Shotts Heritage Centre
Shotts Heritage Centre is a museum in Shotts. Within 15 km there are 11 more places to visit, starting with Motherwell Cathedral (13 km).
Museum in Shotts
Inside Shotts
Shotts Heritage Centre is inside Shotts’ locality. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Choosing a month
In Shotts, July and August are the warmest, at 18°C in the afternoon.
Shotts Heritage Centre
Museum in Shotts, Scotland, United Kingdom.
In Shotts, inside the town’s locality.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Shotts
Where it sits
Numbered points are the places near Shotts Heritage Centre, which is in orange.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Shotts’ locality. · NRS locality 2022
The nearest towns to Shotts Heritage Centre
Of these 4 towns, the largest is Shotts (8,794 people). The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Shotts
Fauldhouse
Harthill
Newmains
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Shotts Heritage Centre is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shotts | It’s in town | 8,794 | 1 |
| Fauldhouse | 4.2 km east of it | 4,587 | 4 |
| Harthill | 4.6 km northeast of it | 2,613 | 5 |
| Newmains | 5 km southwest of it | 5,364 | 1 |
Around Shotts Heritage Centre
Nearby, 11 places within 15 km include 3 castles, 3 museums and a cathedral.
CathedralMotherwell Cathedral13 km away2
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCraignethan Castle15 km away3
CastleDalzell House13 km away4
CastleLee Castle14 km away5
MuseumMotherwell Heritage Centre13 km away6MuseumMuseumBennie Museum13 km away7ZooZooScottish Owl Centre6.7 km away8MuseumMuseumBlackridge Museum7.5 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Asked about Shotts Heritage Centre
Where is Shotts Heritage Centre?
Shotts Heritage Centre is in Shotts, North Lanarkshire, inside the town’s locality.
What is Shotts Heritage Centre?
Museum in Shotts, Scotland, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Shotts Heritage Centre?
July and August are the warmest months in Shotts, with afternoon highs of 18–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Shotts Heritage Centre?
Within 15 km: Motherwell Cathedral (13 km), Craignethan Castle (15 km), Dalzell House (13 km) and Lee Castle (14 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Motherwell Cathedral: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Craignethan Castle: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dalzell House: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Castle: John Preston Neale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Motherwell Heritage Centre: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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