Bellshill

Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, ten miles (sixteen kilometres) southeast of Glasgow city centre and 37 mi (60 km) west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell 2 mi (3 km) to the south, Hamilton 3 mi (5 km) to the southwest, Viewpark 1+1⁄2 mi (2.5 km) to the west, Holytown 2 mi (3 km) to the east and Coatbridge 3 mi (5 km) to the north.

This article is about the town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. For other uses, see Bellshill (disambiguation).

Bellshill
  • Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc a' Chluig
  • Scots: Bellshull
St. Andrew's Church, Bellshill
Bellshill
Location within North Lanarkshire
Population19,700 (mid-2020 est.)
OS grid referenceNS730575
• Edinburgh33 mi (53 km) ENE
• London341 mi (549 km) SSE
Council area
  • North Lanarkshire
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBELLSHILL
Postcode districtML4
Dialling code01698
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
  • Uddingston and Bellshill

The town of Bellshill (including the villages of Orbiston and Mossend) has a population of about 20,650. From 1996 to 2016, it was considered to be part of the Greater Glasgow metropolitan area. Since then it has been counted as part of a continuous suburban settlement anchored by Motherwell, with a total population of around 125,000.

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