East Kilbride

East Kilbride (Cille Bhrìghde an Ear in Scottish Gaelic) is a town in West Central Scotland, about 10 miles south of Glasgow. East Kilbride emerged from a small village of around 900 inhabitants to a busy new town (the first in Scotland, designated in 1947) with a population of over 74,000 (estimate in 2003). Twinned with the city of Ballerup in Denmark, the town lost out to Stirling in 2002 to be granted city status for the Queen's Golden Jubilee, and prior to that it lost out to Inverness in 2000 as the Millennium city.

Related Topics:
Scottish Gaelic - Scotland - Glasgow - New town - Ballerup - Denmark - Stirling - Inverness

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East Kilbride sits on the Calder river.

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Its large shopping centre, known by local residents as "The Town Centre" rather than its separately named departments, holds the title of largest indoor shopping centre in Scotland and 10th largest in Europe.

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