Neighbourhoods of Coatbridge

Coatbridge is a town which grew out of a series of 18th-century hamlets on the road between Airdrie and Glasgow. During the 19th century these hamlets grew into the modern-day town of Coatbridge. A number of these hamlets constitute the neighbourhoods of Coatbridge. Overlaid on the older hamlets are modern-day council estates built as a part of programme of social housing construction in the 1930s and 1950s.

There are approximately 27 distinct neighbourhoods associated with Coatbridge. A number of these neighbourhoods overlap geographically.

Generally speaking, Coatbridge's neighbourhoods are working class in composition, although the sandstone buildings of the Drumpellier, Blairhill and Dunbeth areas are regarded as the more affluent areas of Coatbridge.

List of neighbourhoods in Coatbridge South Coatbridge Kirkwood Kirkshaws Whifflet Carnbroe DundyvanDundyvan, Gazetteer for Scotland Sikeside RosehallRosehall, Gazetteer for Scotland Shawhead Greenend Barrowfield Old MonklandOld Monkland, Gazetteer for Scotland Cuparhead North Coatbridge Drumpellier TownheadTownhead, Gazetteer for Scotland Espieside GartsherrieGartsherrie, Gazetteer for Scotland Greenhill Parklands Blairhill Sunnyside CliftonvilleCliftonville, Gazetteer for Scotland CoatdykeCoatdyke, Gazetteer for Scotland Central Coatbridge DunbethDunbeth, Gazetteer for Scotland LangloanLangloan, Gazetteer for Scotland Summerlee Victoria Park Whitelaw

References

External links North Lanarkshire Council Coatbridge Museum Interactive map of the neighbourhoods and landmarks of Coatbridge