East Kilbride Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
About East Kilbride
Housing in post-war Glasgow was a bleak mixture of slums and craters, so five "new towns" were built rapidly to rejuvenate the Central Belt. Four of them were on greenfield sites, East Kilbride being the first from 1947. It was followed by Glenrothes, Cumbernauld and Livingston, while the fifth was built onto the existing town of Irvine. These fulfilled an urgent need for housing but demonstrated all that is wrong with crass central planning. A sixth town, intended for Stonehouse south of Hamilton, fortunately was never built. However East Kilbride has preserved some attractive countryside along the Rotten Calder valley, the moors of Lanarkshire rise to the south, and a couple of miles out is the Museum of Rural Life.
Top Attractions in East Kilbride
Explore the best things to see and do in East Kilbride:
- ★Calderglen Country Park
- ★Dollan Aqua Centre
- ★National Museum of Rural Life
Where to Stay in East Kilbride
- 🏨Crossbasket Castle
- 🏨Holiday Inn Glasgow - East Kilbride
- 🏨Premier Inn
- 🏨Torrance Hotel
East Kilbride Travel Guide Sections
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