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Clarkston (Scots: Clairkstoun, Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chlarc) is a suburban town in East Renfrewshire, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland.A dormitory town with a population of around 10,000, Clarkston is on the southern fringe of the Greater Glasgow conurbation and directly adjoins the neighbouring suburban villages of Busby and Netherlee, as well as the towns of Newton Mearns and Giffnock.
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Stamperland is a suburban neighbourhood in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation, it is situated on the west bank of the White Cart Water about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Glasgow city centre, and just outside the city boundary.
East Renfrewshire forms part of the Renfrewshire lieutenancy. [6] The area that is now East Renfrewshire has been inhabited since prehistoric times. At Dunwan Hill near Eaglesham and at Duncarnock near Newton Mearns there were Iron Age hill forts, both thought to have been occupied between around 1200 BC and 400 AD. [7] [8]
Map of places in East Renfrewshire compiled from this list See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties. This is a list of articles about places/areas in the East Renfrewshire council area of Scotland .
Until the 1980s, the A727 number applied to what is now partially the B767, north of Clarkston.This road continued all the way to the Gorbals in Glasgow. [2] In 2006, following the opening of the Glasgow Southern Orbital route [3] as part of the A726, the A727 number was recreated and took over the suburban part of what was formerly numbered as the A726, connecting two separate parts that ...
Busby is a village in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. [2] [3] Busby is in the Glasgow urban area, although it is not administratively part of the city.It lies on the White Cart Water six miles (ten kilometres) south of Glasgow city centre and 3 ⁄ 4 mile (1.2 kilometres) northwest of the outskirts of East Kilbride.
Clarkston railway station is a suburban side platform railway station in the town of Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the East Kilbride branch of the Glasgow South Western Line. It was opened in 1866 by the Busby Railway.