East Kilbride is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population.
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18 Facts About East Kilbride
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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.
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East Kilbride traditionally takes its name from an Irish saint named St Bride, who was alleged to have founded a monastery for nuns and monks in Kildare in Leinster, Ireland, in the 6th century.
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East Kilbride grew from a small village of around 900 inhabitants in 1930 to become a large burgh in 1967.
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East Kilbride was the first of six new towns in Scotland to be designated, in 1947, followed by Glenrothes, Cumbernauld, Livingston, Irvine and Stonehouse, although Stonehouse new town was never built.
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Story of how workers at the Rolls-Royce factory in East Kilbride prevented engines for military jets being serviced and supplied between 1974 until 1978 to the Chilean military dictatorship is told in the 2018-released documentary, Nae Pasaran.
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Closest town to the south of East Kilbride is Strathaven, about 7 miles away via another section of the A726.
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East Kilbride is often considered to form part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation.
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East Kilbride is divided into a number of smaller neighbourhoods bordered by main through-roads.
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From 1975 East Kilbride lent its name to a local government district in the Strathclyde region.
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East Kilbride is home to the National Museum of Rural Life, located at Wester Kittochside farm.
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Only other museum in East Kilbride was the Hunter House Museum, which closed after the financial crash to later open again as a cafe.
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Three main roads connect East Kilbride with surrounding suburbs and the city, one being the A727 leading west to Busby and on to Clarkston Toll.
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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.
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St Bride's Church is one of the buildings in East Kilbride and was designed by the architects Gillespie, Kidd and Coia and built between 1957 and 1964.
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East Kilbride RFC were formed in 1968 and are based at the Torrance House Arena, at Calderglen Country Park.
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East Kilbride Pirates are the country's top American football team and play in the BAFA Community Leagues.
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