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'''Shotts''' is a [[town]] in [[North Lanarkshire]], [[Scotland]]. As of the 2001 [[census]], the population was 8,235. [http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainArea=shotts&mainLevel=Locality] It was reputedly named after the [[legendary]] [[giant (mythology)|giant]] "[[Bertram de Shotts]]".
Shotts was known for its mining. In the 1960s there were 22 coal mines in Shotts, but all are now closed. Today, Shotts has a [[Shotts railway station|railway station]] on the [[Shotts Line]], between [[Glasgow Central railway station|Glasgow Central]] and [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Edinburgh Waverley]] and is one mile from the [[M8 motorway]] halfway between [[Glasgow]] and [[Edinburgh]], so it is popular as a [[commuter town|dormitory town]].
The nearest major airport to Shotts is at [[Edinburgh]], 24mi/38km away.
Shotts is the home of the former [[World Pipe Band Championships|world champion]] [[pipe band]], the House of Edgar [[Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band]].
Shotts also has a high security, long term, prision which is located between Dykehead and a neighbouring town Salsburgh, it is also situated on the same road as Hartwood
==Groups in Shotts==
*'''[http://www.spyg.org/ St Patricks Youth Group - SPYG.org]'''
*''[http://www.shottsoperagroup.org.uk/ St. Patricks Amateur Opera Group]''
==Areas of Shotts==
*Dykehead
*Stane
*Springhill
*Torbothie
==Schools Within Shotts==
*Stane Primary (Stane)
*Dykehead Primary (Dykehead)
*St Patricks Primary (Dykehead)
*Calderhead High School (Dykehead)(However pupils come from neighbouring towns as well as Shotts)
==Nearby Villages/Towns==
*Allanton
*[[Hartwood]]
*[[Harthill]]
*Salsburgh
==External links==
* [http://www.shottshistorygroup.co.uk/ Shotts History Group ]<br />
* [http://www.monklands.co.uk/shotts/ A brief history of Shotts ]<br />
* [http://www.shottsthistle.co.uk/ Shotts Thistle AFC ]<br />
'''[http://www.spyg.org/ St Patricks Youth Group - SPYG.org]'''
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[[Category:Towns in North Lanarkshire]]
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