Cumbernauld (/ˌkʌmbərˈnɔːld/; Scots: Cummernaud; Scottish Gaelic: Comar nan Allt) is a Scottish new town in North Lanarkshire, historically in Dunbartonshire. It was created in 1956 as a population overspill for the city of Glasgow. It is the eighth most populous settlement in Scotland and the largest in North Lanarkshire. The name comes from the Gaelic comar nan allt, meaning "meeting of the waters" as, geographically, from its high point in the Central Belt streams flow west to the River Clyde and east to the River Forth. A two-time winner of the Carbuncle Awards, the town has since received the award of 'Best Town' at the Scottish Design Awards 2012.
Population: 49,392
Latitude: 55° 56' 48.66" N
Longitude: -3° 59' 25.84" W
Carmyle Primary School is a primary school in Carmyle, Glasgow, Scotland. The old Victorian building (and associated portable classrooms) were replaced in the mid-1970s with the famous flying saucer shape/open-plan schools design, which was a rarity…
Burnbank railway station was a railway station which served the suburb of Burnbank in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.
The Battle of Hieton was a skirmish fought on the 1 December 1650 between a Covenanter party and an English garrison.
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Wattston is a village on the B803, east of Greengairs in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is around 4 km south of Cumbernauld, and 4 km north of Airdrie.
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