Cumbernauld. Coordinates: History[edit] Cumbernauld's history stretches to Roman times, with a settlement near the Antonine Wall, the furthest and most northerly boundary of the Roman Empire. The security that the wall gave from possibly hostile tribes to the north probably allowed the foundation of a settlement. A rural population grew in the area where Cumbernauld's housing estates now stand, with the centrepoints being the 18th century Cumbernauld House, built close to the site of the medieval Cumbernauld Castle, and Cumbernauld Village nearby. Weaving was an important part of the town's industry before the Industrial Revolution, when all the work of that kind moved to neighbouring bigger towns such as Glasgow.[7] The Scottish Gaelic name from the town, Scottish Gaelic: Comar nan Allt, comes from its being located where streams flow west into the Clyde and east into the Forth rivers, and translates into English as 'The Meeting Of The Waters'.
New town[edit] Modern times[edit] Housing[edit] Sport[edit] Cumbernauld Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland. Cumbernauld is a paradox. It is within easy commuting distance of Scotland's largest city, Glasgow and has excellent road and rail links. It is only seven miles from the beautiful Campsie Fells; just over 20 miles from Loch Lomond; and lies within two miles of the line of an ancient Roman monument that could well become a World Heritage Site, the Antonine Wall. Add to this a recorded history that saw it feature on maps from as early as 1250; a name that can trace its origin to the Gaelic comar nan allt, meaning "the meeting of the waters"; and a huge investment in modern housing, especially by private sector developers who are building exactly the sorts of highly successful properties they are building across much of central Scotland.
The result must, inevitably, be a dynamic and highly successful town. And by some measures, that is exactly what Cumbernauld is. What's going on is that Cumbernauld has an image problem. This fame has taken many forms. Browser Population. Cumbernauld. Its Called Cumbernauld. Scotland on Film - Film and Radio Clips. Cumbernauld Theatre » Cumbernauld Theatre one of Scotland's leading theatres. Cumbernauld Unofficial Web. Visit Lanarkshire | Cumbernauld | Towns and Villages | Places. Back to places Cumbernauld, one of Scotland's new towns, is located beside the M80, and only a few miles from the M73, M8, and M74, it has excellent road links to Glasgow, Stirling and the North of Scotland.
There are also regular train services to Edinburgh and Glasgow and other parts of Lanarkshire. A Brief History of Cumbernauld Cumbernauld is interpreted from the Gaelic "The meeting of the waters", a reference to the Luggie Water and the Red Burn which are close to the village. The original settlement is believed to have been started in Roman times under the shelter of the Antonine Wall. By the early Middle Ages the settlement must have grown to a respectable size to warrant the Comyns placing their chapel here. By the 17th and 18th centuries, most of the Estate comprised tenanted farm holdings including Upper and Lower Abronhill, Carbrain, Kildrum, Hole, Tannoch, Seafar, Ravenswood, Eastfield, Palacerigg Greenfaulds, Forrest farms, Balloch and several more.
Present Day Offers. Cumbernauld News. Cumbernauld Town Centre. East elevation of Cumbernauld Shopping Centre with "The Alien's Head"[1][2] in full view, 2005. Cumbernauld town centre is the main shopping centre for the New town of Cumbernauld, Scotland. It is widely accepted as the UK's first shopping mall and was the world's first multi-level, multi-function, covered town centre, within a single structure. [citation needed] The centre has now been expanded by the newly completed addition of the Antonine Centre. The new centre links to the existing one via walkways and lifts. History[edit] Construction commenced in 1955 under the plans of architect Geoffrey Copcutt.
The penthouse apartments were found to have significant structural flaws in the main pillars and tenants were forced to move out. Modern times[edit] The top section has been said to resemble the side profile of E.T., a humanoid alien.[1][2] The structure was very much a product of its time and many flaws within the design have been exposed. References[edit] External links[edit] WikiMiniAtlas. Looking back on Modern Living. Cumbernauld Town Centre - Shopping and Services. Cumbernauld - Town Centre, Scotland | Antonine Shopping Centre. Bauhaus in Cumbernauld Not a combination one would expect to see. Following on from the recent German book Megastructures, which featured Cumbernauld town centre prominently (photographed by us) The Bauhaus School of Architecture & Design, Berlin are coming to Cumbernauld as part of an International Design Project into Modernist Architecture (se attached flyer and schedule).
They will be based in the former Mackays Store on Forth Walk in the Town Centre, during the week beginning the 19th of January and they would like to meet as many people as possible who have a view on the past, present and future of Cumbernauld. Photo : Adrian Welch Other than a planned joint Design Workshop between the five Cumbernauld secondary schools and the Bauhaus students on the Tuesday morning and two guest lectures they are free to speak to anyone and everyone so please try and go along to see them. Bauhaus Kolleg X – Cities of Tomorrow Excursion Cumbernauld 19 – 24 Jan 2009 Map Data Map data ©2014 Google Map. Friends of Cumbernauld House Park. Cumbernauld unveils 33ft sculpture | Online News. Town so ugly, residents want it demolished - Top stories. Key points • Cumbernauld locals nominate entire town to be razed as part TV series • Despite being location of Scottish film Gregory’s Girl, town has few fans • Response to suggestion mixed on town's streets; Channel 4 politely declined Key quote "It’s a bit further than we want to go for a programme" - Channel 4 spokesman Story in full POOR old Cumbernauld.
The station is making a four-part series Demolition, in which viewers nominate an "eyesore" building they want bulldozed. Some residents of Cumbernauld have apparently demanded Channel 4 help raze their entire town to the ground. "It’s a bit further than we want to go for a programme," said a spokesman. "We anticipated suggestions on single buildings, but a whole town was one of the more unusual ones," the spokesman said. It was, he added, among the first suggestions made via the channel’s website, which does not officially start accepting nominations until today. At the series’ end, a "prize" blot on the landscape will be demolished.
Cumbernauld voted best town after double 'plook' shame. 25 May 2012Last updated at 08:38 ET Cumbernauld was voted the "most dismal" town centre in both the 2001 and 2005 Carbuncle awards The Scottish town which 'won' two Carbuncle honours for its ugly shopping centre has scooped Best Town at the Scottish Design Awards. Cumbernauld has the dubious distinction of winning the Plook on the Plinth title for having Scotland's "most dismal" town centre in 2001 and 2005. Judges have compared it to Kabul and described its shopping centre as a rabbit warren on stilts.
Now an online poll has seen it top a public vote for civic pride. Glasgow ceremony The Scottish Design Awards is organised by Urban Realm - which also organises the Carbuncle awards. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote Basically, economic success plus people power have made it a nice place to live” End QuoteGordon YoungEditor, The Drum When the polls closed at midnight on Thursday, Cumbernauld had narrowly beaten Peebles. Antonine Wall. Construction began in 142 AD at the order of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, and took about 12 years to complete. Pressure from the Caledonians may have led Antoninus to send the empire's troops further north. The wall was protected by 16 forts with a number of small fortlets between them; troop movement was facilitated by a road linking all the sites known as the Military Way.
The soldiers who built the wall commemorated the construction and their struggles with the Caledonians in a number of decorative slabs, twenty of which still survive. Despite this auspicious start the wall was abandoned after only 20 years, and the garrisons relocated back to Hadrian's Wall. Location and construction[edit] The Antonine Wall, looking east, from Bar Hill between Twechar and Croy A near infra-red kite aerial photograph of Kinneil Roman Fortlet, near Bo'ness at the eastern end of the Antonine Wall. In addition to the line of the Wall itself there are a number of coastal forts both in the East (e.g. Antonine Wall. Forth and Clyde Canal. The Forth and Clyde Canal is a canal opened in 1790, crossing central Scotland; it provided a route for the seagoing vessels of the day between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part of the Scottish Lowlands. It is 35 miles (56 km) long and it runs from the River Forth near Grangemouth to the River Clyde at Bowling, and had an important basin at Port Dundas in Glasgow.
Successful in its day, it suffered as the seagoing vessels were built larger and could no longer pass through. The railway age further impaired the success of the canal, and in the 1930s decline had ended in dormancy. The M8 motorway in the eastern approaches to Glasgow took over some of the alignment of the canal, but more recent ideas have regenerated the utility of the canal for leisure use. Geography[edit] In 1840, a 0.5 mile (0.8 km) canal, the Forth and Cart Canal was built to link the Forth and Clyde canal, at Whitecrook, to the River Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Cart. Origins[edit] Forth & Clyde Canal. Craig Ferguson.
Gregory's Girl. Gregory's Girl is a 1981 Scottish coming-of-age romantic comedy film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn and Clare Grogan. The film is set in and around a state secondary school in the Abronhill district of Cumbernauld. Clare Grogan's performance helped promote her career, as she was in the band Altered Images at the time of the film's release. Gregory's Girl was ranked #30 in the British Film Institute's list of the top 100 British films and #29 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 best high school movies.[2] Plot[edit] Gregory is all for her making the team, as he finds her very attractive.
Acting on the advice of his ten-year-old sister, Madeleine (Allison Forster), he awkwardly asks Dorothy out on a date. When they get there, she hands him off to another friend, Margo (Carol Macartney), and leaves. They go to the park and talk. Cast[edit] Production[edit] Reception[edit] Critical response[edit] Awards[edit] Wins Nominations Sequel[edit] Gregory's Girl.