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{{Short description|Town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland}}
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'''East Kilbride''' ({{IPAc-en|...|k|ɪ|l|ˈ|b|r|aɪ|d}}; {{langx|gd|Cille Bhrìghde an Ear}} {{IPA|gd|ˈkʲʰiʎə ˈvɾʲiːtʲə əɲ ˈɛɾ|}}), sometimes referred to as '''EK''', is the largest town in [[South Lanarkshire]] in [[Scotland]], and the country's [[List of towns and cities in Scotland by population|sixth-largest locality]] by population. Historically a small village, it was designated Scotland's first "[[New towns in the United Kingdom|new town]]" on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a raised plateau to the south of the [[Cathkin Braes]], about {{convert|8|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} southeast of [[Glasgow]] and close to the boundary with [[East Renfrewshire]].
The town ends close to the [[River Cart|White Cart Water]] to the west and is bounded by the [[Rotten Calder|Rotten Calder Water]] to the east. Immediately to the north of the modern town centre is [[The Village, East Kilbride|The Village]], the part of East Kilbride that existed before its post-war development into a New Town. East Kilbride is [[Twin town|twinned]] with the town of [[Ballerup]], in Denmark.
==History==
===Prehistory===
The earliest-known evidence of occupation in the area dates as far back as the late [[Neolithic]] and Early [[Bronze Age]], as archaeological investigation has demonstrated that burial cairns in the district began as ceremonial or ritual sites of burial during the Neolithic, with the use of cup-marked, and other inscribed stones at key elevated sites, only to be later built upon with earth and re-used for burial into the Bronze Age.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division [GUARD]|date=2008|title=Law Knowe Program Of Archaeological Works|journal=GUARD Data Structure Report Series}}</ref>
These findings have found further support through ongoing research indicating that many East Kilbride Cairns first noticed by the Reverend [[David Ure]] in his ''History of Rutherglen and East Kilbride'' (1793), are embedded, alongside other monuments, into a ritual landscape related to ancestor cults and relationships with key topographical features and annual solar events.<ref>{{cite book|title=Megalithic Lunar Observatories|last=Thom|first=Alexander|publisher=Clarendon Press|year=1970|___location=Oxford|pages=92–117}}</ref><ref>Ladds, C., ''Always An Old Town And Never A New One'', Journal Typescript, July 2016. Calderglen Dataset - Calderglen Heritage.</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=East Kilbride, The History of Parish and Village|last=Niven|first=Thomas Eric|publisher=Wilson, Guthrie And Lang Limited|year=1965|___location=Glasgow|pages=9, 96}}</ref> A flint arrow head was discovered by Allan Forrest, a then child resident whilst groundworks were taking place in his family's garden at Glen Bervie, St Leonards in 1970 which later was identified as dating to 1500 BC (Bronze Age).<ref>{{cite journal|last=Scott|first=J. G.|date=1970 |title=East Kilbride: arrowhead, early/mid bronze age|journal=Discovery & Excavation Scotland|pages=31}}</ref>
Prehistoric – possibly Roman – graves have also been found near the Kype Water close to town of [[Strathaven]], some distance from East Kilbride but suggesting a Roman context for the wider area. Roman coins, footwear, and a Romano-British oil lamp have also been found in the area.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Various|date=July 1900|title=Notes of the month|journal=The Antiquary|volume=36|pages=193–198}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite book|title=East Kilbride official guide, The Official Guide to East Kilbride, 7th Edition|last=Various|publisher=J Burrow & Co Ltd Publishers|year=1986–88|___location=London|pages=15–39}}</ref>
===History===
East Kilbride traditionally takes its name from an [[Irish people|Irish]] saint named [[St Bride]] (or Brigit), who may have founded a monastery for nuns and monks in [[Kildare]] in [[Leinster]], [[Ireland]], in the 6th century. [[Dál Riata]]n monks afterwards introduced her order to parts of Scotland, although the origins of the East Kilbride example - situated in the West of Scotland, is less certain due to a lack of early historical or linguistic involvement with Dalriada.
The Scots anglicisation ''kil'' takes its root from the Gaelic ''cille'', borrowed from the Latin for cell or chapel, of [[St. Brigit|St Brigit]]. the use of ''cille'' to mark a probable dedication to an Irish saint in this part of Scotland is problematic due to linguistic dating issues, but some analysis suggests that churches with ''cille'' place-names in the south west represent an early and short-lived influx of Irish church influence in or before the eighth century, which may or may not have involved the ''Céilí Dé'' who were monastics.<ref>{{cite book|title=Celtic Scotland Volume II.|last=Nicolaisen|first=W. F. H.|publisher=John Donald|year=1976|___location=Edinburgh|pages=165–168}}</ref> However, it has been suggested by Prof. T. O. Clancy and others that ''cille'' place-names in the region, including the East Kilbride example, may instead relate to the main period of Gaelic cultural influx in the period post 900 AD.<ref name="iona-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk">Iona’s Namescape: Place-names and their dynamics in Iona and its environs, 'An Interesting Absence: St Brigit' - https://iona-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/an-interesting-absence-st-brigit/</ref>
The original [[parish church]] was located on what may have been a site of a pre-Christian significance, and tentatively the origin of the association with [[Brigid of Kildare|St Brigit]], since the site may be dedicated to the Celtic goddess [[Brigid]], whose traditions have been continued through the reverence of St Brigit brought on by the Celtic Church.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ekopc.org.uk/images/Report_for_East_Kilbride_Old_Parish_Church_2Mar17.pdf |title= Report for East Kilbride Old Parish Church|date=3 March 2017 |page=4|publisher=Scottish School of Christian Mission|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref> However, this view is unpopular amongst academic audiences due to a complete lack of evidence supporting such earlier origins, thus making it an unfalsifiable concept.<ref name="iona-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk"/>
Alternatively, the later dedication may commemorate the Scottish St Bryde, who is alleged to have been born in 451 AD and died at Abernethy 74 years later.<ref name=":1"/> However, this is also the same year Brigit is supposed to have been born, and the same year of her death.
Culdee-type Christian settlements were essential to the spread of the Celtic church in Scotland, with small pagan sites being converted and chapels or cells forming little more than crude shelters, or timber and turf buildings with crude circular enclosures.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Culdees of the British Islands|last=Reeves|first=W.|year=1864|___location=Dublin}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Celtic Scotland Volume II.|last=Skene|first=W. F.|publisher=David Douglas|year=1887|___location=Edinburgh}}</ref> Additionally, the number of place-name dedications to St. Brigit in Scotland is further evidence of the possibility of Culdee activity in the southwest, if extrapolations are allowed from known areas of culdee activity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://saintsplaces.gla.ac.uk/saint.php?id=396 |title=BRIG, BRIGIT, BRIDE (NS) |publisher=Saints in Scottish Place-Names}}</ref> How this possibility relates to the relatively late dating-periods in the British kingdom of Strathclyde has not been explored owing to a lack of surviving written sources to provide insights for this geographical area.<ref>{{cite book|title=Celtic Scotland Volume II.|last=Nicolaisen|first=W. F. H.|publisher=John Donald|year=1976|___location=Edinburgh|pages=156–162}}</ref>
===Contemporary History===
In the early 18th century,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200165/local_and_family_history/615/east_kilbride_-_old_and_new | title=East Kilbride - old and new }}</ref> the word 'East' was added to the name of East Kilbride, and 'West' to [[West Kilbride]] to distinguish the towns from each other.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastkilbride.org.uk/info/index.htm|title=East Kilbride - BACKGROUND INFORMATION}}</ref>
East Kilbride grew from a small village of around 900 inhabitants in 1930 to become a [[large burgh]] in 1967.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10359296|title=East Kilbridge Burgh|publisher=Vision of Britain|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref> The rapid industrialisation of the 20th century underpins this growth and left much of the working population throughout Scotland's [[Central Belt]], from Glasgow to Edinburgh, living in the housing stock built at the end of the previous century. The [[World War I|Great War]] postponed any housing improvements, as did the [[Treaty of Versailles]] and the period of post-war settlement it created. In turn, this was followed by the [[Great Depression]]. After the [[Second World War]], Glasgow, already suffering from chronic housing shortages, incurred bomb damage from the war. In 1946, the Clyde Valley Regional Plan allocated sites where overspill satellite "new towns" could be constructed to help alleviate the housing shortage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theglasgowstory.com/story.php?id=TGSFG10|title=TGS – 1950s to The Present Day – Neighbourhoods – New Towns|publisher=Theglasgowstory.com|access-date=13 November 2012}}</ref> Glasgow would also undertake the development of its peripheral housing estates. East Kilbride was the first of six [[New town#United Kingdom|new towns]] in Scotland to be designated, in 1947, followed by [[Glenrothes]] (1948), [[Cumbernauld]] (1956), [[Livingston, West Lothian|Livingston]] (1962), [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]] (1964) and [[Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire|Stonehouse]] (1972), although Stonehouse new town was never built.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nUxAAAAAIBAJ&pg=4748%2C2162755 |title=50,000 people for East Kilbride. First of New Clyde Valley Towns |work=[[The Glasgow Herald]] |date=6 June 1946 | page=3 |access-date=25 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="cowling">{{cite book|title=An Essay for Today: the Scottish New Towns 1947–1997|author=Cowling, D.|publisher=Rutland Press|year=1997|___location=Edinburgh}}</ref>
The planned town has been subdivided into residential precincts, each with its own local shops, primary schools and community facilities. The housing precincts surround the shopping centre, which is bound by a [[ring road]]. Industrial estates were concentrated on the outskirts of the town in northern, western and south-eastern directions ([[Nerston]], [[College Milton]] and [[Kelvin, East Kilbride|Kelvin]] respectively).<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=East Kilbride, The Biography of a Scottish new town, 1947-1973, Department of the Environment, Building Research Establishment Report.|last=Smith|first=R.|publisher=Her Majesty's Stationery Office|year=1979|___location=London}}</ref>
The Calderglen gorge bordering the eastern fringe of East Kilbride, was celebrated in a high number of printed works as a picturesque forest and 'magnificent in its grouping of craggy heights, sprinkled with trees and [...] the richly wooded and festooned valley', and with 'delightful cascades', and described as indescribable, or as 'the GRAND, the ROMANTIC, and BEAUTIFUL' - the latter being the only part of David Ure's book where he emphasised the descriptive characteristics of a place in bold characters.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The History Of Rutherglen & East Kilbride|last=Ure|first=David|publisher=David Niven|year=1793|___location=Glasgow|pages=155}}</ref><ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite book|title=The Borderlands of Glasgow|last=Brotchie|first=T.C.F.|publisher=The Tramway Department, Corporation Of Glasgow|year=c. 1922|___location=Glasgow|pages=87}}</ref> The northern part of the gorge and adjoining Calderwood, the gorge's namesake, was the home of an ancient family known as the 'Maxwells of Calderwood' who resided in [[Calderwood Castle]], and were the oldest branch of the Maxwells of Pollok.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Volume I, Memoirs & Charters|last=Fraser|first=William|publisher=Privately Published|year=1863|___location=Edinburgh}}</ref> The remnants of Calderwood Castle were demolished in 1951 and only a few parts of the structure remain.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Tottering Tower of Calderwood|last=Unknown|date=December 1951|work=The Hamilton Advertiser}}</ref> ''Calderglen Heritage'' formally constituted in early 2017 as a body to protect, record, and restore local and national interest in the areas of the former Calderwood and Torrance estates of Calderglen.<ref>{{Cite news|title=P. 21, Mucking in to get spot cleaned up|last=Findlay|first=Nicola|date=1 November 2017|work=East Kilbride News}}</ref>
The story of how workers at the [[Rolls-Royce plc|Rolls-Royce]] factory in East Kilbride prevented engines for military jets being serviced and supplied between 1974 until 1978 to the [[Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990)|Chilean military dictatorship]] is told in the 2018-released documentary, ''[[Nae Pasaran]]''.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/01/on-your-way-pinochet-factory-workers-fought-fascism-from-glasgow-chile-coup-nae-pasaran On yer way, Pinochet! The factory workers who fought fascism from Glasgow], [[The Guardian]], 1 November 2018</ref> The factory was scheduled for closure in 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/end-era-rolls-royce-close-10952706|title=End of an era as Rolls-Royce close East Kilbride test bed facility|first=Nicola|last=Findlay|date=9 August 2017|website=Dailyrecord.co.uk|access-date=28 June 2019}}</ref> and was subsequently demolished and the land (at [[Nerston, South Lanarkshire|Nerston Industrial Estate]]) used for housing; a monument consisting of one of the unrepaired engines was installed at the town's [[South Lanarkshire College]] in 2019.<ref>[https://unitelive.org/pinochet-boycott-rolls-royce-unveiled/ ‘Permanent tribute’ {{!}} Nae Pasaran: Jet engine monument to Pinochet boycotters unveiled], [[Unite the Union|Unite Live]], 25 October 2019</ref>
==Geography==
[[File:East Kilbride from the air (geograph 4377822).jpg|thumb|left|East Kilbride from the air, 2015]]
[[File:East Kilbride 1.jpg|thumb|left|Tenements, tower block and dual carriageway at [[The Murray, East Kilbride|The Murray]], East Kilbride]]
[[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]], the administrative headquarters for [[South Lanarkshire Council]], is about {{Convert|5|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} east of East Kilbride. The [[A725 road]] linking the towns also passes Blantyre and one of the [[University of the West of Scotland]] campuses, with links to Bothwell, [[Motherwell]] and ultimately to the [[A74(M) and M74 motorways|M74]] and [[M8 motorway (Scotland)|M8 motorways]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.glasgowmotorwayarchive.org/a725 |title = A725 East Kilbride to Coatbridge |work = Glasgow Motorway Archive }}</ref>
The nearest Glasgow district of [[Castlemilk]] is about {{Convert|3|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} northwest, with the [[Cathkin Braes]], farmland and the village of [[Carmunnock]] in between; a [[Bypass (road)|bypass]] (the B766) was built in 1988 to remove Glasgow traffic from Carmunnock.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=B766 |title = B766 |work = SABRE Roads }}</ref> [[Rutherglen]] and [[Cambuslang]] lie about the same distance to the north-east and are linked to East Kilbride via the [[dual carriageway]] [[A749 road]] which continues into Glasgow.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/directory_record/21993/glasgow_road_a749_east_kilbride|title=Glasgow Road (A749), East Kilbride|publisher=South Lanarkshire Council|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
[[Clarkston, East Renfrewshire|Clarkston]] and [[Busby, East Renfrewshire|Busby]] are also about {{Convert|3|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} northwest via the [[A727 road]], with [[Thorntonhall]] much closer. [[Eaglesham]] lies about {{Convert|3|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} west of East Kilbride centre; the Glasgow Southern Orbital, another modern bypass which is part of the [[A726 road]], keeps East Kilbride traffic heading for the [[M77 motorway]] away from Eaglesham and [[Newton Mearns]].<ref name=A726>[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/video-travel-a726-scottish-route-3237648 Video: We travel the A726.. the Scottish route ranked one of the deadliest in the world], Daily Record, 13 March 2014</ref>
The closest town to the south of East Kilbride is [[Strathaven]], about {{Convert|7|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} away via another section of the A726. The majority of land in the area in between is taken up by [[Whitelee Wind Farm]] on the moorland hills to the southwest, including Elrig close to where one of the principal feeder burns of the Calder Water originates.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Johnson's Gazetteer of Scotland|author1=Johnston |author2=Hartop |author3=Rodger|year=1958|___location=London|pages=45}}</ref> The Calder itself flows northwards past East Kilbride adjacent to [[Blantyre, South Lanarkshire|Blantyre]], before joining the [[River Clyde]] opposite Daldowie near [[Newton, South Lanarkshire|Newton]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The New Statistical Account Of Scotland|url=https://archive.org/details/newstatisticala27clergoog|last=By the ministers of the respective parishes, under the superintendence of a committee of the Society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy|publisher=William Blackwood & Sons|year=1845|___location=Edinburgh|pages=879}}</ref>
East Kilbride is often considered to form part of the [[Greater Glasgow]] conurbation. However, the urban area is not directly connected to any other, being designed from the outset to serve as a self-contained town with some commute requirements to Glasgow.<ref name=":2"/> The hamlets of [[Nerston]], Kittochside, [[Auldhouse, South Lanarkshire|Auldhouse]] and [[Jackton]] which were once separate settlements are now on the periphery of the expanding town. Statistically, as of 2020 it is the sixth-largest [[List of towns and cities in Scotland by population#Localities|locality]] (a single defined populated place) in Scotland<ref name=table>[https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/settlements-localities/set-loc-20/set-loc-2020-data.xlsx Data Tables] [Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland], [[National Records of Scotland]], 31 March 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022</ref> with a population of {{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=East Kilbride}}, but only the tenth-largest [[List of towns and cities in Scotland by population#Settlements|settlement]], as these are formed by connected clusters of localities: for example neighbouring Hamilton's settlement –{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Hamilton}} – is combined with Blantyre, [[Bothwell]] and [[Uddingston]] to exceed the population of isolated East Kilbride, with neither counted as part of Greater Glasgow under this definition.<ref name=table/>
East Kilbride is divided into a number of smaller neighbourhoods bordered by main through-roads. Part of the new town design was that each of these would be a self-contained entity, with a variety of housing types, local shops and primary schools, and accessed safely for pedestrians via paths and underpasses separate from main roads.<ref name=":2"/> This is true for the original areas of the new town (principally [[Calderwood, East Kilbride|Calderwood]], [[Greenhills, East Kilbride|Greenhills]], [[The Murray, East Kilbride|The Murray]], [[St Leonards, East Kilbride|St Leonards]] and [[Westwood, East Kilbride|Westwood]]) while newer developments, such as [[Stewartfield, East Kilbride|Stewartfield]], [[Lindsayfield]] and Mossneuk do not adhere as closely to this model and have a more generic suburban layout of low-density private housing, arranged mainly in cul-de-sacs fed by distributor roads.<ref>[https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst420.html East Kilbride], [[Gazetteer for Scotland]]. Retrieved 10 September 2022</ref><ref>[https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200165/local_and_family_history/615/east_kilbride_-_old_and_new East Kilbride - old and new], South Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 10 September 2022</ref>
==Governance==
[[File:Scot1975EKilbride.png|thumb|[[East Kilbride (district)|East Kilbride District]] 1975–1996]]
[[File:East Kilbride Civic Centre - geograph.org.uk - 904624.jpg|thumb|[[East Kilbride Civic Centre]]]]
[[East Kilbride Civic Centre]], which was commissioned by the [[burgh]] of East Kilbride was designed by Scott Fraser & Browning, built by [[Holland, Hannen & Cubitts]] and completed in 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=403234|title=East Kilbride Civic Centre|publisher=Dictionary of Scottish Architects|access-date=8 February 2021}}</ref> From 1975 East Kilbride lent its name to a [[local government (Scotland)|local government]] [[Local government areas of Scotland 1973 to 1996|district]] in the [[Strathclyde]] [[Local government areas of Scotland 1973 to 1996|region]]. From creation until 1980 the [[East Kilbride (district)|East Kilbride District Council]] was governed by the Scottish National Party (SNP), subsequently, until dissolution, the district was under the control of Labour. In 1996, administrative functions were taken over by the [[South Lanarkshire]] [[Subdivisions of Scotland|unitary council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/39/contents|title=Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994|publisher=Legislation.gov.uk|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
There is an [[East Kilbride (Scottish Parliament constituency)|East Kilbride constituency of the Scottish Parliament]]. From the opening of the [[Scottish Parliament]], the constituency was represented by [[Andy Kerr (Scottish politician)|Andy Kerr]] MSP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]), until [[2011 Scottish Parliament election|May 2011]] when the seat was won by [[Linda Fabiani]] MSP ([[Scottish National Party]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.scot/msps/currentmsps/98454.aspx|title=Linda Fabiani – personal information|date=2016-06-05|website=The Scottish Parliament|language=en|access-date=2018-07-12}}</ref>
East Kilbride was formerly a constituency of the [[UK Parliament]]. In 2005 it was replaced by the constituency of [[East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (UK Parliament constituency)|East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow]]. The seat was held from 1987 to 2010 by Labour politician, [[Adam Ingram (Labour politician)|Adam Ingram]]. In the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 election]] Labour politician, [[Michael McCann (politician)|Michael McCann]], previously a South Lanarkshire Councillor was elected as the MP for the area. In the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 election]], [[Lisa Cameron]] for the SNP was elected as part of the landslide victory the party had in Scotland, with Cameron, after holding the seat in [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]] and [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]], defecting to the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] in 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-12 |title=MP Lisa Cameron defects from SNP to Conservatives |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-67087840 |access-date=2024-01-02}}</ref>
This seat was abolished for the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]] and largely replaced by [[East Kilbride and Strathaven (UK Parliament constituency)|East Kilbride and Strathaven]] which was won by [[Joani Reid]], the [[Labour Party (UK)|Scottish Labour]] candidate.
==Economy==
The town centre is occupied by a large [[East Kilbride Shopping Centre|shopping centre]] comprising six linked malls (The Plaza (development started in 1972), Princes Mall (1984), Southgate (1989), Princes Square (1997), Centre West (2003) and The Hub (2016)).<ref>''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]'' February 2016 [http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/new-look-east-kilbride-shopping-7394196 "New look East Kilbride Shopping Centre set to welcome big name restaurants to Olympia Mall"]</ref>
A £400m redevelopment of part of East Kilbride shopping centre was approved in 2006 by South Lanarkshire Council. The plan proposed demolishing some existing buildings to create a new civic centre, health centre, library and shopping facilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastkilbride.org.uk/community/redeveloping-east-kilbridede.htm |title=Redeveloping East Kilbride Town Centre |publisher=Eastkilbride.org.uk |access-date=14 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4870462.stm |title=UK | Scotland | New town could get £400m facelift |work=BBC News |date=2 April 2006 |access-date=14 November 2012}}</ref> The shopping centre's owners went into administration in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dorsey |first1=Kristy |title=East Kilbride shopping centre in administration |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/23135829.east-kilbride-shopping-centre-administration/ |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=The Herald |date=19 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref> There are plans to demolish a large part of the Centre West segment and turn this into housing with the overall retail space to be reduced and new civic amenities to be built.<ref>{{cite news |title=Plans to demolish a third of East Kilbride town centre revealed |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-66749153 |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=BBC News |date=11 September 2023}}</ref>
A branch of the government's [[Department for International Development]], now the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]], is located in the western [[Hairmyres]] area of East Kilbride.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dfid.gov.uk/About-DFID/Contact-us/How-to-find-Abercrombie-House/ |title=How to find Abercrombie House, East Kilbride |publisher=DFID |date=14 December 2009 |access-date=13 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814021153/http://www.dfid.gov.uk/About-DFID/Contact-us/How-to-find-Abercrombie-House/ |archive-date=14 August 2011 }}</ref>
==Religion==
There are approximately 30 Christian churches in East Kilbride. This includes nine [[Church of Scotland]] churches, three Baptist churches, and four Roman [[Roman Catholicism in Scotland|Catholic]] churches. St Bride's RC church is a [[listed building#Scotland|category A listed building]]. St Mark's Episcopal church is situated in the Murray. There is one Lutheran parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of England, which is located in the Westwood hill area. An Evangelical Christian congregation is also located in the Westwood area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westwoodhillchurch.org.uk/about-us |title=About Us – Westwoodhill Evangelical Church |date= 19 January 2015|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints meeting hall is situated in Vancouver Drive, Westwood. Two congregations of [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] share a Kingdom Hall near the centre of the town. The [[Christadelphians]] meet in Calderwood Community Centre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.searchforhope.org/eastkilbride |title=East Kilbride |publisher=Search For Hope |access-date=14 November 2012 |archive-date=6 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006173800/http://www.searchforhope.org/eastkilbride |url-status=dead }}</ref> There are two United Reformed Churches, one in the Village,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eastmainsurc.wix.com/east-mains-urc|title=east-mains-urc|website=Eastmainsurc.wix.com|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref> and one in the Murray.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://righeadurc.wix.com/home|title=Righead United Reformed Church, East Kilbride|website=Righeadurc.wix.com|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref> In the Greenhills area is a congregation of the Methodist church, whose premises are currently shared by the Seventh Day Adventist church. An Islamic Centre opened in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/new-islamic-centre-east-kilbride-13116978 |title=New Islamic centre in East Kilbride to open its doors to community
|date=22 August 2018
|publisher=Daily Record |access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref>
==Transport==
[[File:East Kilbride 3.jpg|thumb|Looking east on the [[A726 road|Queensway]] towards East Kilbride Town Centre]]
East Kilbride is connected to Glasgow city centre by road and rail. Three main roads connect East Kilbride with surrounding suburbs and the city, one being the [[A727 road|A727]] (formerly A726) leading west to [[Busby, East Renfrewshire|Busby]] and on to [[Clarkston, East Renfrewshire|Clarkston]] Toll. Another route being the [[A749 road|A749]] which runs north into [[Rutherglen]]. Recently, the addition of the [[A726 road|Glasgow Southern Orbital]] road links the west of the town directly with [[Newton Mearns]] and the [[M77 motorway|M77]]; this road has taken over the designation A726. Similar to other [[New towns in the United Kingdom|New Towns]], the road network within the area is populated by many [[roundabouts]], which credible survey work as of August 2023 numbers at 199, inclusive of all types of roundabout and exclusive of traffic islands not functioning as roundabouts. This is despite much spurious reference elsewhere numbering them at over 600.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Roundabout Report: Survey List of East Kilbride Vehicular Roundabouts|last=Ladds, C., B. Wilson & M. Mills|publisher=EK&DH Archive Occasional Paper 13|year=2023|___location=East Kilbride|pages=9, 96}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7334457.stm |title=UK | Scotland | Glasgow, Lanarkshire and West | New Zealand city to get Whirlies |work=BBC News |date=7 April 2008 |access-date=14 November 2012}}</ref> [[Glaswegians]] jokingly refer to East Kilbride as "[[Polo mint]] City" after the round, mint sweet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/features/editor-s-picks/welcome-to-polo-mint-city-1.1037183 |title=Welcome to Polo Mint city! |publisher=Evening Times |date=25 June 2010 |access-date=13 November 2012}}</ref> The main dual carriageway road running north–south through the town is known as the [[A725 road|Kingsway]], while the main east–west road is known as the [[A726 road|Queensway]].<ref name=A726/>
===Public transport===
[[East Kilbride bus station]], at the [[East Kilbride Shopping Centre]], was rebuilt in June 2005 with modern facilities, including 14 rapid drive-through stances, allowing quick turnover of buses. [[East Kilbride railway station]] is situated in the Village, about a 10-minute walk from the bus station. Trains depart to [[Glasgow Central railway station]] every half-hour, with a journey time of about 27 minutes. The town is also served by [[Hairmyres railway station]] in Hairmyres.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.scotrail.co.uk/travelinfo/station/hmy.html| title=Hairmyres Station| website=ScotRail|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
East Kilbride's primary bus operator is [[First Glasgow]] which provides regular services to the city centre, [[Busby, East Renfrewshire|Busby]], [[Clarkston, East Renfrewshire|Clarkston]], [[Castlemilk]], [[Rutherglen]], [[Blantyre, South Lanarkshire|Blantyre]], [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]], [[Motherwell]] and to many other destinations across Greater Glasgow. [[McGill's Bus Services]] provide a service linking East Kilbride to [[Eaglesham]], [[Newton Mearns]], [[Barrhead]], [[Neilston]] and [[Uplawmoor]] as well as another service to [[Cambuslang]] and [[Halfway, South Lanarkshire|Halfway]]. JMB Travel and Whitelaws Coaches also run services in the area.<ref>{{cite web|title=East Kilbride Bus Station|work=SPT |url=http://www.spt.co.uk/bus/bus-stations/east-kilbride-bus-station/|publisher=Strathclyde Partnership for Transport|access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref>
====Bus station====
[[File:EK Bus Station and Shopping Centre.jpg|thumb|East Kilbride Bus Station]]
East Kilbride bus station is managed and operated by the [[Strathclyde Partnership for Transport]].<ref name="spt.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.spt.co.uk/bus/bus-stations/east-kilbride-bus-station/|title=East Kilbride Bus Station - SPT|website=Spt.co.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref> It is situated by [[East Kilbride Shopping Centre]] and is situated right outside the Princes Mall section of the Shopping Centre,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shopek.co.uk/en/Your-EK/Getting-Here.aspx |title=EK, East Kilbride | Shopping and Leisure |access-date=28 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905185009/http://www.shopek.co.uk/en/Your-EK/Getting-Here.aspx |archive-date=5 September 2012 }}</ref> and is easily accessible from the Olympia Arcade section also. It is approximately a 10-minute walk from [[East Kilbride railway station|the town's rail station]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotrail.co.uk/plan-your-journey/stations-and-facilities/ekl|title=East Kilbride station {{!}} ScotRail|website=www.scotrail.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-11-12}}</ref>
The current bus station went under a major £4 million expansion and re-planning of the existing site to form 14 rapid drive-through stances with new travel centre and CAB facility at the eastern gateway to the Town Centre. The bus station, which was designed by the architectural firm CDA, opened in 2005. The brief given to the designers was that they were "to achieve a fast turn around of buses, safe pedestrian/vehicular segregation and a secure and accessible environment set within an attractive urban realm".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cda-group.co.uk/projects/transportation/east-kilbride-bus-station/ |title=East Kilbride Bus Station - Transportation - CDA |access-date=28 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131094417/http://www.cda-group.co.uk/projects/transportation/east-kilbride-bus-station/ |archive-date=31 January 2012 }}</ref>
There are 14 stances (stands) at the bus station that are equipped with electronic displays showing the next few departures. There is also a Travel Centre which is open Saturdays between 9.00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The operators at the bus station are [[First Glasgow]], [[McGill's Bus Services]], JMB Travel and Whitelaw's Coaches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spt.co.uk/bus/bus-stations/east-kilbride-bus-station/ |title=East Kilbride Bus Station |work=SPT |publisher=Strathclyde Partnership for Transport |access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref>
===Cycling===
Many of the busy roundabouts in East Kilbride feature underpasses which allow pedestrians and cyclists safe access across roads. On 19 June 2009, [[NCR 756|National Cycling Route 756]], connecting East Kilbride and Rutherglen with the City Boundary, was opened.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Farrelly|first1=Tony|title=New cycle route opens between Glasgow and East Kilbride|url=http://road.cc/content/news/4989-new-cycle-route-opens-between-glasgow-and-east-kilbride|website=Road.cc|access-date=1 March 2015|date=18 June 2009}}</ref> In November 2007, South Lanarkshire Council published three cycle routes, named the "East Kilbride Cycle Network" which start at the East Kilbride Shopping Centre in the centre of the town and are signposted.<ref>{{cite web|title=East Kilbride cycle network, Routes one to three|url=http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/downloads/download/201/|website=Southlanarkshire.gov.uk|publisher=South Lanarkshire Council|access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> Route One is route is to Strathaven, via Newlandsmuir; Route Two to St Leonard's Shopping Centre, and Route Three is to [[Calderglen Country Park]].<ref>[https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/625/calderglen_country_park_walks_and_trails.pdf Calderglen Country Park - A Walk in the Park], [[South Lanarkshire Council]]. Retrieved 10 January 2022</ref> Incidentally East Kilbride prior to new town development was a prized health resort, with cycling being a popular pastime there from the late 19th to early 20th centuries.<ref>{{Cite book|title=East Kilbride The History of Parish And Village|last=Niven|first=Thomas Eric|publisher=Wilson, Guthrie And Lang Limited|year=1965|___location=Glasgow}}</ref>
==Leisure and culture==
[[File:The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887) (14785180935).jpg|thumb|Illustration of [[Mains Castle, South Lanarkshire|Mains Castle]] {{circa| 1887}}]]
East Kilbride as a new town was designed to provide elements of culture, sport, and heritage for residents so as to create a sense of belonging and place.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Unknown|date=19 May 1950|title=Landscape And New Towns|journal=Country Life|volume=1450}}</ref>
*The '''James Hamilton Heritage Park''' is a park primarily containing a {{convert|16|acre|ha|abbr=off|1|adj=on}} man-made loch with water sports facilities and surrounding nature sanctuary,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/james-hamilton-heritage-park-p252351|title= James Hamilton Heritage Park|publisher=Visit Scotland|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref> adjacent to the [[Listed Building|Category A listed]], 15th-century [[Mains Castle, South Lanarkshire|Mains Castle]], now a private residence.<ref>[https://canmore.org.uk/site/44900/east-kilbride-mains-castle East Kilbride, Mains Castle], Canmore</ref><ref>[https://thecastleguy.co.uk/castle/mains-castle-east-kilbride/ Mains Castle, East Kilbride], The Castle Guy</ref><ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB26626 Mains Road, Mains Castle {{!}} LB26626], Historic Environment Scotland</ref>
*The '''[[Dollan Baths]]''' is one of the most significant buildings of an earlier phase of development. The leisure complex (opened 1968) has [[listed building|category A listed]] status is regarded as an outstanding and rare example of a mid-20th century public amenity building in a striking internationally inspired design. Inspired by Pier Luigi Nervi's Olympic complex in Rome, it is also very similar to the complex built for the 1964 Japanese Olympic Games. Its pool was the first champion-sized swimming pool in Scotland although was built {{convert|55|yd|m|2|abbr=off}} long but only six lanes wide, as compared with the Olympic standard which requires a length of exactly 50 m and a width of ten lanes; a local urban myth said it was built too short to be of Olympic Standard, rather than too few lanes.<ref>[https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/20111736.lorraine-kelly-urban-myths-missing-gregorys-girl-east-kilbride-75/ Lorraine Kelly, urban myths and missing out on Gregory's Girl...East Kilbride at 75], Glasgow Times, 4 May 2022 (paywall)</ref> The Aqua Centre re-opened on 28 May 2011 after a major refurbishment costing £6.5 million.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB48682|desc=Dollan Aqua Centre, Brouster Hill, East Kilbride|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200396088-dollan-aqua-centre-brouster-hill-east-kilbride-east-kilbride|title=Dollan Aqua Centre, Brouster Hill, East Kilbride A Category A Listed Building in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire|date=2013 |orig-year=2002 |website=Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|access-date=8 December 2017}}</ref>
*'''Long Calderwood Farm''' was formerly [[Hunter House Museum]], and contained exhibits relating to the medical and veterinary pioneers, doctors [[William Hunter (anatomist)|William]] and [[John Hunter (surgeon)|John Hunter]], who were born on the estate.<ref>{{canmore|num=171595|desc= East Kilbride, Maxwellton Road, Hunter House|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref> It closed as a museum after the financial crash{{when|date=September 2024}} to later open again as a café operated by the neighbouring Calderwood Baptist Church. The largest single collection of historical archives and records pertaining to East Kilbride parish is that owned or managed by the EK&DH Archive, which is administered by a private board of trustees comprising archivists, historians, and business advisors. This collection of upwards of 630,000 records is accessible by appointment or remotely using dedicated consultation spaces.<ref>East Kilbride & District Historical Archive: About us, our services, collections and more', East Kilbride, 2015</ref>
*'''East Kilbride Central Library''' holds the primary fiction and non-fiction reading stock as well as some local reference collections, photographs and records, representing some of the history of both East Kilbride new town and the earlier parish, whilst South Lanarkshire Archives based at College Milton holds publicly accessible extensive development archives related to East Kilbride Development Corporation and records of local council authorities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/82/east_kilbride_library/443/local_history_heritage_and_family_history|title=Local history, heritage and family history|website=Slleisureandculture.co.uk|access-date=8 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200165/local_and_family_history/588/archives_and_records|title=Archives & Records|website=Southlanarkshire.gov.uk}}</ref>
*'''[[St Bride's Church, East Kilbride|St Bride's Church]]''' was designed by the architects [[Gillespie, Kidd and Coia]] and built between 1957 and 1964.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB26630|desc= St Bride's Church, East Kilbride|access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref>
*'''Langlands Moss''' is a [[local nature reserve]] which comprises a Lowland Raised Peat Bog, a UK BAP priority habitat. The reserve is owned by [[South Lanarkshire Council]] and maintained by The Friends of Langlands Moss L.N.R.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200166/getting_outdoors/1824/local_nature_reserves_in_south_lanarkshire/11|title=Local Nature Reserves in South Lanarkshire|publisher= South Lanarkshire Council|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
*The '''[[National Museum of Rural Life]]''' is located at the 18-century, Category A-listed Wester Kittochside Farm (donated to the [[National Trust for Scotland]] in 1949 and set up to demonstrate farming practices of that era) and at a modern, purpose-built building off Stewartfield Road, the sites connected for visitors by a short tractor journey across the fields.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-rural-life/|title= National Museum of Rural life|publisher=National Museums Scotland|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref><ref>[https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200331469-wester-kittochside-farm-east-kilbride Wester Kittochside Farm], British Listed Buildings</ref>
The town is also home to East Kilbride Arts Centre, a popular arts and performance venue, as well as the longstanding Village Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whatsonlanarkshire.co.uk/listings/east-kilbride-village-theatre/|title=East Kilbride Village Theatre|publisher=What's On Lanarkshire|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref> The town hosted the [[Royal National Mòd|National Mòd]] in 1975.<ref name="SMO">[http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/mod/ List of Mod's places] for each year on [[Sabhal Mòr Ostaig]] website</ref>
===Sport===
[[East Kilbride F.C.]] of the [[Scottish Lowland Football League]] are based in the town, and play at the [[K-Park Training Academy]] at [[Calderglen Country Park]].<ref>[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/plans-football-complex-calderglen-country-2431529.amp Plans for football complex in Calderglen Country Park are on show], Daily Record, 21 October 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2022</ref>
[[Motherwell F.C.|Motherwell Women F.C]] of the Scottish Womens Professional League play the majority of their home matches at the K-Park Training Facility based in Calderglen Country Park.
[[East Kilbride Thistle F.C.|East Kilbride Thistle Juniors]] also operate from The Show Park in the Village.<ref>{{cite news | title=EK target pitch battle after off-field upturn |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/juniors/13241059.amp/ | date=17 October 2012 | work=[[Evening Times]] | access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref> [[East Kilbride YM FC]] is the town's oldest football club, founded in 1921.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thomson|first1=Paul|title=EKYM Mark 75th Anniversary|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/ekym-marking-75th-anniversary-2408842|website=www.dailyrecord.co.uk|date=5 June 2012 |publisher=Scottish Daily Record|access-date=22 October 2014}}</ref>
[[East Kilbride RFC]] were formed in 1968 and are based at the Torrance House Arena at Calderglen Country Park. From 1976 they rose steadily through the leagues, peaking for three years in Premier 2. They now play in the West Regional League 1, the fourth tier of club rugby. They run two senior men's teams and numerous youth teams which are linked to the local schools. Retired Scotland national player [[Alasdair Strokosch]] played through all the youth levels at EKRFC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/eastkilbriderugbyclub/a/ekrfc-history-8814.html|title=Information - East Kilbride RFC|website=Pitchero.com|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
[[East Kilbride Pirates]] are the country's top American football team and play in the [[BAFA Community Leagues]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thomson |first1=Paul |title=Pirates crown star performers of 2011 |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/pirates-crown-star-performers-2011-2413741 |access-date=7 August 2018 |work=Daily Record |date=11 October 2011}}</ref>
[[EK82 Handball Club]], founded in 1972, train at the John Wright Sports Centre and the Alistair McCoist Complex.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ek82handball.club/|title=EK82 Handball Club|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
==Twin town==
East Kilbride has been [[sister city|twinned]] with [[Ballerup]], Denmark since 1965.<ref>{{cite news|title=Danish orchestra set to play in joint Lanarkshire spectacular|url=http://www.eastkilbridenews.co.uk/lanarkshire-news/local-news-lanarkshire/local-news-east-kilbride/2012/05/09/danish-orchestra-set-to-play-in-joint-lanarkshire-spectacular-68653-30925614/|access-date=12 November 2013|newspaper=East Kilbride News|date=9 May 2012|author=Lynda Nicol}}</ref>
==Education==
===Primary schools===
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* Auldhouse Primary School, Langlands Road<ref group=note>Located in [[Auldhouse, South Lanarkshire|Auldhouse]]. Whilst the school is outside of East Kilbride, some parts of East Kilbride may fall under the catchment area for this school.</ref>
* Blacklaw Primary School, Glen Arroch<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blacklaw-primaryschool.org.uk|title=Home|website=Blacklaw-primaryschool.org.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
* Canberra Primary School, Belmont Drive<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canberra-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|title=Home - Canberra Primary School|website=Canberra-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
* Castlefield Primary School, Lickprivick Road<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.castlefield-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|title=Castlefield Primary School - 25 Lickprivick Road, Greenhills, East Kilbride, G75 9DH|website=Castlefield-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
* Crosshouse Primary School, Curlew Drive<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crosshouse-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|title=Crosshouse Primary School, East Kilbride|website=Crosshouse-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
* East Milton Primary School, Vancouver Drive<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastmilton-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|title=EastMiltonPS Homepage|first=Stewart|last=Paxton|website=Eastmilton-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
* Greenhills Primary School, Cedar Drive<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenhills-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|title=Home - Greenhills Primary School|website=Greenhills-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
* Halfmerke Primary School, Logie Park<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.halfmerke-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|title=Home - Halfmerke Primary School|website=Halfmerke-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
* Heathery Knowe Primary School, Whitehills Terrace<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heatheryknowe-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|title=Heathery Knowe Primary School|website=Heatheryknowe-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
* Hunter Primary School, Calderwood Road<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hunter-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|title=Hunter Primary School website|website=Hunter-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
* Kirktonholme Primary School, Dornoch Place<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200189/our_primary_schools/1186/kirktonholme_primary_school |title=Kirktonholme Primary School |access-date=26 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826062533/https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200189/our_primary_schools/1186/kirktonholme_primary_school |archive-date=26 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Long Calderwood Primary School, Bosworth Road<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longcalderwood-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|title=Home - Long Calderwood Primary School|website=Longcalderwood-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
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* Maxwellton Primary School/Greenburn Primary School, Calderwood Road<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maxwellton-greenburn-primary-school.org.uk|title=Home - Maxwellton Primary & Greenburn School|website=Maxwellton-greenburn-primary-school.org.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
* Mossneuk Primary School, Mossneuk Drive<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mossneukprimaryschool.org.uk|title=HOME|website=Mossneukprimaryschool.org.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
* Mount Cameron Primary School, Blacklaw Drive
* Murray Primary School, Napier Hill<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.murray-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|title=Welcome...|website=Murray-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
* Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Carnegie Hill<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourladyoflourdes-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|title=Internet for Learning - Virtual Web Server Host|website=Ourladyoflourdes-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
* South Park Primary School, Netherton Road<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southpark-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|title=Home - South Park Primary School - East Kilbride|website=Southpark-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
* St. Hilary's Primary School, High Common Road<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.st-hilarys-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|title=Home - St. Hilary's Primary School - East Kilbride|website=St-hilarys-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
* St. Kenneth's Primary School, West Mains Road<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.st-kenneths-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|title=St Kenneth's Primary School East Kilbride|website=St-kenneths-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
* St. Leonard's Primary School, Brancumhall Road<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.st-leonards-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|title=Home - St. Leonard's Primary School|website=St-leonards-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
* St. Louise's Primary School, Whitehills Terrace<ref>[http://www.st-louises-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|access-date=1 November 2019]</ref>
* St. Vincent's Primary School, Crosshouse Road<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.st-vincents-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|title=Home - St. Vincent's Primary School|website=St-vincents-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
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====Additional support needs====
* Greenburn Primary School, Calderwood Road<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200246/our_asn_schools_and_bases/855/greenburn_school|title = Greenburn School}}</ref>
* West Mains School, Logie Park<ref>{{cite web |title=West Mains School |url=http://www.westmains.s-lanark.sch.uk/about |website=West Mains Primary School |access-date=1 November 2019}}</ref>
===High schools===
*[[Calderglen High School]], High Common Road
*[[Duncanrig Secondary School]], Winnipeg Drive
*[[St Andrew's and St Bride's High School]], Platthorn Drive
====Additional support needs====
* [[Sanderson High School, East Kilbride|Sanderson High School]], High Common Road<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandersonhighschool.co.uk|title=Sanderson High School|website=Sandersonhighschool.co.uk|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>
===Further education===
*[[South Lanarkshire College]], College Way
==Notable people==
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*[[Jim Reid|Jim]] (born 1961) and [[William Reid (musician)|William Reid]] (born 1958), lead singer and lead guitarist of [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]]; both born in East Kilbride
*[[Alan McGee]] (born 1960), co-founder of [[Creation Records]], born in East Kilbride
*[[Roddy Frame]] (born 1964), lead singer of [[Aztec Camera]]; born in East Kilbride
*[[John Hannah (actor)|John Hannah]] (born 1962), actor of ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]'' fame, born in East Kilbride
*[[Julie Wilson Nimmo]], actress of ''[[Balamory]]'' fame, born in East Kilbride
* [[Dylan MacDonald]] (born 2003), footballer<ref>[https://www.pressreader.com/uk/east-kilbride-news/20240612/281981792744487 Dylan can make mark at Airdrie], [[East Kilbride News]], 12 June 2024, via [[PressReader]]</ref>
*[[Kirsty Young]] (born 1968), TV presenter, born in East Kilbride
*[[Lorraine Kelly]] (born 1959), TV presenter, attended Claremont High School in East Kilbride
*[[Ally McCoist]] (born 1962), Former Footballer, attended Maxwellton Primary School and Hunter High School in East Kilbride
*[[Hiding Place (band)]] Scottish [[numetal]] band from East Mains area of the town
==Notes==
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==References==
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* [http://www.eknewtown.com/ Interactive picture guide of East Kilbride]
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