Birkenshaw, North Lanarkshire

Birkenshaw is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, to the east of Glasgow, and in proximity to Uddingston, Tannochside and Viewpark.^[1]^[2] Birkenshaw is largely a housing estate, but is more widely known for the Birkenshaw trading estate, popular with couples on weekends for its range of DIY, electrical and furniture stores. Birkenshaw is considered as part of Uddingston and is contained within the Greater Glasgow conurbation.

It gained some notoriety after Peter Manuel, the "beast of Birkenshaw", committed some murders there

References

↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 64 Glasgow (Motherwell & Airdrie) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2010. ISBN 9780319228951.
↑ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

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Coordinates: 55°50′06″N 4°05′16″W / 55.83500°N 4.08778°W / 55.83500; -4.08778

Settlements in North Lanarkshire

Principal towns (over 10,000)	Airdrie Bellshill Coatbridge Cumbernauld Kilsyth Motherwell Wishaw

Small towns, villages, and hamlets	Allanton Auchinloch Annathill Banton Bargeddie Birkenshaw Bogside Bonkle Cardowan Calderbank Caldercruix Carfin Carnbroe Castlecary Chapelhall Chryston Cleland Croy Dullatur Forrestfield Garrion Bridge Garnkirk Gartcosh Glenboig Glenmavis Greengairs Harthill Holytown Kelvinhead Longriggend Millerston Mollinsburn Moodiesburn Morningside Mossend Muirhead Newarthill Newhouse Newmains New Stevenston Overtown Plains Queenzieburn Ravenscraig Riggend Salsburgh Shotts Stand Stepps Tannochside Viewpark

Places of interest	Airdrie Public Observatory Bedlay Castle Carfin Grotto Clyde Valley Colzium Dalzell House Dalziel Park Drumpellier Duncarron Greenlink Cycle Path M&D's Newhouse Research Site North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life Strathclyde Country Park

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