Craigmarloch, Cumbernauld
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Craigmarloch is a residential area of the town of Cumbernauld
in North Lanarkshire
, Scotland. It was the last such area that the Cumbernauld Development Corporation (CDC) laid out and began construction of. The area is designed to be like a village, with features such as a village green
, a main street, focal points, gateways, water features and recreational and community facilities. The responsibility for the development of the area passed from the CDC to North Lanarkshire Council in 1996.
The area was known as Auchinbee, and was built on the lands of the Auchinbee Farm. The farm house has been developed into a nursery. The name Craigmarloch, was taken from an area to the north close to Kilsyth
and adjacent to the Forth and Clyde Canal
, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) away.
Around the main residential area is the Dullatur
Golf Course with two main courses, which are praised for their design.
The Area also has Roman links, with an ancient Roman Path running between the Joint Schools Campus and the Craighalbert Centre. The land now encorporated into the Cumbernauld Community Park, has a circular plateu and is said to have been the area where Robert the Bruce mustered his troops prior to the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
Cumbernauld
Cumbernauld is a Scottish new town in North Lanarkshire. It was created in 1956 as a population overspill for Glasgow City. It is the eighth most populous settlement in Scotland and the largest in North Lanarkshire...
in North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. It borders onto the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains much of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It also borders Stirling, Falkirk, East Dunbartonshire, West Lothian and South Lanarkshire...
, Scotland. It was the last such area that the Cumbernauld Development Corporation (CDC) laid out and began construction of. The area is designed to be like a village, with features such as a village green
Village green
A village green is a common open area which is a part of a settlement. Traditionally, such an area was often common grass land at the centre of a small agricultural settlement, used for grazing and sometimes for community events...
, a main street, focal points, gateways, water features and recreational and community facilities. The responsibility for the development of the area passed from the CDC to North Lanarkshire Council in 1996.
The area was known as Auchinbee, and was built on the lands of the Auchinbee Farm. The farm house has been developed into a nursery. The name Craigmarloch, was taken from an area to the north close to Kilsyth
Kilsyth
Kilsyth is a town of 10,100 roughly halfway between Glasgow and Stirling in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.-Location:...
and adjacent to the Forth and Clyde Canal
Forth and Clyde Canal
The Forth and Clyde Canal crosses Scotland, providing a route for sea-going vessels between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part of the Scottish Lowlands. The canal is 35 miles long and its eastern end is connected to the River Forth by a short stretch of the River...
, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) away.
Around the main residential area is the Dullatur
Dullatur
Dullatur is a village within the vicinity of Cumbernauld, Scotland. Its name is anglicised from the Gaelic "Dubh Leitir", which means dark slope...
Golf Course with two main courses, which are praised for their design.
The Area also has Roman links, with an ancient Roman Path running between the Joint Schools Campus and the Craighalbert Centre. The land now encorporated into the Cumbernauld Community Park, has a circular plateu and is said to have been the area where Robert the Bruce mustered his troops prior to the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.