Visit Blairlinn Places

Welcome to Visit Blairlinn Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Blairlinn

  

Blairlinn Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Blairlinn

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Blairlinn history

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Before the building of the new town, there were three farmsteads known as Wester, Mid and Easter Blairlinn. All three were south of the Luggie Water, near the Shank Burn and the Cameron Burn.

Blairlinn toponymy

The etymology of the name is probably ‘Pool, or mill-dam, plain’ (blàr linne) Pool is likely to be ‘Pool’ or ‘Mill-dam’ – or ‘Plain’ – meaning ‘mill-dam or plain’ Pool is the name of a pool of water in the middle of a river.

You can visit Blairlinn places with Walkfo Blairlinn to hear history at Blairlinn’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Blairlinn has 27 places to visit in our interactive Blairlinn 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 Blairlinn, 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 Blairlinn places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Blairlinn & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 27 audio facts unique to Blairlinn places in an interactive Blairlinn map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Blairlinn Places Map
27 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Blairlinn historic spots	Blairlinn tourist destinations	Blairlinn plaques	Blairlinn geographic features
Walkfo Blairlinn tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Blairlinn

  

Best Blairlinn places to visit

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

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