Uddingston
| |
|---|---|
.jpg) Main Street (B7071) looking north | |
  Uddingston Location withinSouth Lanarkshire | |
| Population | 6,300 (2022)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NS696603 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode district | G71 |
| Dialling code | 01698 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
| 55°49′06″N4°04′58″W / 55.81829°N 4.08275°W /55.81829; -4.08275 | |
Uddingston (Scots:Uddinstoun,Scottish Gaelic:Baile Udain)[2] is a small town inSouth Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the north side of theRiver Clyde, south-east ofGlasgow city centre, and acts as adormitory suburb for the city.
Uddingston is located 7 miles (11 km) to the south-east of Glasgow city centre and approximately 2 miles (3 km) east of theGlasgow City Council boundary (ending at the formerGlasgow Zoo atBroomhouse - part ofBaillieston). It is bounded to the south-west by theRiver Clyde as it flows north-west towards Glasgow, separating Uddingston, along with some woodland, from the neighbouring towns ofBlantyre to the south andCambuslang to the west. As such, theClyde Walkway andNational Cycle Route 75 both traverse the town. The nearest settlement to Uddingston is the large village ofBothwell, almost contiguous to the south-east; the two main streets are 2 miles (3 km) apart.
The village of Uddingston, which is contained exclusively within the boundaries of South Lanarkshire, houses around 6,400 residents.[1] However, the nearbyNorth Lanarkshire settlements ofTannochside, Calderbraes, Fallside,Viewpark,Birkenshaw and Spindlehowe form almost a continuous conurbation with Uddingston (although separated by theM74 motorway) and are often considered districts of Uddingston due to its greater historic significance. The population of this larger "Greater Uddingston" manifestation is approximately 23,000 residents,[1][3] and shares a boundary with the nearby town ofBellshill (the town centres are 3 miles (5 km) apart). Within South Lanarkshire, the combined population of Uddingston and Bothwell (which is also acouncil ward) is around 13,000,[1][4] and is located about4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) north-west ofHamilton.
Uddingston is home toTunnock's confectionery factory, famed for its caramel wafers and tea cakes. The factory (which also operates a small tea room on the Main Street) contributes much to the village's economy, as does the industrial estate and retail park located on Bellshill Road; this is namedBothwell Park but is located within Uddingston.[5] In earlier times, coal mining was a major industry.[6]
Uddingston has three supermarkets and traditional main street shops with a selection of restaurants and pubs. It also has several sports clubs including two municipal gyms, a multi-sports club featuring cricket[7] (established in 1883, with theBothwell Castle Cricket Ground having hostedList A cricket),[8] hockey (established in 1975), rugby union (Uddingston RFC, established in 1906)[9] and running,[10] and a combined bowling and tennis club (formed 1863) within the centre of the village,[11] plus Calderbraes Golf Club to the north-west, Bothwell Castle Golf Club immediately to the south and aJunior football club,Thorniewood United (based in Viewpark) in the vicinity.
Uddingston was also home toGlasgow Zoo from when it opened in 1947 until its closure in 2003; it was once a major attraction before folding due to lack of finances. The site now contains several private housing developments, effectively creating a new suburb known asBroomhouse which, despite sharing Uddingston's G71 postcode, lies within the boundaries of neighbouringGlasgow City Council and is geographically closer to the east end suburb ofBaillieston than Uddingston.
Uddingston railway station is served byScotRail trains, typically running two hourly services on theArgyle Line and a third hourly service on theShotts Line, all of which use the nearbyUddingston Viaduct [de], aCategory A listed structure from the late 19th century. On the train running toDalmuir orMilngavie via Glasgow, the next stop to the west isCambuslang;Glasgow Central is six stops and approximately 16 minutes' journey time from Uddingston on the Argyle line, and one or two stops (dependent on the train) from Glasgow Central on the Edinburgh line train, a journey time of roughly twelve minutes. In the opposite direction towardsLarkhall andLanark on the Argyle line, the next stop to the south isMotherwell, while on the Edinburgh line, the next stop to the east isBellshill.
Uddingston is served by three buses, two operated byFirst Glasgow[12][13] and one by Coakley. Routes 255 and 240 run from Motherwell toBuchanan bus station in Glasgow. The 255 runs through Hamilton and Bothwell then through the east end of Glasgow viaParkhead to the city centre. The 240 runs via Bellshill and adjoins with the 255's route after Uddingston. The Coakley 107 service runs circularly through Uddingston, Hamilton,Wishaw,Motherwell and Bellshill.
TheM74 motorway runs directly to the north and east of Uddingston, with junctions situated at either end of the town (J3A Daldowie giving access to theM73 andM8, andJ5 Raith for the majorA725 which also links to the M8). Its construction has led to a physical separation of the southern centre of Uddingston from the peripheral settlements to the north, with the motorway being used as the administrative border when the local authority areas of North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire were created in the 1990s.
There are two local primary schools, theRoman Catholic St John the Baptist Primary on North British Road[14] (which has a catchment area beyond the motorway into North Lanarkshire) and the non-denominational Muiredge Primary on Watson Street.[15][16]Uddingston Grammar School, the non-denominational secondary school, is located on the Meadowbank floodplain off Old Glasgow Road; originally founded in 1884, the school relocated to a new campus adjacent to the old buildings in 2009 (a year behind schedule).[17] In addition to Muiredge and Bothwell, Uddingston Grammar's catchment extends past both the M74 and the Clyde, being associated with feeder primary schools in Birkenshaw, Viewpark andNewton (Cambuslang). The closest Roman Catholic secondary schools areHoly Cross High School, Hamilton andCardinal Newman High School, Bellshill.
The wider Uddingston area has been home to a few successful footballers:Jimmy Johnstone,George McCluskey andJohn Higgins ofCeltic;Tommy McQueen (Aberdeen,West Ham,Clyde,Falkirk);Iain Munro (player, coach and manager,Hibernian,St Mirren,Sunderland);Gary MacKenzie (Dundee,Blackpool);Lindsay Hamilton (Stenhousemuir,Rangers,St Johnstone,Dunfermline); andJohn Robertson who most notably played atNottingham Forest, winning theEuropean Cup.
Barry Burns, the pianist/guitarist of the Scottish instrumental groupMogwai, comes from Uddingston.
Uddingston was the birthplace ofJames W. Black (14 June 1924 – 22 March 2010), the Scottish doctor andpharmacologist who was awarded theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1988 for work leading to the discovery ofPropranolol andCimetidine.[18]
Media related toUddingston at Wikimedia Commons
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Geographic | |
