Whitlawburn
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| Whitlawburn shown within South Lanarkshire | |
| Population | 3,500 |
| OS grid reference | NS61815941 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Dialling code | 0141 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
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Whitlawburn is a residential area in the Scottish town of Cambuslang. It is located south of the town centre on high ground overlooking the Greater Glasgow urban area.
The majority of the housing is a local authority 'scheme' constructed in the late 1960s and early 1970s to alleviate housing shortages in the area. The territory was previously farmland including the Whitlawburn farm, which itself took its name from the Whitlaw Burn stream which runs down from the Cathkin Braes at the western side of the district.
A dual carriageway which is part of the A749 road running from East Kilbride to Glasgow carries a local bus route, and also separates Whitlawburn from the neighbouring areas of Springhall and Cathkin to the west which are part of the town of Rutherglen - however most local amenities are shared between the three districts. An underpass runs under the road between Springhall and Whitlawburn. To the east, a sprawling network of housing developments at Greenlees spreads out over fields towards Halfway. There is also an entrance to Cambuslang Public Park.
The Whitlawburn area itself is dominated visually by six near-identical 12-storey tower blocks on the south side of the main road through the district, with modern tenements arranged in a grid pattern to either side, along with a local retail area (Nisa, Greggs, William Hill, etc.). Built using the Reema method of construction and originally uniformly grey concrete and brutalist in appearance, the area was regenerated from the 1990s onwards with the tenement buildings painted/rendered in brighter colours and given pitched roofs (they had originally been flat-roofed despite the frequently wet conditions in the west of Scotland) and the tower blocks fitted with cladding, roofs and ambient lighting in a £21m project. The towers have the same design as others nearby (Springhall, Halfway, Cambuslang), but they now look quite different from their ‘cousins’ as a result of the refurbishment. The local housing cooperative, which also put in place an extensive CCTV and concierge system, was established by the tower residents out of a sense of unfairness at the tenements being prioritised.
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