Allanton, North Lanarkshire

Human settlement in Scotland

55°47′N 3°50′W / 55.79°N 03.83°W / 55.79; -03.83

Allanton is a village on the A71, in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Allanton Colliery was the last colliery to be built and the first colliery to be taken over by the National Coal Board in 1951.

Allanton Primary school was opened in 1927 and a nursery school added in 1999.

Places nearby include Hartwood (1.3 miles/2.1 km), Newmains (2.3 miles/3.7 km), Shotts (2.8 miles/4.5 km) and Wishaw (4.4 miles/7.1 km).

References

^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

RLS Pathfinder Pack on the Coal Industry 1900 - 1950
http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5751 Last accessed [10 March 2013]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Allanton, North Lanarkshire.

SCRAN image of Surface layout, Kingshill No.1 Colliery, Allanton, Lanarkshire
SCRAN image of Oblique aerial view of Loudounhill Sand and Gravel Pit, near Allanton, Lanarkshire
The Stuarts of Allanton
North Lanarkshire Council: Allanton Primary School and Nursery class
Wishaw Press, June 2010, "Allanton Primary School's eco week"
[1]

Towns