Visit Shotts Places

Welcome to Visit Shotts Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Shotts

  

Shotts Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Shotts

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Shotts history

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Until 1457 Shotts was part of the Lanarkshire parish of Bothwell. In 1831 the Duke of Hamilton owned most of the land. In the years leading up to World War II there were 22 coal mines in the area, but the last of these closed in the 1960s.

Shotts geography / climate

Shotts is south of the M8 in North Lanarkshire between Wishaw and Harthill. Historically the Shotts Iron Works were between Calderhead, source of the South Calder Water, and Stane.

Knowhoble Hill

Knowhoble Hill, lying beside Teilling Burn, was the site of adwelling belonging to the Cleland (Clevland) family.

You can visit Shotts places with Walkfo Shotts to hear history at Shotts’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Shotts has 9 places to visit in our interactive Shotts map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Shotts, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Shotts places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Shotts & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 9 audio facts unique to Shotts places in an interactive Shotts map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Shotts Places Map
9 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Shotts historic spots	Shotts tourist destinations	Shotts plaques	Shotts geographic features
Walkfo Shotts tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Shotts

  

Best Shotts places to visit

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Shotts has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Shotts’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Shotts’s information audio spots:

Torbothie Torbothie is a small area in the town of Shotts, North Lanarkshire. It has a small man made loch called The Voe, also known locally and informally as ‘Torbothie Beach’

Shottskirk 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.

HM Prison Shotts HMP Shotts is a prison near Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The original prison was opened in 1978 with a design capacity of 528 inmates. The prison was completely rebuilt and new facilities opened in 2012.

Kirk o’ Shotts transmitting station The Kirk o’ Shotts transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications site at The Hirst which lies just outside the village of Salsburgh which is near the town of Shotts in North Lanarkshire central Scotland.

Visit Shotts plaques