nature reserve and public park in the town of Wishaw in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Despite its small area of only 100 hectares, the park has many different flora and fauna.
4.8 miW
Canal
Monkland Canal, Glasgow
122 min walk • The Monkland Canal was a 12+1⁄4-mile-long canal designed to bring coal from the mining areas of Monklands to Glasgow in Scotland.
4.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Black Loch
115 min walk • The Black Loch is a small freshwater loch or reservoir in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. It is near the village of Limerigg and close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire. The surface area of the Black Loch was enlarged in the early 1790s.
5.5 miSW
Church
St Ignatius Church, Wishaw
142 min walk • St Ignatius Church is a parish church of the Roman Catholic Church, located in the town of Wishaw in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is within the Diocese of Motherwell. The church building was constructed in 1865, and is a category A listed building. It was designed by George Goldie in a Gothic revival style.
5.4 miW
Library
Airdrie Town Hall, Airdrie
137 min walk • Airdrie Public Library is a public library in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The library has been housed in a number of buildings since its founding.
2.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Hillend Loch
74 min walk • Hillend Loch is an artificial lake, called a loch in Scots English, located to the east of Caldercruix in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is bordered on its south shore by the A89 road.