Cumbernauld

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Cumbernauld is a post-war new town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, known for its modernist planning and distinctive, often-criticized town centre architecture.

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Cumbernauld News 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf new town
town
country Scotland
criticizedFor town centre design
dialingCode 01236
foundedAsNewTown 1955
governingBody North Lanarkshire Council
hasAward Carbuncle Award
hasEducationalInstitution Cumbernauld College
hasLeisureFacility Cumbernauld Shopping Centre
Cumbernauld Theatre
hasLocalNewspaper Cumbernauld Advertiser
Cumbernauld self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cumbernauld News
hasNatureReserve Cumbernauld Community Park
surface form: Cumbernauld Glen

Luggiebank Wood
Seafar Wood
St Maurice’s Pond
hasPark Cumbernauld Community Park
hasSportsFacility Broadwood Stadium
hasUTCOffset UTC+0
hasUTCOffsetDST UTC+1
historicCounty Dumbartonshire
surface form: Dunbartonshire
languageUsed English
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
latitude 55.95
locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
surface form: Central Belt of Scotland

North Lanarkshire
locatedInTimeZone Europe/London
locatedNear Glasgow
Stirling
longitude -3.98
managedBy Scottish Wildlife Trust
nearbyAirport Edinburgh Airport
Glasgow Airport
notableFor distinctive town centre architecture
multi-level megastructure town centre
OSGridReference NS7576
partOf Scotland
United Kingdom
planningType post-war new town
postalCodeArea G
postTown CUMBERNAULD
railwayStation Cumbernauld railway station
roadServedBy A80 road
M80 motorway
sportsTeam Cumbernauld Colts F.C.
Cumbernauld Colts F.C.
surface form: Cumbernauld United F.C.
urbanPlanningStyle modernist

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Central Lowlands contains Cumbernauld
central Scotland contains Cumbernauld
subject surface form: Central Scotland
Cumbernauld hasLocalNewspaper Cumbernauld self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cumbernauld News
Greater Glasgow hasSuburb Cumbernauld