Shotts

Shotts is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located 16 miles (25 kilometres) from Glasgow and has a population of about 8,840. A local story has Shotts being named after the legendary giant highwayman Bertram de Shotts, though toponymists give the Anglo-Saxon ("steep slopes") as the real source of the name. Shotts is the home of the world famous Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band, 16-time winners of World Pipe Band Championships.

Parliamentary constituency in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK, 1997 onwards

railway station in Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK