Earnock Estate
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Earnock Estate is a private, residential area in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
, Scotland
, which is located just east of High Earnock
and south of Hillhouse
. The area was developed in the 1960s and is home to some of the oldest buildings in the area.
supermarket and an Esso petrol station.
Fillipetti's is a small convenience shop situated at 115 Wellhall Road and offers a large, compared to other convenience shops, selection of goods; confectionery, newspapers, and other such standard items are on offer. As well as these the shop also has a large behind-counter alcohol section, and a small homewares and gifts section that stocks items such as vases, cards and seasonal gifts. The shop is well known to have an issue with underage drinkers attempting to gain alcohol from the store.
The Aldi
store, also on Wellhall Road, opened in Winter 2006 and was built on the site of a former Safeway
store. The Safeway store was closed and relocated to the centre of Hamilton when the Safeway chain was bought over by Morrisons
. Aldi stocks the normal produce associated with a supermarket
as well as offering a number of non-food items each week. These are described as "specials" and are changed twice a week — items can range from such things as tool kits to walking boots to consumer electronics
.
An Esso
petrol station is located on Wellhall Road. There is a small convenience store and cash machine — a fee of £1.75 is made for every withdrawal from this ATM
.
attack in 2001. Facilities within the centre include a main hall which can be divided into two smaller halls (Jubilee Hall and the Hillhouse Room); a youth area, a crèche, a large library and an 'Active IT' area which provides computers, printing facilities and internet access for free; a café is also operated in the centre by local volunteers. The main hall is 240msq and has a stage and demountable folding seats; it can accommodate up to 210 people seated in 'concert style' and 170 at a catered function. The youth area is available for hire and can accommodate 50 people in 'concert style' seating and up to 30 seated with tables. The Routes to Work project is based in the Earnock Room and the Wellhall and Udston rooms are used for a range of activities organised by the Up4It project. The centre is ideal for hire for large scale events as it has a modern kitchen, toilets and bar facilities. A large car park is also located to the front of the building.
Hillhouse Parish Church and the Catholic St Ninian's Church. David Burt, minister of the Parish Church, serves as school chaplin to local, non-denominational, schools.
Calderside Academy opened on Monday 13 August 2007. It brought together the old Earnock and Blantyre High Schools and was until Monday 7 January 2007 split over two campuses — one on the former Blantyre site and one on the former Earnock site. During this time children of first to third year attended the Blantyre campus and fourth to sixth year the Earnock Campus. On Monday 7 January 2008 a new building, bringing both campuses together, was opened on the site of the former Blantyre High, thus, completing the merger. This new building has been criticised by locals for being "overcrowded" and a "rip-off". Children who live in the Earnock area are currently bussed to Calderside Academy, free of charge; these transport arrangements have also been criticised as "unsafe" and "laughable".
Catholic secondary school-aged children in the area often attend John Ogilvie or Holy Cross High Schools, both in Hamilton.
, in the town centre. There are currently five different bus routes to Hamilton Bus Station from Earnock Estate, three of which are operated by First Glasgow
and one by Irvine's Coaches:
The 226 stops at Hamilton West & Hamilton Central stations allowing for passengers to change onto one of the four trains per hour to Glasgow
or two trains per hour to Larkhall
and Motherwell (with one of the Motherwell services continuing to Lanark
).
System.
Earnock sits within the council seat of Hamilton West and Earnock and has four councillors. All four councillors sit on South Lanarkshire Council.
. There are currently 129 MSPs in the Scottish Parliament.
Earnock lies in the Hamilton South
constituency of the Scottish Parliament and is represented by Tom McCabe
of the Scottish Labour party. Earnock is also represented by an additional seven regional MSPs who are elected to the Central Scotland
region.
Since the creation of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 Earnock, at a constituency level, has been represented by Labour.
In the UK Parliament, Earnock is represented by Thomas McAvoy, who is the MP for the Rutherglen and Hamilton West
constituency.
Hamilton, including Earnock, has been represented by Labour in the UK Parliament since 1918. The one exception to this is Winnie Ewing's
famous victory in 1967, when she took the seat for the SNP in a by-election, however, she failed to retain the seat for her party in the 1970 elections.
.
In the EU Earnock is, along with the rest of Scotland, part of the Scotland constituency. Seven MEPs represent Scotland.
in the 6th century, e.g. Rederech Crescent (King Rederech
), Langoreth Avenue (Queen Langoreth) and Royellen Avenue (Princess Royellen). It is said that the family's summer hunting lodge was in the Earnock area.
Many of the streets are also named after famous geographical features of Scotland: Lomond View is named after Ben Lomond
, Fruin Rise after Glen Fruin
near Loch Lomond and Iona Ridge after the island of Iona
in Western Scotland.
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Hamilton is a town in South Lanarkshire, in the west-central Lowlands of Scotland. It serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. It is the fifth-biggest town in Scotland after Paisley, East Kilbride, Livingston and Cumbernauld...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, which is located just east of High Earnock
High Earnock
High Earnock is a private housing estate in Hamilton, Scotland and is a subdivision of the ancient district of Earnock, along with Little Earnock, Earnock Estate, and Meikle Earnock....
and south of Hillhouse
Hillhouse, Hamilton, Scotland
Hillhouse is a council-built housing estate on the western border of Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Civic amenities include Hillhouse Civic Centre, Hillhouse Library, and the Jock Stein Sports Centre and playing fields....
. The area was developed in the 1960s and is home to some of the oldest buildings in the area.
Amenities
Almost all amenities with Earnock Estate are located on Wellhall Road — the main road running through the estate that links all parts of the neighbourhood.Shops
There are three shops within the Earnock area: Fillipetti's, an AldiALDI
ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as ', short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany...
supermarket and an Esso petrol station.
Fillipetti's is a small convenience shop situated at 115 Wellhall Road and offers a large, compared to other convenience shops, selection of goods; confectionery, newspapers, and other such standard items are on offer. As well as these the shop also has a large behind-counter alcohol section, and a small homewares and gifts section that stocks items such as vases, cards and seasonal gifts. The shop is well known to have an issue with underage drinkers attempting to gain alcohol from the store.
The Aldi
ALDI
ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as ', short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany...
store, also on Wellhall Road, opened in Winter 2006 and was built on the site of a former Safeway
Safeway (UK)
Safeway was a chain of supermarkets and convenience stores in the United Kingdom. It started as a subsidiary of the American Safeway Inc., before being sold off in 1987....
store. The Safeway store was closed and relocated to the centre of Hamilton when the Safeway chain was bought over by Morrisons
Morrisons
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies...
. Aldi stocks the normal produce associated with a supermarket
Supermarket
A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...
as well as offering a number of non-food items each week. These are described as "specials" and are changed twice a week — items can range from such things as tool kits to walking boots to consumer electronics
Consumer electronics
Consumer electronics are electronic equipment intended for everyday use, most often in entertainment, communications and office productivity. Radio broadcasting in the early 20th century brought the first major consumer product, the broadcast receiver...
.
An Esso
Esso
Esso is an international trade name for ExxonMobil and its related companies. Pronounced , it is derived from the initials of the pre-1911 Standard Oil, and as such became the focus of much litigation and regulatory restriction in the United States. In 1972, it was largely replaced in the U.S. by...
petrol station is located on Wellhall Road. There is a small convenience store and cash machine — a fee of £1.75 is made for every withdrawal from this ATM
Automated teller machine
An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine, also known as a Cashpoint , cash machine or sometimes a hole in the wall in British English, is a computerised telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public...
.
Take-aways
Within Earnock the only take-away is the Golden Fry Chip Shop; it is located in the same block as the Fillipetti's store. It is a very clean and modern chip shop, even offering Internet and Mobile ordering.Public houses
Earnock has only one public house — The Avon Pub located on Wellhall Road. Sky Sports are available to view in the main bar area and there is a small Off-Licence located to the front of the building.Community centres
The Hillhouse & Earnock Community Centre is situated on Hillhouse Road and is used by residents of both Hillhouse and Earnock. It was reopened in 2003 having undergone refurbishment after an arsonArson
Arson is the crime of intentionally or maliciously setting fire to structures or wildland areas. It may be distinguished from other causes such as spontaneous combustion and natural wildfires...
attack in 2001. Facilities within the centre include a main hall which can be divided into two smaller halls (Jubilee Hall and the Hillhouse Room); a youth area, a crèche, a large library and an 'Active IT' area which provides computers, printing facilities and internet access for free; a café is also operated in the centre by local volunteers. The main hall is 240msq and has a stage and demountable folding seats; it can accommodate up to 210 people seated in 'concert style' and 170 at a catered function. The youth area is available for hire and can accommodate 50 people in 'concert style' seating and up to 30 seated with tables. The Routes to Work project is based in the Earnock Room and the Wellhall and Udston rooms are used for a range of activities organised by the Up4It project. The centre is ideal for hire for large scale events as it has a modern kitchen, toilets and bar facilities. A large car park is also located to the front of the building.
Parks and walking paths
Situated at the centre of the estate, off Iona Ridge, there is a large grassy park. The park has ample room for games of football or golf practice and access can be gained to the local "nature trail" or, as it is known to local children, "The Natchy" (nate-chay). The nature trail is a disused railway now transformed into a path. The path runs to Strathaven Rd and many residents can also gain access to it through their back gates. The trail is popular with cyclists, recreational walkers and dog-walkers.Churches
There are currently no churches in Earnock, however, in neighbouring Hillhouse there are two. These are the Church of ScotlandChurch of Scotland
The Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....
Hillhouse Parish Church and the Catholic St Ninian's Church. David Burt, minister of the Parish Church, serves as school chaplin to local, non-denominational, schools.
GP surgeries
Earnock is home to one GP's surgery, the Wellhall Medical Centre. The surgery opened in the mid 1990s and is located at 4 Hillhouse road. It can be contacted, by phone, on 01698 285 818.Pharmacies
A Boots Chemist - formerly part of the Moss chain, and before that known as The Wellhall Pharmacy - is located on the corner of Hillhouse Road and Wellhall Road. The pharmacy provides medicine to many residents of Earnock and surrounding communities and stocks a number of other health related products and confectionery.Primary school education
The primary aged children of Earnock Estate, High Earnock and Hillhouse are served by the non-denominational Townhill Primary School, situated on Melfort Road. The school was opened in 1965 and currently has a pupil roll of approximately 450. A new school building is currently being built on the site of Townhill. St Ninian's Primary School is also available to Catholic school children within the area.Secondary school education
High School provision for children in Earnock Estate is met by the non-denominational Calderside Academy, Blantyre.Calderside Academy opened on Monday 13 August 2007. It brought together the old Earnock and Blantyre High Schools and was until Monday 7 January 2007 split over two campuses — one on the former Blantyre site and one on the former Earnock site. During this time children of first to third year attended the Blantyre campus and fourth to sixth year the Earnock Campus. On Monday 7 January 2008 a new building, bringing both campuses together, was opened on the site of the former Blantyre High, thus, completing the merger. This new building has been criticised by locals for being "overcrowded" and a "rip-off". Children who live in the Earnock area are currently bussed to Calderside Academy, free of charge; these transport arrangements have also been criticised as "unsafe" and "laughable".
Catholic secondary school-aged children in the area often attend John Ogilvie or Holy Cross High Schools, both in Hamilton.
Transport
Public transport from Earnock Estate is accessed from Wellhall Road. There is a bus service every 15 minutes that goes directly to Hamilton bus stationHamilton bus station
Hamilton bus station is a bus station that serves Hamilton, a large town based in South Lanarkshire.-Overview:Managed by the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, Hamilton bus station is ideally situated...
, in the town centre. There are currently five different bus routes to Hamilton Bus Station from Earnock Estate, three of which are operated by First Glasgow
First Glasgow
First Glasgow is the largest bus company serving the Greater Glasgow area in, Scotland. It forms part of FirstGroup, a company operating transport services across the British Isles and in North America...
and one by Irvine's Coaches:
- The First Glasgow 226 which serves Hillhouse, Burnbank, Peacock Cross (Hamilton West train stationHamilton West railway stationHamilton West railway station serves the Hamilton West area of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, in Scotland, lying on the Argyle Line.It is situated near the headquarters of South Lanarkshire Council; the Hamilton campus of the University of the West of Scotland; Hamilton Sheriff Court; and the...
), Hamilton Town Centre, Hamilton Palace Grounds, Low Waters Road and Fairhill or Little Earnock.
- The First Glasgow 228 service which serves Hamilton Town Centre, Bent Road, Laighstonehall Road, Woodfoot Road, Wellhall Road and the High Earnock Loop.
- The First Glasgow X1 "Lanarkshire Express" to GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
City Centre via Fairhill, Woodhead, Low Waters Road, Hamilton Bus Station, and the M74/M73/M8 motorways direct to the City Centre.
- The Irvine's Coaches operated X5 and X4 to East KilbrideEast KilbrideEast Kilbride is a large suburban town in the South Lanarkshire council area, in the West Central Lowlands of Scotland. Designated as Scotland's first new town in 1947, it forms part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation...
via Hillhouse and the A725 EK Expressway.
The 226 stops at Hamilton West & Hamilton Central stations allowing for passengers to change onto one of the four trains per hour to Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
or two trains per hour to Larkhall
Larkhall
Larkhall is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and is around southeast of Glasgow. It is twinned with Seclin in northern France.Larkhall sits on high ground between the River Clyde to the East and the Avon Water to the West...
and Motherwell (with one of the Motherwell services continuing to Lanark
Lanark
Lanark is a small town in the central belt of Scotland. Its population of 8,253 makes it the 100th largest settlement in Scotland. The name is believed to come from the Cumbric Lanerc meaning "clear space, glade"....
).
Councillors
Councillors are elected using the Single Transferable VoteSingle transferable vote
The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...
System.
Earnock sits within the council seat of Hamilton West and Earnock and has four councillors. All four councillors sit on South Lanarkshire Council.
| Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Graeme Horne | Scottish National Party Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom.... |
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| Tommy Gilligan | Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
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| Allan Falconer | Scottish Labour Party Scottish Labour Party The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland.... |
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| Jean McKeown | Scottish Labour Party Scottish Labour Party The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland.... |
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Members of the Scottish Parliament
Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) are elected using the Additional Member SystemAdditional Member System
The Additional Member System is the term used in the United Kingdom for the mixed member proportional representation voting system used in Scotland, Wales and the London Assembly....
. There are currently 129 MSPs in the Scottish Parliament.
Earnock lies in the Hamilton South
Hamilton South (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Hamilton South is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election...
constituency of the Scottish Parliament and is represented by Tom McCabe
Tom McCabe
Thomas "Tom" McCabe is a Scottish Labour Party politician, a former Minister for Finance in the Scottish Executive, and was Member of the Scottish Parliament for Hamilton South until May 2011....
of the Scottish Labour party. Earnock is also represented by an additional seven regional MSPs who are elected to the Central Scotland
Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
Central Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Ten of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament...
region.
Since the creation of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 Earnock, at a constituency level, has been represented by Labour.
| Councillor | Party | Regional/Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McCabe Tom McCabe Thomas "Tom" McCabe is a Scottish Labour Party politician, a former Minister for Finance in the Scottish Executive, and was Member of the Scottish Parliament for Hamilton South until May 2011.... |
Scottish Labour Party Scottish Labour Party The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland.... |
Constituency | |
| Christina McKelvie Christina McKelvie Christina McKelvie is a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland. She was elected as a Scottish National Party party list candidate in the 2007 election, and has been elected as MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse in the 2011 election.-Early life:She studied at St Leonards... |
Scottish National Party Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom.... |
Regional | |
| Jamie Hepburn Jamie Hepburn Jamie Hepburn is a Scottish politician. He is a Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth... |
Scottish National Party Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom.... |
Regional | |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom.... |
Regional | |
| Linda Fabiani Linda Fabiani Linda Fabiani is a Scots-Italian politician. A member of the Scottish National Party . She is the Member of the Scottish Parliament for East Kilbride.... |
Scottish National Party Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom.... |
Regional | |
| John Wilson John Wilson (Scottish politician) John Wilson is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish National Party , he was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent Central Scotland at the 2007 election.... |
Scottish National Party Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom.... |
Regional | |
| Margaret Mitchell Margaret Mitchell Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American author and journalist. Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937 for her epic American Civil War era novel, Gone with the Wind, which was the only novel by Mitchell published during her lifetime.-Family:Margaret Mitchell was born in Atlanta,... |
Conservative Party Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
Regional | |
| Hugh O'Donnell | Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the... |
Regional | |
Members of the United Kingdom Parliament
Members of the United Kingdom Parliament (MPs) are elected using the First Past the Post system.In the UK Parliament, Earnock is represented by Thomas McAvoy, who is the MP for the Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Rutherglen and Hamilton West (UK Parliament constituency)
Rutherglen and Hamilton West is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was first used in the general election of 2005...
constituency.
Hamilton, including Earnock, has been represented by Labour in the UK Parliament since 1918. The one exception to this is Winnie Ewing's
Winnie Ewing
Winifred Margaret 'Winnie' Ewing is a Scottish nationalist, lawyer and prominent SNP politician who was formerly a Member of Parliament , Member of the European Parliament and Member of the Scottish Parliament...
famous victory in 1967, when she took the seat for the SNP in a by-election, however, she failed to retain the seat for her party in the 1970 elections.
| MP | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Greatrex Tom Greatrex Thomas James Greatrex is a British Labour Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Rutherglen and Hamilton West since 2010. He is presently Shadow Energy Minister.-Early life:Greatrex was born in Kent... |
Scottish Labour Party Scottish Labour Party The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland.... |
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Members of the European Parliament
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are elected using the Party List SystemParty-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation in elections in which multiple candidates are elected...
.
In the EU Earnock is, along with the rest of Scotland, part of the Scotland constituency. Seven MEPs represent Scotland.
| MEP | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine Stihler Catherine Stihler Catherine Stihler is a British Labour Party politician. She has been a Member of the European Parliament for Scotland since 1999, being re-elected in 2004 and 2009... |
Scottish Labour Party Scottish Labour Party The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland.... |
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| David Martin David Martin (Scottish politician) David Martin is a British Labour Party politician, and member of the European Parliament for Scotland.He was educated outside of Edinburgh at Liberton High School. He was first elected as a councillor in 1982, and won the Lothians seat in the 1984 European Parliament elections... |
Scottish Labour Party Scottish Labour Party The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland.... |
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| Struan Stevenson Struan Stevenson Struan Stevenson is a Scottish politician. He is a Member of the European Parliament for Scotland and Vice Chair of the Committee on Fisheries, in addition to which, he is member of the Executive of the Scottish Conservative party.-Political career:Stevenson served his early political career as... |
Conservative Party Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| John Purvis John Purvis John Purvis is a British Conservative Party politician, who was a Member of the European Parliament for Scotland.His first session in the European Parliament was from 1979 to 1984, for the Mid Scotland and Fife seat... |
Conservative Party Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| Ian Hudghton Ian Hudghton Ian Stewart Hudghton is a Scottish politician, and has been a Scottish National Party Member of the European Parliament for Scotland since 1998, when he won his seat in a rare European Parliamentary by-election, after the death of sitting SNP MEP Allan Macartney.Since the 2004 European elections,... |
Scottish National Party Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom.... |
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| Alyn Smith Alyn Smith Alyn Smith is a Scottish politician, and Scottish National Party Member of the European Parliament for Scotland.He is also the SNP's agricultural spokesman.-Early life and career:... |
Scottish National Party Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom.... |
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| Elspeth Attwooll Elspeth Attwooll Elspeth Attwooll is a retired Scottish Liberal Democrat politician. She is a former Member of the European Parliament for Scotland.... |
Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the... |
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Pressure groups
The only pressure group that currently represents issue at a local level is the Earnock Residents' Association. The group meet regularly in Hillhouse Parish Church to discuss matters of importance to Earnock and to decide what action should be taken to help benefit the estate.Street names
Many of the street names originate from the rulers of the ancient Kingdom of StrathclydeKingdom of Strathclyde
Strathclyde , originally Brythonic Ystrad Clud, was one of the early medieval kingdoms of the celtic people called the Britons in the Hen Ogledd, the Brythonic-speaking parts of what is now southern Scotland and northern England. The kingdom developed during the post-Roman period...
in the 6th century, e.g. Rederech Crescent (King Rederech
Riderch I of Alt Clut
Riderch I , commonly known as Riderch or Rhydderch Hael , was a ruler of Alt Clut and the greater region later known as Strathclyde, a Brittonic kingdom that existed on the valley of the River Clyde in Scotland during the British Sub-Roman period...
), Langoreth Avenue (Queen Langoreth) and Royellen Avenue (Princess Royellen). It is said that the family's summer hunting lodge was in the Earnock area.
Many of the streets are also named after famous geographical features of Scotland: Lomond View is named after Ben Lomond
Ben Lomond
Ben Lomond , , is a distinctive mountain in the Scottish Highlands. Situated on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond, it is the most southerly of the Munros...
, Fruin Rise after Glen Fruin
Glen Fruin
Glen Fruin is a glen in Scotland, adjacent to Loch Lomond.It contains the Fruin Water which flows into the loch, and a military bypass road, now the A817 road, known as the Glen Fruin Haul Road, which goes from the A82 up the glen and over the top of the hills to HMNB Clyde at Garelochhead...
near Loch Lomond and Iona Ridge after the island of Iona
Iona
Iona is a small island in the Inner Hebrides off the western coast of Scotland. It was a centre of Irish monasticism for four centuries and is today renowned for its tranquility and natural beauty. It is a popular tourist destination and a place for retreats...
in Western Scotland.
See also
- Earnock High SchoolEarnock High SchoolEarnock High School in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire provided education to those in and around the Earnock area for 50 years — from 1957 to 2007. The school was closed in June 2007 and merged with Blantyre High to form Calderside Academy.-Closure:...
- Townhill Primary School