52-567: Stamperland is a suburban neighbourhood in Clarkston , East Renfrewshire , Scotland . Part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation, it is situated on the west bank of the White Cart Water about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Glasgow city centre, and just outside the city boundary. Stamperland is an area of Clarkston, to the south of Glasgow. Adjacent places are Netherlee to the north and
104-545: A new golf course was built on Cleuch Farm in Clarkston in 1924, and this time the club kept its name, Cathcart Castle Golf Club. The Cleuch Farmhouse still exists as the Clubhouse for the golf club to this day. The equally large Williamwood Golf Club next to Stamperland was founded in 1906. The land the golf course was built on was previously part of Drumby Farm. The Drumby name survives today as Drumby Drive and Drumby Crescent, with
156-545: A number of road links to neighbouring Glasgow. The A77 main Glasgow to Kilmarnock road passes through Eastwood Toll in the neighbouring town of Giffnock , where it is connected to the A727 , which travels from Darnley to East Kilbride , passing through the town centre of Clarkston. This road used to be known as the A726 , but was changed to its modern number in the 2000s after a new road
208-464: A social club, bowling and tennis clubs. The area also contains the large Overlee Park , which is home to multiple football pitches , and a large children's playground . For census purposes, Stamperland is classified as a separate locality within the settlement of Greater Glasgow , within the East Renfrewshire council area; however, for most other purposes it is considered to be a part of
260-537: A track leading from Carmunnock to Mearns . This route forded the River Cart near Newford. This original village or fermtoun was in the area of the present Busby railway station . For centuries the occupants had worked the surrounding land from this central settlement. However, by the 1780s the landowner was in process of sweeping away the old fermtoun. The occupants were moved to the newly established farmsteads of Easter Busby, Wester Busby, Busbyside and Ryat. Busby as
312-432: A village name could have disappeared, had it not been for events on the opposite side of the River Cart. The second big change started in 1780 with the founding of Busby's first cotton mill . This was at Newmill, on Cartsbridge lands on the opposite side of the River Cart. Busby and Newmill each had several earlier mills. Busby itself had Busby Meal Mill at the end of Field Road (founded before 1300), and Busby Waulk Mill in
364-443: Is Glasgow Airport , 8.1 miles (13.0 km) northwest of Clarkston, near Paisley . Clarkston is serviced by a number of bus routes by various operators. The main bus links are the number 4 and 4A, linking nearby Eaglesham or Newton Mearns with Glasgow city centre and Knightswood , and the number 6, which connects East Kilbride with Clydebank . Both services are operated by First Glasgow . Novelist Alistair MacLean lived in
416-484: Is a National Trust for Scotland property situated on Flenders Road, consisting of the 18th-century Greenbank House and its walled gardens. The house is a Category A listed building . Sporting clubs include Clarkston Bowling and Tennis Club . Overlee Playing Fields (locally known as Overlee Park) was started as a King George V Playing Field and is situated off Moray Drive in the Stamperland area of Clarkston. The park
468-458: Is a suburban town in East Renfrewshire , in the Central Lowlands of Scotland . A dormitory town with a population of around 10,000, Clarkston is on the southern fringe of the Greater Glasgow conurbation and directly adjoins the neighbouring suburban villages of Busby and Netherlee , as well as the towns of Newton Mearns and Giffnock . On 21 October 1971, the main shopping building
520-616: Is contiguous with Glasgow and forms part of Greater Glasgow , the United Kingdom's fifth-largest conurbation . Clarkston experiences a temperate maritime climate , like much of the British Isles , with relatively cool summers and mild winters. Regular but generally light precipitation occurs throughout the year. Clarkston is a postal district within the post town of Glasgow in the G postcode area . Clarkston consists almost entirely of postcode district G76, which also extends beyond
572-419: Is home to four separate sports pitches, a mini basketball court, and a large playground. A nursery was constructed in the southwest of the park, being completed in 2021. The Overlee Pavilion that was neighbouring the site was demolished. The town includes other parks, including Library Hill Park and Tinkers Park. There are also two golf courses - Williamwood Golf Club and Cathcart Castle Golf Club. The area has
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#1732881036624624-544: Is left on Riverside Terrace. Busby's school and church are both very old, and much of the east part of Busby (historically the Lanarkshire side) is now a conservation area. Busby Hotel is also a major local landmark. The building was refurbished extensively in 2014. Old pubs in the area include The White Cart, which was built out of two different houses in east Busby, and the Cartvale pub on Busby's main street. Thomas Donohoe ,
676-534: Is mainly housing dating from the 1920s and early 1930s, previously farmland under the farms of Stamperland (around The Oval today), Slamanshill (around Stamperland Avenue) and Overlee, which still exists today in the Overlee Park. but there is a small group of local shops located at the junction of Clarkston Road, Stamperland Crescent and Stamperland Gardens. Also at this location is the former Stamperland Parish Church ( Church of Scotland ). Other local facilities include
728-486: Is now grouped with Busby and Netherlee as a larger multi-member ward electing three councillors. Clarkston is one of East Renfrewshire's designated community council areas, but following the dissolution of the previous community council in 2015 there were insufficient nominations for it to be re-established at that time. The Scottish Parliament is responsible for devolved matters such as education , health and justice , while reserved matters are dealt with by
780-644: Is situated on the southern edge of the town towards Waterfoot, some distance from the old site in the South Williamwood residential area. The Williamwood House, named after the historic estate, is located at the northern edge of the Williamwood Golf Club, in North Williamwood, in Netherlee. The modern Williamwood House was built in the 1930s to replace the then-derelict Williamwood House that was home to
832-450: Is the statutory fire and rescue service and has a fire station based in Clarkston. Policing in Clarkston is provided by Police Scotland . The Strathclyde Partnership for Transport , a public body in Scotland , has direct operational responsibilities, such as supporting (and in some cases running) local bus services and managing integrated ticketing in Clarkston and other areas from
884-732: The Parliament of the United Kingdom . Clarkston forms part of the county constituency of East Renfrewshire , electing one member of parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Kirsten Oswald of the SNP was elected as MP for East Renfrewshire in the 2015 General Election . Before the constituency's creation in 2005, Clarkston lay in the Eastwood Constituency . For
936-532: The Renfrewshire side. A second Cotton Mill followed in 1790, then a Bleachfield and Printworks six years later. These industries provided the employment for the development of the modern village of Busby. The third major change in Busby in the 1780s was a new road from Paisley to East Kilbride , which went through the village. The first Busby Bridge was built on this route c.1785, and replaced an earlier ford above
988-518: The 1970s, but nothing to the same scale as earlier in the century. The largest development since the 1940s was the development of High Carolside on lands originally owned by the Greenbank Estate, in the 1970s by Mactaggart and Mickel. Funds from this development went to restoring the National Trust 's Greenbank House , where the Greenbank Estate centred upon. The Fairfield estate on Eaglesham Road
1040-575: The Glen. Newmill also had two mills, situated together at the waterfall. The first was another early Meal Mill and the second a more recent Lint Mill. However, the cotton mill built in 1780 was on a completely different scale to the old rural mills. It attracted many families to settle in the area, and the centre of Busby swung from the old declining fermtoun on the Lanarkshire side of the River Cart , to Newmill on
1092-521: The Maxwells. The building is Category B listed, and is being used as a care home. Clarkston contains two golf clubs, and both have a long history. In 1895 the Cathcart Castle Golf Club opened as Merrylea Golf Club, in modern Merrylee. In 1898, the club was forced to leave, and moved to near Cathcart Castle, in the modern day Linn Park , where it remained for around 20 years. However, after WWI
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#17328810366241144-529: The Mearns Road, in the town centre. Clarkston Baptist Church is located on Arthur Street at Sheddens. It was built in the 1970s. Waste and Water supplies are provided by Scottish Water , a public authority of the Scottish Government . Clarkston's distribution network operator for electricity is Scottish Power . The NHS board is NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde . The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
1196-517: The area before moving to Switzerland. Noted residents of the area have included Sir William Kerr Fraser , Principal and Chancellor of Glasgow University; Harry Benson , international photographer, and Judy Murray , tennis educator and promoter. Musicians associated with Clarkston include Synthwave producer Michael Oakley who grew up locally and attended Williamwood High School , former Thin Lizzy and Motörhead guitarist Brian "Robbo" Robertson who
1248-536: The area), and the road through to what is now Clarkston's town centre was built along a fragile slope which has collapsed several times since. Another major wave of change occurred in Busby in the 1860s when the Printworks (now the Field Road industrial estate) brought the railway to Busby. Again the route to Busby was far from perfect, and the massive viaduct necessary to span Busby Glen was the most expensive structure on
1300-593: The average demographics of Scotland , Clarkston has higher proportions of people born in Scotland and young children (0–15 years old). Of residents 16–74, 44.0% were in full-time employment, 13.1% in part-time employment, 7.2% self-employed and 1.9% unemployed compared with Scotland as a whole which has 40.3%, 11.1%, 6.6% and 4% respectively. Additionally, in Clarkston 4.5% of students have jobs while 4.2% do not, 15.4% are retired, 4.8% look after their home or family, 3.0% are permanently sick or disabled, and 1.9% are economically inactive for other reasons. Greenbank Garden
1352-493: The decline of the Mills and Printworks. This ensured the survival of Busby into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Busby contains multiple parks, the main ones being the large Busby Glen Park, at the east end of the aforementioned viaduct, Southview Park, and Spider Park. Most of the old buildings in west Busby (including almost all traces of the old mills) have been demolished or lost in some other way. However, one old building
1404-715: The final breaking up of the Williamwood Estate, encouraging further house building. Clarkston expanded rapidly in the 20th century as new suburban housing developments sprang up. The hilly Stamperland area was built in the 1920s, followed by Carolside and Williamwood in the 1930s and 1940s. The Stamperland terraces as well as parts of Carolside and most of Williamwood were built by John Lawrence & Co. Minor infill sites, mainly replacing derelict farmhouses in Carolside and filling in small cliffside gaps in Stamperland were built in
1456-466: The former Strathclyde region. Transport Scotland manages the local rail network. Busby, East Renfrewshire Busby is a village in East Renfrewshire , Scotland. Busby is in the Glasgow urban area, although it is not administratively part of the city. It lies on the White Cart Water six miles (ten kilometres) south of Glasgow city centre and 3 ⁄ 4 mile (1.2 kilometres) northwest of
1508-408: The founding of the congregation in 1940 and the construction of the sanctuary area in 1964. The congregation merged with the nearby Netherlee Parish Church in 2020 and the combined congregation voted 77% to 19% to permanently close and sell Stamperland Church on 20 February 2022. The final service took place on 26 June 2022. Overlee Playing Fields is a park situated on Moray Drive in the southeast of
1560-481: The line. Today the viaduct is an iconic feature of the area. The railway forced a change to the East Kilbride Road and the road bridge under the station still creates a hazard for heavy traffic on the main road. The bridge is particularly low, and has been hit by high buses in the past. The railway brought a second wave of growth to Busby from the 1870s. The subsequent growth of the commuter suburb compensated for
1612-471: The mills at nearby Netherlee . In the early 20th century the area began to expand more rapidly, initially in the Sheddens (also called Overlee) area, following the opening of Clarkston railway station by Busby Railways in the village in 1866 which caused the destruction of the older Clarkston village buildings, and later the expansion of the Glasgow tram network to Clarkston in 1921. The 1920s also saw
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1664-414: The modern town centre, having been built at the cost of £4055. It was named after the nearby Greenbank Estate, centred on Greenbank House , which is now a national trust site. The neighbouring manse was built in 1895. 21 servicemen at Greenbank died during World War I , and the iconic clock in the church tower was installed in memory of those killed in the war. In the 1950s Greenbank helped fund churches in
1716-511: The nearby city of Glasgow . The nearest motorway is the M77 , of which Junction 3 at Darnley and Junction 4 at Greenlaw, Newton Mearns , which are the main motorway junctions for Clarkston. Clarkston lies within the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport Passenger transport executive and is served by two railway stations, both of which are managed by ScotRail : The closest airport
1768-417: The neighbourhood. The park is steep, like much of Stamperland, with many cliffs. It contains four football pitches. In the early 1800s, the remains of a village of underground dwellings ( souterrains or weems ) from around 2000 years earlier was uncovered by the local landowner preparing the ground for use as a quarry, but its significance was not recognised and the evidence was destroyed. The park's pavilion
1820-433: The newly built Castlemilk housing estates, in Glasgow . The northern halls, which today make up the majority of the footprint of the church were finished in 1967. The church was refurbished and repainted in the late 1970s. A link corridor to connect the two buildings was finished in 1991. The oldest part of the church is a Category B listed building. St Joseph's Church was originally built in 1880 on Busby Road. The church
1872-418: The outskirts of East Kilbride . It directly adjoins the town of Clarkston , with which the village is closely associated. As a settlement, Busby dates back at least 700 years. Historically, the village was called Bushby. Its modern origins may be dated to several significant changes in the 1780s. The first big change was in the landscape. Until the 1780s Busby village consisted of a scatter of cottages along
1924-434: The petrol station being the site of the original farm. Clarkston is in East Renfrewshire , one of the 32 council areas of Scotland for local government purposes. East Renfrewshire Council, the unitary local council , is based in neighbouring Giffnock and is the body responsible for local governance. For local electoral purposes, Clarkston was formerly a ward electing a single councillor to East Renfrewshire Council, but
1976-716: The purposes of the Scottish Parliament , Clarkston forms part of the Eastwood constituency, which is represented by Jackson Carlaw MSP , of the Conservative party. At 55°47′9″N 4°16′32″W / 55.78583°N 4.27556°W / 55.78583; -4.27556 (55.785°, −4.276°) Clarkston is situated in Scotland's Central Lowlands . The community lies 4.7 miles (7.6 km) east of Barrhead , 3.9 miles (6.3 km) northwest of East Kilbride and 5.57 miles (9.0 km) south of Glasgow. The territory of Clarkston
2028-617: The rest of Clarkston to the south. It is bordered by Clarkston Road to the west, the railway to the south and the White Cart Water to the east. It is served by the Glasgow Central to East Kilbride line through Clarkston railway station at the south of the area. Also somewhat nearby are Muirend and Williamwood stations on the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle , respectively located north and south-west of Stamperland. The area
2080-530: The town boundary to include neighbouring settlements Busby , Carmunnock , Eaglesham , Waterfoot , Millhall , and small parts of East Kilbride . According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 , the census locality (town and sub-area) of Clarkston had a total resident population of 19,944, or 21% of the total of East Renfrewshire. The median age of males and females living in Clarkston was 38 and 41 respectively, compared to 37 and 39 years for those in
2132-474: The town of Clarkston. The most recent estimate, from mid-2012, gives a population of 3,610. The Clarkston Community Centre is a mosque in the area. The building was formerly the Stamperland Parish Church between 1941 and 2022, a modern-style church building with a concrete bell tower. Parts of the church building were built in 1941. Services had previously been held in temporary accommodation between
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2184-563: The waterfall. The new road changed the focus from the old Carmunnock—Mearns road to the Paisley—East Kilbride road. Busby was never the perfect site for building a village, but developed due to the availability of water power on the River Cart. From the 1780s the village became centred on a hilly part of Cartsbridge Farm, originally known as "The Bank". Busby's Main Street was built on a very steep hill (although steep hills are very common in
2236-402: The whole of Scotland. Fifty-nine per cent were married, 3.7% were cohabiting couples, 7.0% were lone-parent families and 23.2% of households were made up of individuals. The place of birth of the town's residents was 97.1% United Kingdom (including 91.8% from Scotland), 0.5% Republic of Ireland , 0.5% from other European Union countries and 1.9% from elsewhere in the world. Compared with
2288-449: Was abandoned for around five years after large amounts of bats made their home there. The local authority in 2018 announced plans for a replacement building (including a small nursery and a house for the bats) that would be built on an adjacent site. The new building was built, and opened in 2021, and the pavilion was demolished. Clarkston, East Renfrewshire Clarkston ( Scots : Clairkstoun , Scottish Gaelic : Baile Chlarc )
2340-399: Was born and grew up locally, and Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian , who also grew up in the area. Clarkston has six churches. They are Greenbank Parish Church, St Joseph's RC Church, Stamperland Parish Church, Williamwood Parish Church, St Aidan's Episcopal Church, and Clarkston Baptist Church. Greenbank Parish Church originally opened in 1884 on Eaglesham Road, at the far south of
2392-530: Was built out of red brick with a short bell tower. It cost £5910 (£67500 adjusted for inflation). In 1995/96 there was modernisation work carried out, creating disabled access, additional toilets and the Iona Chapel. St Aidan's Episcopal Church was originally started in 1923. It held congregations at the Clarkston Bowling Club until a church building was opened in 1925. The building is near the start of
2444-580: Was built south of neighbouring Waterfoot and Newton Mearns . This road was built, partly because the A726 was notoriously narrow and busy in this area, and partly to alleviate traffic in nearby Eaglesham . The B767 also travels through Clarkston, from Eaglesham and Waterfoot to Sheddens Roundabout. The road number disappears for a short distance, before reappearing further north, at Clarkston Toll. The road then continues into Netherlee , before ending in Cathcart in
2496-453: Was redeveloped in 1971. The nearby St Joseph's Primary School was named after the church. Stamperland Church was founded in 1939 with help from nearby Greenbank, Williamwood and Netherlee churches. It was on the corner of Clarkston Road and Stamperland Gardens, in the de facto centre of the Stamperland area. In July 2018 Netherlee and Stamperland churches linked, sharing a church minister. The two churches officially united on 1 January 2020. It
2548-480: Was stated at the time that both churches would remain open, however in 2022 the congregation voted to close Stamperland Church due to financial deficits. The final service was held on the 26th of June 2022, and soon after the building was sold. Williamwood Parish Church was founded in 1937. It was built in the centre of the Williamwood area, in a narrow triangular-shaped plot between Seres Road and Vardar Avenue. It
2600-423: Was the final development in the 20th century, being built in the 1990s. In the 21st century, flats at Aidan's Brae off Mearns Road and houses at Newford Grove were built. Flats have also been built on the old Netherlee and Clarkston Synagogue in Stamperland, as well as on some neighbouring tennis courts. Townhouses were also built at Seres Drive on the old site of Williamwood High School . The replacement school
2652-426: Was the scene of the Clarkston explosion , which killed 22 people and injured around 100. A plaque on the site commemorates the event. The building was rebuilt. Greenbank Garden , a National Trust for Scotland property, is located on Flenders Road, on the outskirts of Clarkston. When a new road from Paisley to East Kilbride was built through the area in the 1790s, a toll point was set up where it crossed what
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#17328810366242704-443: Was then the main route from Glasgow to Kilmarnock and Ayr . A man named John Clark built a house at the toll, and the name 'Clarkston' came to be used for the locality. The Maxwell family (owners of the Williamwood Estate, on which Clarkston was situated) advertised the creation of a new village there in 1801, but initially, it grew slowly. Clarkston at this time had no industry of its own, and villagers were mainly employed in
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