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Balloch, Cumbernauld Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Balloch, Cumbernauld

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Balloch, Cumbernauld history

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Balloch’s name comes from a farm on the Cumbernauld Estate of the Fleming family. It is a derivative of Scottish Gaelic bealach, meaning a pass among hills or mountains. The area it now occupies used to be covered by Balloch Farm on the west side and Eastfield Holdings on the east side.

You can visit Balloch, Cumbernauld places with Walkfo Balloch, Cumbernauld to hear history at Balloch, Cumbernauld’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Balloch, Cumbernauld has 39 places to visit in our interactive Balloch, Cumbernauld map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Balloch, Cumbernauld, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Balloch, Cumbernauld places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Balloch, Cumbernauld & the surrounding areas.

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Best Balloch, Cumbernauld places to visit

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Balloch, Cumbernauld has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Balloch, Cumbernauld’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Balloch, Cumbernauld’s information audio spots:

Carrickstone Carrickstone is on the north of the M80 and west of Cumbernauld Town Centre. The area it now occupies used to be covered by a farm.

Cumbernauld town centre Cumbernauld town centre was designed in the 1950s as a megastructure. Phase 1 was completed between 1963 and 1967, and the centre was opened by Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon in May 1967. It was expanded in 2007 by the addition of the Antonine Centre, a shopping centre linked to the older structure by walkways and lifts.

Cumbernauld Village Cumbernauld was designated a new town in 1955. The Village has a pre-mediaeval history, with a Roman settlement being built in the area due to its proximity to the Antonine Wall. After the Roman period the settlement remained and grew to such an extent that the Comyns family built their chapel there.

Kildrum Kildrum was the first area to be constructed in Cumbernauld new town, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It provided housing for workers at Burroughs factory at Old Inns. The main road is in the shape of an arc with residential streets leading from it.

Cumbernauld House Cumbernauld House is an 18th-century Vivido Scottish country house. It was built in 1731, to designs by William Adam, for John Fleming, 6th Earl of Wigtown. The house is situated on the site of (former) Cumbernault Castle, which was besieged by General Monck in 1651.

Cumbernauld Castle The Motte of the earliest castle survives, and stones of the second castle are incorporated in the present house. Cumbernauld Castle was the predecessor of Cumbernault House in the Park.

Antonine Wall The Antonine Wall was the second of two “great walls” created by the Romans in Great Britain in the second century AD. It spanned approximately 63 kilometres (39 miles) and was about 3 metres (10 feet) high and 5 metres (16 feet) wide. Construction began in AD 142 at the order of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, and took about 12 years to complete.

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