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| Milton | |
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.jpg) Aerial view of Milton from the east (2012) | |
  Milton Location withinGlasgow | |
| OS grid reference | NS596697 |
| • Edinburgh | 66.676 km |
| • London | 559.285 km |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GLASGOW |
| Postcode district | G22 7 |
| Dialling code | 0141 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
| 55°54′03″N4°14′46″W / 55.900754°N 4.246217°W /55.900754; -4.246217 | |
Milton is adistrict in the Scottish city ofGlasgow,[1] situated north of theRiver Clyde. The housing scheme is about2+1⁄2 miles (4 kilometres) north ofGlasgow City Centre[2] and forms part of the northern edge of the city's urban area.
The construction of Milton started in the late 1940s as a part of a generalpost-war construction programme by theGlasgow Corporation to deal with housing shortages andslum clearance.[3] The district is bordered to the south and east by Ashgill Road, dividing it from the olderParkhouse neighbourhood. It is also bordered by Liddesdale Road, which had previously connectedColston to Balmore Road. The new streets were named after theScottish islands:Berneray,Birsay,Castlebay,Cathay,Egilsay,Longay,Mingulay,Ornsay,Raasay,Ronaldsay,Scalpay, Scaraway, Shillay,Skerray,Stornoway, Torogay,Vallay andWestray.
The area had only a few private homes (in Liddesdale Road/Birsay Road and Loskin Drive) prior to the new development. The initial scheme was completed in 1952. More housing was added in later years, including high-rise flats in Castlebay Drive in the late 1960s. Housing styles varied from gray stone apartment houses with back and front doors, to brown or white cladpre-fabricated apartments and 4 storey flats of 8 units each, some with open verandas. All housing was rentedsocial housing.
Milton suffered from social problems such as gang fighting anddrug abuse. The gang fighting causedurban decay by the end of the 1960s, and drug abuse made Milton one of the worst drug areas inUnited Kingdom.[4][failed verification]
In the late 1980s, many of the flats in the area were replaced with social housing units more suitable for urban living. The last of the original flats in Scaraway Street was demolished in 2006 and parts of the area stand desolate.
Milton is part of theGlasgow North East constituency, which has been represented in theHouse of Commons byAnne McLaughlin of theScottish National Party (SNP) from 2015 to 2017,Paul Sweeney from 2017 to 2019 and McLaughlin again from2019 onwards.
Milton is part of theGlasgow Maryhill and Springburn constituency, and is represented byBob Doris of the Scottish National Party in theScottish Parliament.[5]
At localGlasgow City Council level, Milton has formed a core part of theCanal ward since 2007.
Children attend the merged St. Ambrose and St. Augustine's schools known as St. Monica's (Milton) Primary School. This holds Milton's Community Campus. Non denomination schools in the area are Miltonbank Primary School and Chirnsyde Primary School.
Catholic andMethodist churches are located in nearby Liddesdale Square. The Methodist Church shares a Minister with theMethodist Church in Kilsyth and Colston Milton Church in Egilsay Crescent (Church of Scotland). The Church of Scotland Manse is located on Birsay Road.
The scheme suffered from poor social planning. Pubs, cinemas or community amenities were accessible only by bus/car. A community centre was built in Liddesdale Road in the early 1970s. No factories or industry offered jobs in the area. The scheme was part of theMaryhill parliamentary constituency and is now withinGlasgow North East.
The four shopping areas were Skerray Street, Scaraway Street, Westray Circus and Liddesdale Square. Buses M3,8,75 and 128 serve the area.
Community activists successfully campaigned to prevent the conversion of the site of the demolished Saint Augustine’s Secondary School into housing. Its future remains in doubt.
LoveMilton, a community development trust for the area, obtained planning permission for a multi-purpose community facility.
