Kildrum was the first area to be constructed in Cumbernauld

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...

 new town

New town

A new town is a specific type of a planned community, or planned city, that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion. Land use conflicts are uncommon in new...

. The main road is in the shape of an arc with residential streets leading from it. Inside the arc are ex-corporation houses and better quality mostly private housing on the outside, bordering the private housing is
The various street names of Kildrum are taken from places associated with Robert Burns.

Other facilities are Cumbernauld High School

Cumbernauld High School

Cumbernauld High School was the first comprehensive secondary school in the then 'New Town' of Cumbernauld. It opened in 1964 and is a non-denominational, co-educational, secondary school...

, primary school, special school, health centre, Ymca, four local shops, hairdressers, chemist, three churches/chapels, Salvation Army.

The Town Centre and Carbrain

Carbrain, Cumbernauld

Carbrain is a neighborhood in the Scottish new town of Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire. Construction of Cumbernauld began in 1963, and most areas of Carbrain were inhabited by the early 1970s. For the first several years, Carbrain was considered to be highly desirable as an escape from poor...

 lie to the west of Kildrum, to the north is Seafar, Cumbernauld Park to the east and Cumbernauld Glen to the south.

Kildrum Road- Main Road
Tarbolton Road
Kyle Road- Sacred Heart Church
Campsie View
Afton Road- Shop & YMCA
Braehead Road- Shop, Hall & Hairdresser- Theatre nearby
Park Way
Castle Way
Meadow View
Ainslie Road
Forest View
Glen View
Burn View
Machelhose Road
Glencairn Road
Moss Knowe
Lamberton Road
Clouden Road- Salvation Army & Shop
Lochlea Road- Doctors Surgery
Mossgiel Road
Ellisland Road- Kildrum Primary School
Doon Side
Corbiston Road- Shop
Kenmore Road- Kildrum Parish Church

A new estate is being built in Kildrum for people moving from old Ainslie RD & Machelhose RD flats which are to be demolished.