Salsburgh is perhaps best known for the floodlit Kirk O' Shotts Church, which sits on a hillock and is fairly visible as visitors enter the village from the east on the B7066 Whitburn to Newhouse road.

[citation needed] At that time only a row of four houses existed, named "Muirhall, Girdhimstrait, Merchanthall and Craighead".

Streets around the village are named after significant natives from its past relating to industry, mining, farming and agriculture.

[7] About 550 years ago Bothwell and Shotts formed one parish which stretched from the Clyde to Linlithgowshire, and from the North to the South Calder.

The site of the old church is marked by the headstone erected to Samuel Meuros, who was session clerk and school master from 1794 to 1837.

This stone and the burial ground of the Inglises of Murdoston, which was inside the old church, give a clear idea of the site.

Kate's Well was also the scene of the local legendary giant Bertram de Shotts' demise where his head was decapitated as he drank from the well.

In November 2019 it was also announced along with the new skate park, would be a new miner statue to commemorate the villages rich mining history.

Salsburgh is the locale of the twin BlackHill Transmitters due to its high position towering above the M8 motorway opposite the church.

The transmitters are quite a prominent feature after dark for miles around, due to the coloured red lights which prevent aircraft from striking the towers.

Throughout the years there have been a variety of mixed styles of properties in the village, beginning with prefabs (prefabricated structures with tin roofs) which were then replaced with more substantial council authority brick-built homes.

The village today consists of detached, semi-detached, terraced, bungalows, cottages, miners' row cottages (most of which are council authority and/or privately owned former local authority properties) and also fully renovated former derelict properties and new builds such as Salsburgh Meadows and the new builds situated in sections of Main Street.

The mix of old (miners' rows) and new (Salsburgh Meadows) makes the village quaint and gives it a certain charm retaining the old buildings from years gone by.

The Central Scotland regional MSPs for North Lanarkshire are:[14] There are several local groups in the village which have been set up to provide a service to the community.