Author: David Caldwell Updated: May 28, 2024

ML12 6JR is a postal code used within the United Kingdom for delivering mail.

Postcodes are made up of two parts. The part before the space (ML12) is called the outward code. The part after the space (6JR) is called the inward code. The letters C, I, K, M, O and V are not allowed in the inward code. In addition to the inward and outward code, the postcode can be broken up into four parts:

Postal Area. In our case ML which means Motherwell.
Postal District. In our case ML12.
Postal Sector. In our case ML12 6.
Postcode Unit. The last two letters. In our case JR.

The regional mail center for the post area ML is the Scottish Distribution Centre, which is located at Canyon Road, Excelsior Park, Netherton Industrial Est, WISHAW, ML2 0XX.

The final port of call for any post addressed to the ML12 6JR postcode is the local delivery office (DO) which is . Here the post will be sorted ready for delivery.

The properties in the ML12 6JR postcode have the street address of Castlehill Court

ML12 6JR is within the village of Symington.

Map showing 5 and 10 minutes walking distances from this postcode © Crown copyright and database rights 2024

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Map Coordinates

Latitude	55.5968246014
Longitude	-3.59387708808

Nearest Town	Distance (Miles)	Direction	Bearing
Biggar	3.32	NE	55.24
Lanark	8.89	NW	306.93
Peebles	16.36	ENE	76.30
Larkhall	17.71	WNW	303.53
Blackburn	19.01	N	356.60
Moffat	19.15	SSE	162.10
Sanquhar	20.49	SW	219.51
Innerleithen	20.85	E	85.49
Broxburn	23.85	NNE	11.67

Weather Forecast

Weather Forecast for Tinto

Thu 19th Dec

Time Period	Description	Temperature	Rain Probability	Wind
12:00 to 15:00	Partly cloudy (day)	-1.0°C (feels like -9.0°C)	2.00%	WNW 29 mph
15:00 to 18:00	Partly cloudy (day)	-1.0°C (feels like -9.0°C)	7.00%	NW 31 mph
18:00 to 21:00	Clear night	-1.0°C (feels like -9.0°C)	1.00%	WNW 27 mph
21:00 to 00:00	Cloudy	-1.0°C (feels like -8.0°C)	4.00%	W 20 mph

Fri 20th Dec

Time Period	Description	Temperature	Rain Probability	Wind
00:00 to 03:00	Cloudy	-1.0°C (feels like -8.0°C)	11.00%	SW 27 mph
03:00 to 06:00	Overcast	1.0°C (feels like -7.0°C)	20.00%	SW 31 mph
06:00 to 09:00	Overcast	1.0°C (feels like -7.0°C)	27.00%	SW 34 mph
09:00 to 12:00	Heavy rain	2.0°C (feels like -6.0°C)	86.00%	SW 38 mph
12:00 to 15:00	Heavy rain	3.0°C (feels like -4.0°C)	88.00%	SW 34 mph
15:00 to 18:00	Light rain shower (day)	3.0°C (feels like -4.0°C)	38.00%	W 29 mph
18:00 to 21:00	Cloudy	2.0°C (feels like -5.0°C)	12.00%	W 27 mph
21:00 to 00:00	Cloudy	2.0°C (feels like -5.0°C)	7.00%	WSW 27 mph

Sat 21st Dec

Time Period	Description	Temperature	Rain Probability	Wind
00:00 to 03:00	Overcast	2.0°C (feels like -5.0°C)	55.00%	SW 25 mph
03:00 to 06:00	Sleet	2.0°C (feels like -5.0°C)	65.00%	SW 29 mph
06:00 to 09:00	Light rain	3.0°C (feels like -4.0°C)	68.00%	SW 29 mph
09:00 to 12:00	Light rain	3.0°C (feels like -3.0°C)	62.00%	WSW 31 mph
12:00 to 15:00	Heavy rain shower (day)	2.0°C (feels like -5.0°C)	67.00%	WSW 34 mph
15:00 to 18:00	Heavy snow shower (day)	1.0°C (feels like -6.0°C)	68.00%	W 34 mph
18:00 to 21:00	Heavy snow shower (night)	1.0°C (feels like -7.0°C)	68.00%	W 34 mph
21:00 to 00:00	Heavy snow shower (night)	0.0°C (feels like -8.0°C)	70.00%	W 34 mph

Sun 22nd Dec

Time Period	Description	Temperature	Rain Probability	Wind
00:00 to 03:00	Heavy snow shower (night)	-1.0°C (feels like -9.0°C)	69.00%	W 31 mph
03:00 to 06:00	Heavy snow shower (night)	-1.0°C (feels like -10.0°C)	68.00%	W 29 mph
06:00 to 09:00	Heavy snow shower (night)	-1.0°C (feels like -10.0°C)	65.00%	W 29 mph
09:00 to 12:00	Heavy snow shower (day)	-1.0°C (feels like -9.0°C)	60.00%	W 29 mph
12:00 to 15:00	Light snow shower (day)	0.0°C (feels like -8.0°C)	46.00%	WNW 31 mph
15:00 to 18:00	Light snow shower (day)	0.0°C (feels like -7.0°C)	38.00%	WNW 31 mph
18:00 to 21:00	Partly cloudy (night)	0.0°C (feels like -7.0°C)	13.00%	WNW 29 mph
21:00 to 00:00	Partly cloudy (night)	0.0°C (feels like -7.0°C)	6.00%	WNW 27 mph

Mon 23rd Dec

Time Period	Description	Temperature	Rain Probability	Wind
00:00 to 03:00	Clear night	0.0°C (feels like -7.0°C)	3.00%	WNW 25 mph
03:00 to 06:00	Partly cloudy (night)	-1.0°C (feels like -8.0°C)	2.00%	WNW 22 mph
06:00 to 09:00	Cloudy	-1.0°C (feels like -8.0°C)	6.00%	WNW 18 mph
09:00 to 12:00	Cloudy	-1.0°C (feels like -7.0°C)	10.00%	W 16 mph
12:00 to 15:00	Cloudy	1.0°C (feels like -4.0°C)	15.00%	WSW 13 mph
15:00 to 18:00	Light rain	1.0°C (feels like -4.0°C)	48.00%	SW 16 mph
18:00 to 21:00	Light rain	2.0°C (feels like -3.0°C)	48.00%	SW 20 mph
21:00 to 00:00	Light rain	4.0°C (feels like -2.0°C)	48.00%	SW 22 mph

What are the Broadband Speeds like?

Download Speeds

Average Mbps	28.000
Median Mbps	32.600
Maximum Mbps	39.820

ML12 6JR has an average download speed of 28 Megabits per second (Mbps).

576 other postcode units have the same broadband speed.

6% of postcodes (76,147) have slower broadband speeds.

94% of postcodes (1,107,918) have faster broadband speeds.

Upload Speeds

Average Mbps	5.500
Median Mbps	6.300
Maximum Mbps	7.710

ML12 6JR has an average upload speed of 5.5 Megabits per second (Mbps).

3,044 other postcode units have the same upload speed.

7% of postcodes (86,767) have slower upload speeds.

92% of postcodes (1,094,830) have faster upload speeds.

Sourced from Ofcom data 2021.

Schools within a five minute Drive

Scotland Primary Schools

Tinto Primary School

Address: Tinto Primary School, Main Street, SYMINGTON, ML12 6LT

Distance: 0.19 miles

School Website

Contact: 01899 308279

Data accessed January 2024

Nearest Opticians

BOOTS OPTICIANS (WISHAW)

Address: 7 MAIN STREET, WISHAW, ML2 7AF

Distance: 17.63 miles

Contact: :

LIVINGSTON DOMICILIARY SPECSAVERS LIMITED

Address: 315 THE ELEMENTS, LIVINGSTON, WEST LOTHIAN, EH54 6GS

Distance: 19.99 miles

Contact: :

BOOTS OPTICIANS (LIVINGSTON)

Address: 88-89 ALMONDVALE CENTRE, ALMONDVALE SOUTH, LIVINGSTON, WEST LOTHIAN, EH54 6HR

Distance: 20.07 miles

Contact: :

4176 LIVINGSTON

Address: ASDA STORES LTD, ALMONDVALE ROAD SOUTH, LIVINGSTON, WEST LOTHIAN, EH54 6NB

Distance: 20.14 miles

Contact: :

BOOTS OPTICIANS (MOTHERWELL)

Address: 47-49 BRANDON PARADE SOUTH, MOTHERWELL, ML1 1RE

Distance: 20.43 miles

Contact: :

BOOTS OPTICIANS (HAMILTON)

Address: 33 REGENT WAY, HAMILTON, LANARKSHIRE, ML3 7EF

Distance: 21.07 miles

Contact: :

Information from NHS Digital, licensed under the current version of the Open Government Licence. Accessed January 2024

Nearest GP Surgeries

BIGGAR MEDICAL PRACTICE

Address: BIGGAR HEALTH CENTRE, SOUTH CROFT ROAD, BIGGAR, ML12 6BE

Distance: 3.40 miles

Contact: tel: 01899 220383

MEDWYN MEDICAL PRACTICE

Address: THE HEALTH CENTRE, 7 BIGGAR ROAD, CARNWATH, LANARK, ML11 8HJ

Distance: 7.14 miles

Contact: tel: 01555 840525

TINTO VIEW HEALTH CENTRE

Address: THE STATE HOSPITAL, LAMPITS ROAD, CARSTAIRS JUNCTION, LANARK, ML11 8RP

Distance: 7.20 miles

Contact: tel: 01555 840293

ALBA MEDICAL GROUP - LANARK

Address: WOODSTOCK ROAD, LANARK, ML11 7DH

Distance: 8.77 miles

Contact: tel: 01555 665522

DOUGLASDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

Address: 69 AYR ROAD, DOUGLAS, LANARK, ML11 0PX

Distance: 10.30 miles

Contact: tel: 01555 851226

GLEBE MEDICAL PRACTICE

Address: GLEBE MEDICAL CENTRE, ABBEYGREEN, LESMAHAGOW, LANARK, ML11 0DB

Distance: 11.82 miles

Contact: tel: 01555 892328

Information from NHS Digital, licensed under the current version of the Open Government Licence. Accessed January 2024

Transport Links

Train Stations

Lanark

Address: Lanark station, Bannatyne Street, Lanark, South Lanarkshire, ML11 7JP

Postcode: ML11 7JP

Line: Argyle Line

Company: ScotRail

Time: within fifteen minutes drive

Distance: 8.75 miles

Distances are as the crow flies.

Motorway Junctions

M74 J13

Distance: 8.28 miles

Driving Time: 10.07 minutes

M74 J12

Distance: 12.01 miles

Driving Time: 15.24 minutes

A74(M) J14

Distance: 13.41 miles

Driving Time: 15.03 minutes

M74 J11

Distance: 13.43 miles

Driving Time: 16.43 minutes

M74 J10

Distance: 17.62 miles

Driving Time: 20.48 minutes

Distances represent the quickest route by car.

Who are my Elected Representatives?

Westminster Constituency	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Member or Parliament	David Mundell
Contact Details	Contact David Mundell
Political Party	Conservative

Where can I find out where the nearest Library is?

Libraries are the responsibility of South Lanarkshire council

Visit the link for more information. Please note that some councils outsource library services to private companies and community groups ran by volunteers.

Libraries - South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture

Local Postcodes

ML12 6JX Abington Road ML12 6SJ Castlehill Lane ML12 6LB Kirk Bauk ML12 6LJ Main Street ML12 6LL Main Street

What Popular Supermarkets are near?

Popular Supermarkets near ML12 6JR
Supermarket	Distance	Directions

What Popular Restaurants are near?

Burger King Restaurants near ML12 6JR
Burger King	Distance	Directions
Junction 13, M74 Motorway, Abington Biggar, ML12 6RG	7.34 miles	Directions to Junction 13, M74 Motorway
Livingstone Sc,unit 50, Livingston, EH54 6HR	20.10 miles	Directions to Livingstone Sc,unit 50
Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh, EH12 9DN	25.89 miles	Directions to Edinburgh Airport
Ferrymuir Retail Park, South Queensferry, EH30 9QU	27.73 miles	Directions to Ferrymuir Retail Park

Mcdonald's Restaurants near ML12 6JR
Mcdonald's	Distance	Directions
McDonald's, Glasgow Road, WISHAW, ML2 7QJ	18.03 miles	Directions to McDonald's, Glasgow Road, WISHAW, ML2 7QJ
McDonald's, Heartlands Court, Whitburn, BATHGATE, EH47 0TB	19.25 miles	Directions to McDonald's, Heartlands Court, Whitburn, BATHGATE, EH47 0TB
McDonald's, Almondvale Avenue, LIVINGSTON, EH54 6QX	20.02 miles	Directions to McDonald's, Almondvale Avenue, LIVINGSTON, EH54 6QX
McDonald's, Almondvale Avenue, LIVINGSTON, EH54 6QX	20.02 miles	Directions to McDonald's, Almondvale Avenue, LIVINGSTON, EH54 6QX

KFC Restaurants near ML12 6JR
Restaurant	Distance	Directions
KFC, Glasgow Road, WISHAW, ML2 7SJ	18.36 miles	Directions to KFC Wishaw - Glasgow Road
KFC, Almondvale Retail Park, Almondvale South, LIVINGSTON, EH54 6RQ	19.83 miles	Directions to KFC Livingston - Almondvale South Retail Park
KFC, Brandon Parade South, MOTHERWELL, ML1 1RB	20.40 miles	Directions to KFC Glasgow - Motherwell
KFC, Cultins Road, EDINBURGH, EH11 4DG	25.32 miles	Directions to KFC Edinburgh - Herminston Gait Retail Park
KFC, South Groathill Avenue, EDINBURGH, EH4 2LN	28.44 miles	Directions to KFC Edinburgh - Craigleith Retail Park