Wishaw

Wishaw Scottish Gaelic: Camas Neachdain Scots: Wishae/Wisha[1]
Wishaw Health Centre, reconstructed 2015.
Wishaw Location within North Lanarkshire
Population	30,050 (2020)[2]
OS grid reference	NS795555
• Edinburgh	31 mi (50 km)
Council area	North Lanarkshire
Lieutenancy area	Lanarkshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WISHAW
Postcode district	ML2
Dialling code	01698
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Motherwell and Wishaw
Scottish Parliament	Motherwell and Wishaw
List of places UK Scotland 55°46′27″N 03°55′06″W / 55.77417°N 3.91833°W / 55.77417; -3.91833

Wishaw (/ˈwiʃɔː/ ^ⓘ; Scots: Wishae or Wisha /ˈwiʃi/ ^ⓘ; Scottish Gaelic: Camas Neachdain) is a large town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the edge of the Clyde Valley, 15 miles (24 km) south-east of Glasgow city centre.^[3] The Burgh of Wishaw was formed in 1855 within Lanarkshire. It formed a joint large burgh with its neighbour Motherwell from 1920 until its dissolution when Scottish local authorities were restructured in 1975, and was then in Motherwell district within the Strathclyde region until 1996. The town is part of the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency. It has the postal code of ML2 and the dialling code 01698.