East Kilbride

East Kilbride
Turbines at Whitelee Wind Farm
East Kilbride Old Parish Church tower
The National Museum of Rural Life
Dollan Aqua Centre
St Bride's Church, East Kilbride
The Rotten Calder in Calderglen Country Park
East Kilbride is located in South Lanarkshire
East Kilbride
East Kilbride
Location within South Lanarkshire Council area
East Kilbride is located in Scotland
East Kilbride
East Kilbride
Location within Scotland
Coordinates: 55°45′52″N 04°10′37″W / 55.76444°N 4.17694°W / 55.76444; -4.17694
Local authoritySouth Lanarkshire
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Area
 • Total26.8 km2 (10.3 sq mi)
Population
 • Total75,310 (2,022)[1]
 • Language(s)
English
Time zoneUTC±0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode districts
OS grid referenceNS635545
Railway stationEast Kilbride railway station

East Kilbride (/ ...kɪlˈbrd/; Scottish Gaelic: Cille Bhrìghde an Ear [ˈkʲʰiʎə ˈvɾʲiːtʲə əɲ ˈɛɾ]) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland, and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a raised plateau to the south of the Cathkin Braes, about eight miles (thirteen kilometres) southeast of Glasgow and close to the boundary with East Renfrewshire.

The town ends close to the White Cart Water to the west and is bounded by the Rotten Calder Water to the east. Immediately to the north of the modern town centre is The Village, the part of East Kilbride that existed before its post-war development into a New Town. East Kilbride is twinned with the town of Ballerup, in Denmark.

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.