Shotts’ biggest
Stane Gardens
Park or garden
11 ha (28 acres)2.3 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.3 km of path
16 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Shotts
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Rosser1954 · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Shotts · parks, paths & countryside
87% of Shotts’ residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
Parks and playing fields in Shotts add up to 3.0 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical town in England and Wales has 2.1. 37 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 1.9 for every square kilometre. Shotts has no Outdoors Grade: Scottish towns aren’t graded on the outdoors yet.
Green space
3.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical town in England and Wales 2.1
Near a park
87%
of residents within 400 m
Typical town in England and Wales 83%
Footpaths
37 km
1.9 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical town in England and Wales 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Shotts’ locality.
Green space: parks, gardens, playing fields and play spaces, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · Contains OS data © Crown copyright · Scottish Government, NatureScot
Places to walk
Parks to walk in, in and around Shotts
The biggest is Stane Gardens, 11 ha (28 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
How close Shotts’s homes are to a park
Each square is 1 in 100 residents: green lives within 400 m of a public park, garden or playing field (NRS Census 2022 output areas against OS Open Greenspace).
Within 400 m (87%)Further (13%)
Shotts87%
North Lanarkshire towns85%
Towns in England and Wales83%
About 1,200 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 6 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 1,466 residents.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Shotts
37 km of footpaths, tracks and core paths are mapped in Shotts and the kilometre around it, 1.9 km for every square kilometre (the typical town in England and Wales has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Shotts; its footpaths are on the map above.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Scotland has no rights-of-way register: everyone has a right of responsible access to most land, so tracks and councils’ core paths count. Paths are only as complete as the map in each area.
When to get out
The best walking months in Shotts: June to September
The town’s 1991–2020 averages (Met Office HadUK-Grid) and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have 12½+ hours of daylight, highs of 15 °C or more and little rain for the town.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 7.6 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 16.3 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 15.0 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 7.0 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 127 | 100 | 91 | 67 | 68 | 80 | 99 | 108 | 92 | 124 | 114 | 124 |
April is the driest month (67 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 18 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 127 mm of rain falls in January, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 66 nights a year. The climate in Shotts →
Things to do
6 playgrounds and the nearest beaches
Mapped within 2 km of the town in OpenStreetMap. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
The nearest beaches
Shotts is inland. These are the nearest named beaches, measured from the edge of the town.
Sandy Cove (Old Picnic Spot)13 mi from Shotts’ edge
DirectionsSandy Bays13 mi from Shotts’ edge
DirectionsNetherlee Stone Beach17 mi from Shotts’ edge
DirectionsDrum Sands21 mi from Shotts’ edge
DirectionsRoyston Beach24 mi from Shotts’ edge
DirectionsGood to know
Check the water before you swim. SEPA tests designated bathing waters from May to September and publishes a rating for each beach.
Up high. Cant Hills, at 301 m, is the highest named top within 2 km of Shotts.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Cant Hills301 m (988 ft) · 0.6 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Shotts Nature Park6.0 ha · 0.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 6
Plus 6 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Next door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
HarthillNewmainsFauldhouseClelandWhitburnWishawShotts
ABCDOutdoors Grade
None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Shotts
What is the biggest park in Shotts?
Stane Gardens, 11 ha (28 acres), with 2.3 km of path. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Shotts near a National Park?
No National Park or National Scenic Area is within 30 km (about 19 miles) of Shotts.
What is the nearest beach to Shotts?
Sandy Cove (Old Picnic Spot), 13 mi from the edge of the town, then Sandy Bays (13 mi). Shotts itself is inland.
How many people in Shotts live near a park?
87% of residents live within 400 m, about a 5-minute walk, of a public park, garden or playing field (NRS Census 2022 output areas against OS Open Greenspace). The typical town in England and Wales is 83%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Shotts?
June to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How is the Outdoors Grade worked out?
From five measures, each placed among UK towns of 1,000 or more: public green space per resident, the share living near a park, National Park or National Scenic Area within 5 km, footpaths per square kilometre, and the sea within 5 km. It is a character grade and isn’t part of Shotts’ overall grade.
Sources
Where Shotts’ outdoors figures come from
- Parks and green space: Ordnance Survey OS Open Greenspace (parks and gardens, playing fields, play spaces, and their access points). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- National Parks and National Scenic Areas: Scottish Government and NatureScot boundaries (Loch Lomond and The Trossachs, Cairngorms; the 40 National Scenic Areas), clipped to land, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Footpaths, tracks, core paths, walking routes, beaches and things to do: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL), via Geofabrik’s Scotland extract, October 2026.
- Historic gardens, listed buildings and monuments: Historic Environment Scotland designations, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rain and temperature: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for the town; daylight calculated from its latitude.
- The sea: ONS Countries (December 2024) boundaries clipped to mean high water. Residents near a park: NRS Scotland’s Census 2022 output areas.
- Grade: Scottish towns have no Outdoors Grade yet.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.