IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Forrest Road, SHOTTS, ML7 4PB
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Forrest Road, ML7 4PB by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (10 Images Found)
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Details
Distance
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TV transmitters near Kirk of Shotts
As seen from the M8. The main and original Kirk o' Shotts transmitter, Britain's first-ever TV transmission mast, well known by name, if not physically, by most people of a certain mature age, is out of view just 230m to the left of these smaller masts.
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 29 Apr 2012
0.08 miles
2
Transmitter at Kirk of Shotts
Not the main transmitter on this hill, which is to the left, but one of several smaller transmitters.
Image: © Mike Pennington
Taken: 2 Jun 2011
0.08 miles
3
Television transmitter
Rough grazing and a mast near the summits of the old A8 (Hirst Road) and modern M8.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 20 Mar 2009
0.14 miles
4
TV transmitter
The TV mast at Kirk o' Shotts was the first erected in Scotland, starting transmission just in time to bring the coronation of Queen Elizabeth to those in central Scotland who by then had television sets.
Image: © James Allan
Taken: 10 Apr 2006
0.15 miles
5
Shottskirk mast
Originally broadcast BBC programmes in 1952
Image: © Jim Smillie
Taken: 9 Apr 2021
0.21 miles
8
Well marked boundary
These fields are separated by fences, ditch, dyke and trees.
Image: © Jim Smillie
Taken: 16 Apr 2010
0.23 miles
9
Kirk O'Shotts Transmitter
Now a transmitter for digital radio services, but still imposing at a height of 183 metres.
Image: © James T M Towill
Taken: 30 May 2005
0.24 miles
10
Dewshill, view west
The ever busy M8 and Duntilland quarry.
Image: © Robert Murray
Taken: 8 Dec 2015
0.25 miles