Blantyre, South Lanarkshire

Blantyre
Shuttle Row, the birthplace of David Livingstone
Blantyre is located in South Lanarkshire
Blantyre
Blantyre
Location within South Lanarkshire
Population16,800 (2022)[2]
OS grid referenceNS685575
Civil parish
  • Blantyre
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGlasgow [3]
Postcode districtG72
Dialling code01698
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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55°47′37″N 04°05′31″W / 55.79361°N 4.09194°W / 55.79361; -4.09194

Blantyre (listenⓘ or listenⓘ; Scottish Gaelic: Blantaidhr[4]) is a town and civil parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, with a population of 16,900.[5] It is bounded by the River Clyde to the north, the Rotten Calder to the west, the Park Burn to the east (denoting the boundary with the larger adjoining town of Hamilton) and the Rotten Burn to the south.

Blantyre was the birthplace of David Livingstone, the 19th-century explorer and missionary, and because of Livingstone's work, the second-largest city in Malawi is named after it.

  1. ^ "List of Scottish Gaelic place-names". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba (AÀA). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. ^ "List of UK post towns". Evox Facilities. Archived from the original on 18 June 2000. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  4. ^ "List of Scottish Gaelic place-names". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba (AÀA). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Mid-2016 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.