Forrestfield is a small settlement 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

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...

. It is located on the A89 road

A89 road

The A89 is a trunk road in Scotland, United Kingdom. It runs from Glasgow to Newbridge in Edinburgh. It was once the A8, which has now been replaced, mostly by the M8. The A89 runs from Edinburgh for about to Livingston and an extra to Bathgate. It runs through Armadale, Airdrie and Coatbridge...

, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of Caldercruix

Caldercruix

Caldercruix is a semi rural village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.The nearest major town is Airdrie 5 miles away.The village is about 17 miles east of Glasgow and 30 miles west of Edinburgh.Caldercruix developed in the 19th century as the papermaking and mining industries grew...

 and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of Blackridge

Blackridge, West Lothian

Blackridge is a small town in the western part of West Lothian, Scotland.The village name dates to 1581, first recorded as Blakrig. Later, Blackrig and then Blackrigg became the standard spelling until Blackridge became the norm in official documents after about 1840...

. Until 1956 the settlement had a railway station on the former Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway

Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway

The Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway, also known as the "New Monkland Line", was built by Monkland Railways. It opened on 28 July 1863. The line was absorbed into the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on 31 July 1865...

. This line reopened in 2010 as the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link

Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link

The Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link is a railway in central Scotland.Instigated as part of a round of transport improvement projects proposed by the then Scottish Executive in 2003, the plan was to open up a fourth direct railway link between the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. The project was...

, althouth Forrestfield station was not reopened. Cairneyhill Quarry, a whinstone

Whinstone

Whinstone is a term used in the quarrying industry to describe any hard dark-coloured rock. Examples include the igneous rocks basalt and dolerite as well as the sedimentary rock chert....

 quarry operated by Tarmac

Tarmac (company)

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, lies 0.5 kilometre (0.310686368324903 mi) to the south of Forrestfield.

External links

• Pictures of Forrestfield, yourlocalweb.co.uk