Shotts

For the town in Australia, see Shotts, Western Australia.

Shotts
Metalworker statue in town centre.
Shotts is located in North Lanarkshire
Shotts
Shotts
Location within North Lanarkshire
Population8,630 (2022)[1]
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townShotts
Postcode districtML7
Dialling code01501
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
55°49′23″N 3°48′14″W / 55.823°N 3.804°W / 55.823; -3.804

Shotts is a small town[2] in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located almost halfway between Glasgow (17 miles or 27 kilometres) and Edinburgh (26 miles or 42 kilometres). The town has a population of about 8,840.[3][4] A local story has Shotts being named after the legendary giant highwayman Bertram de Shotts,[5][6] though toponymists give the Anglo-Saxon scēots ("steep slopes") as the real source of the name.[7] Shotts is the home of the world famous Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band, 16-time winners of World Pipe Band Championships.[8]

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ Cochrane, Thomas. "Town Status for Shotts | 38 Degrees". you.38degrees.org.uk.
  3. ^ "Key Facts 2016 - Demography". North Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Estimated population of localities by broad age groups, mid-2012" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  5. ^ Lewis, Samuel (1851). A topographical dictionary of Scotland, comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the seals and arms of the different burghs and universities. London: S. Lewis and co. pp. 125–127. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  6. ^ Colvin, Reverend Walter L. (1845). "Parish of Bertram Shotts - Presbytery of Hamilton, Synod of Glasgow and Ayr". The New Statistical Account of Scotland - by the Ministers of the respective Parishes, under the superintendence of a committee of the Society for the benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clegy (1st ed.). William Blackwood and Sons. pp. 622 & 629 – via The Statistical Accounts of Scotland 1791-1845.
  7. ^ Mackay, George (2002). Scottish Place Names
  8. ^ "Scotland celebrates 'outstanding' World Pipe Band Championships". BBC News. 15 August 2015.