Rutherglen

Rutherglen
Town
Main Street, the main shopping area of Rutherglen
Rutherglen is located in South Lanarkshire
Rutherglen
Rutherglen
Rutherglen is located in Glasgow council area
Rutherglen
Rutherglen
Location within Scotland
Rutherglen is located in Scotland
Rutherglen
Rutherglen
Rutherglen (Scotland)
Population30,950 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNS614616
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLASGOW[2]
Postcode districtG73
Dialling code0141
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
55°49′41″N 4°12′50″W / 55.828°N 4.214°W / 55.828; -4.214

Rutherglen (/ˈrʌðərɡlɪn/; Scots: Ruglen, Scottish Gaelic: An Ruadh-Ghleann) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, three miles (five kilometres) from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde. Having previously existed as a separate Lanarkshire burgh, in 1975 Rutherglen lost its own local council and administratively became a component of the City of Glasgow District within the Strathclyde region (along with neighbouring Cambuslang).[3] In 1996 the towns were reallocated to the South Lanarkshire council area.[4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "List of UK post towns". Evox Facilities. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  3. ^ "New Local Government areas". Hansard. 22 October 1973. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  4. ^ Irene Maver. "Modern Times: 1950s to The Present Day > Neighbourhoods". The Glasgow Story. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Scotland's Landscape: City of Glasgow". BBC. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  6. ^ Rutherglen residents not interested in Glasgow return, Daily Record, 9 April 2017
  7. ^ From a pawnbrokers to Parliament - Tommy McAvoy looks back on a career that took him to the House of Lords, Marc McLean, Daily Record, 11 September 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2022.