Carbeth

{{Short description|Hamlet in Stirlingshire, Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Carbeth

| country = Scotland

| static_image = Hut on northern side of Carbeth Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1747197.jpg

| static_image_caption = A hut on Carbeth Hill above the loch

| coordinates = {{Coord|55|58|57|N|4|22|02|W|region:GB_type:city|display=inline,title}}

| unitary_scotland = Stirling

| lieutenancy_scotland = Stirling and Falkirk

| os_grid_reference = NS522793

| constituency_westminster = Stirling

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Stirling

| postcode_district = G63

| postcode_area = G

| post_town = GLASGOW

}}

Carbeth is a hamlet in Stirlingshire, {{convert|2+1/2|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} west of Strathblane and {{convert|5+1/2|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} north of Clydebank. Named features include Carbeth Hill, Carbeth Loch and the estate of Carbeth Guthrie. There is a community of huts here which was established in 1918 after the First World War, as a summer camp for returned soldiers.

Famous residents

References

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{{citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/scotland-blog/2013/mar/20/scotland-carbeth-hutters-buyout |title=Carbeth Hutters buy their forest home after bank loan |newspaper=The Guardian |author=Severin Carrell |date=20 March 2013}}

{{citation |title=Access, Nature, Culture and the Great Outdoors |author=Lesley Riddoch |work=Northern Neighbours: Scotland and Norway since 1800 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |year=2015 |isbn=9781474403436}}

{{citation |url=http://www.carbethhutters.co.uk/ |title=Traditional Hutting since 1918 |publisher=Carbeth Hutters Community Company}}

{{citation |url=http://www.strathblanefield.org.uk/history/Carbeth.html |title=History of Carbeth |author=Alison Dryden |publisher=Strathblane Heritage Society |year=2004}}

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