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Eastfield | |
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Aerial photograph of the area from the South-west (2017) | |
OS grid reference | NS630308 |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GLASGOW |
Postcode district | G72 7 / G73 3 |
Dialling code | 0141 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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Eastfield is a mainly residential district in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, located between the industrial towns of Rutherglen and Cambuslang in the south-east of the Greater Glasgow urban area. It is situated south of the River Clyde, adjoining the Stonelaw and Burnside neighbourhoods of Rutherglen, and Silverbank [1] in Cambuslang.
In the late 19th and early 20th century Eastfield was a country estate with a burn running through it; [2] [3] a brewery (Wellshot), [4] a brickworks and a small mining community was also present in the area, [4] with cottages along Cambuslang Road (nowadays part of the A724) complemented by Eastfield Public School, constructed in 1898. [5]
The Eastfield estate was developed with housing between the 1930s and 1960s, with mix of council-rented and private homes.
Throughout the 20th century, a prominent feature in the district was Richmond Park Laundry, at one time one of the largest such operations in the country. [6] [4] The facility opened around 1907, closed in 2004, and the premises were demolished in 2007 and replaced by a supermarket.
Parcels of land in Eastfield were found to have been contaminated by chromium waste from the Whites Chemical Works, [7] the most conspicuous of which was a large play area made from a filled-in quarry [4] at the end of Dukes Road; this site stood empty and fenced-off for a number of years before the waste was eradicated, and now modern apartments and a new landscaped park (Quarryfield) occupies the site. [8] [9]
In the 21st century the area derives economic benefit from the extension of the nearby M74 motorway which brings nationwide businesses to Eastfield's doorstep. Nearby to the north is one of Scotland's last steelworks at Clydebridge, previously a major employer in the area but operating in a greatly reduced capacity than in its heyday. [4] [10]
The imposing sandstone building of the public school was converted for as a local adult education centre and infant playgroup [11] [12] but was demolished in the early 21st century and replaced by modern apartments. The same fate befell the local public house across the road, The Langfield Inn, a few years later. [13] [14] Two pubs survive in the district, both off Dukes Road: the Old Oak Inn [15] and the County Inn, [16] a 1960s replacement for the County Bar in nearby Silverbank, Cambuslang, demolished in a redevelopment of that area which replaced outdated tenements with maisonettes. [17]
The Richmond Park name was familiar to some bus users as the terminus for the First Glasgow No 12 service (there is another Richmond Park, an urban park at Oatlands, Glasgow a few miles to the west, [18] which some buses bound for Eastfield such as the frequent 267 also pass). [19]
The West Coast Main Line railway tracks run to the north of the district, with the nearest stations being at Cambuslang about 0.6 miles (0.97 km) to the east of the junction of Bogleshole Road, and Rutherglen around twice that distance to the west. Burnside railway station, on a different line serving the south side of Glasgow, is 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from the Richmond Park roundabout but only 0.4 miles (0.64 km) from the Dukes Road shops at southern end of Eastfield.
The wider area is home to two large modern secondary schools: Stonelaw High, built 1998, and Trinity High, built 1970, rebuilt 2009 - for which the northern approach path off Cambuslang Road was the old driveway to the Eastfield mansion. Trinity High's associated sports facilities, including a grid of 5-a-side astroturf football fields (converted to two for the more popular 7-a-side variety in 2021) [20] and a modern swimming pool / leisure centre open to the public as South Lanarkshire Lifestyle Eastfield are located next to the school itself. [21] Adjacent to Stonelaw High is Calderwood Primary School which many local children attend, although geographically that is outwith the territory of Eastfield.
Pearse Park was the playing field that was the adopted home of Gaelic games in Scotland, situated on Cambuslang Road in Eastfield. It was purchased by Scotland GAA in 1953 and is named after the Irish revolutionary Patrick Pearse. It was also home to Tír Conaill Harps. [22] Closed in 2005, the park lay unused and overgrown for several years and developed a Japanese knotweed infestation problem; however by 2021 plans for its redevelopment were advancing. [23] [24] [25]
Part of the territory which is generally considered to be part of Eastfield (east of Dukes Road, including the community centre) is within the civil parish of Cambuslang [26] and its G72 postcode zone, while the remainder is within Rutherglen's G73 parish and postzone. The entire district is currently administered as part of the Cambuslang West ward of the South Lanarkshire Council area, which is also the extent of the local community policing zone; however this definition also encompasses several other streets which have always been considered to be in Rutherglen, such as Ettrick Crescent. [27] [28]
Rutherglen is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, three miles from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde. Having previously existed as a separate Lanarkshire burgh, in 1975 Rutherglen lost its own local council and administratively became a component of the City of Glasgow District within the Strathclyde region. In 1996 the towns were reallocated to the South Lanarkshire council area.
Cambuslang is a town on the south-eastern outskirts of Greater Glasgow, Scotland. With approximately 30,000 residents, it is the 27th largest town in Scotland by population, although, never having had a town hall, it may also be considered the largest village in Scotland. It is within the local authority area of South Lanarkshire and directly borders the town of Rutherglen to the west. Historically, it was a large civil parish incorporating the nearby hamlets of Newton, Flemington, Westburn and Halfway.
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Burnside is a mostly residential area in the town of Rutherglen in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Including the neighbourhoods of High Burnside and High Crosshill, respectively south and north-west of its main street, it borders Overtoun Park in Rutherglen plus several other residential areas of the town, as well as western parts of neighbouring Cambuslang.
The History of Cambuslang is explained to a great deal by its geography. Now in South Lanarkshire, the town of Cambuslang is an ancient part of Scotland where Iron Age remains loom over 21st century housing developments. It has been very prosperous over time, depending first upon its agricultural land, then the mineral resources under its soil.
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Shawfield is an industrial/commercial area of the Royal Burgh of Rutherglen in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, located to the north of the town centre. It is bordered to the east by the River Clyde, to the north by the Glasgow neighbourhood of Oatlands and the adjacent Richmond Park, to the south-west by Glasgow's Polmadie and Toryglen districts, and to the south-east by Rutherglen's historic Main Street and its Burnhill neighbourhood, although it is separated from these southerly areas by the West Coast Main Line railway tracks and the M74 motorway. A road bridge connects Shawfield to the Dalmarnock, Bridgeton and Glasgow Green areas.
Drumsagard Village is a new construction village in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire. It is built around the site of Drumsagard Castle and immediately south of the site of Hallside Steelworks, also known as the Cambuslang Iron and Steel Works. One of the first facilities of their kind and eventually extending over an area of around 33 acres, the steelworks were established in 1873 and closed in 1979.
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