Carbrain

{{Short description|Neighbourhood in North Lanarkshire, Scotland}}

{{About|a neighbourhood in North Lanarkshire, Scotland|the bias for car ownership in car-centric societies|Motonormativity}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Carbrain

| country = Scotland

| static_image_name = Image:South Carbrain.jpg

| static_image_caption = South Carbrain's Greenrigg Road flats viewed from Cumbernauld railway station

| static_image_alt = Carbrain and Kildrum in Cumbernauld.

| population =

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| map_type = Scotland

| post_town = GLASGOW

| postcode_area = G

| postcode_district = G67

| dial_code = 01236

| constituency_westminster = Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (UK Parliament constituency)

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| unitary_scotland = North Lanarkshire

| lieutenancy_scotland = Dunbartonshire

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

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Carbrain /kar

'bren/ {{cite book|last1=Drummond|first1=Peter John|title=An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin|date=2014|publisher=University of Glasgow|location=School of Humanities College of Arts|page=227|url=http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5270/1/2014DrummondPhD.pdf#page=227|accessdate=12 August 2016}} is a neighbourhood in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire in Scotland. It gets a brief mention on William Roy's eighteenth century map of the Scottish Lowlands.{{cite web|last1=Roy|first1=William|title=Map of the Scottish Lowlands|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=14&lat=55.9561&lon=-3.9862&layers=4&b=1|website=National Library for Scotland|accessdate=26 October 2017}} In the nineteenth century it was no more than a farm steading.{{cite book|title=Dunbartonshire OS Name Books|date=1860|publisher=Scotland's Places|edition=Dunbartonshire volume 05|url=http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/dunbartonshire-os-name-books-1860/dunbartonshire-volume-05/105#zoom=2&lat=1028.5&lon=1576&layers=B|accessdate=25 February 2017}} An early map shows just a few buildings existed in 1864.{{cite web|title=Dumbarton Sheet XXVI.5 (Cumbernauld) 1864 map|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/index.cfm#zoom=14&lat=55.9524&lon=-3.9846&layers=7&b=1&point=55.9464,-3.9814|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=O.S.|accessdate=10 August 2016}} By the start of the First World War it had not grown significantly, although there was a school near the railway station.{{cite web|title=Dumbartonshire n034.02 (includes: Cumbernauld)|url=http://maps.nls.uk/view/82874541|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordnance Survey|accessdate=4 March 2017|ref=1916}} It was sometimes spelled Carbrane.{{cite web|last1=Fairweather|first1=Iain|title=Carbrain|url=http://www.ourcumbernauld.org.uk/local-farms/carbrain/|website=Our Cumbernauld|accessdate=10 February 2018}} Even in 1956 Carbrain was mostly farmland{{cite web|title=search for Carbrane|url=https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=carbrane&county=stirlingshire%2c%20scotland|website=Genes Reunited|accessdate=10 February 2018}} with a small burn flowing through it.{{cite web |title=Carbrain Gulley from 1:25,000 OS map |url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=55.9453&lon=-3.9821&layers=10&b=1 |website=National Library of Scotland |publisher=Ordnance Survey |accessdate=16 July 2018}} The map seems to show this flowing possibly down the Gully{{cite news|last1=Mackenzie|first1=Ian|title=Pride in Carbrain – a thriving neighbourhood|url=https://cumbernauldlivinglandscape.org.uk/pride-in-carbrain-ndash-a-thriving-neighbourhood/|accessdate=4 March 2017|publisher=Cumbernauld Living Landscape|date=26 September 2014}} and eventually feeding the Red Burn in the Vault Glen. This burn isn't named so can't be identified with the Horseward Burn from historic maps.{{cite web|title=NS77 (includes: Cumbernauld; Kilsyth)|url=http://maps.nls.uk/view/91578896|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordnance Survey|accessdate=4 March 2017|ref=1916}}

Derek Lyddon and James Latimer designed much of the housing in the 1960s.{{cite book|last1=Taylor|first1=Jessica|title=Cumbernauld: The Conception, Development and Realisation of a Post-war British New Town|date=2010|publisher=Edinburgh College of Art|location=Edinburgh|page=189ff|url=https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/1842/8226/1/Taylor2010_FULL.pdf#189|accessdate=25 February 2017}} Construction of Cumbernauld began in 1963, and most areas of Carbrain were inhabited by the early 1970s. For the first several years, Carbrain was considered to be highly desirable as an escape from poor housing in the Glasgow area. As newer developments have been constructed in the Cumbernauld area, Carbrain has fallen into disrepair despite periods of renovation. For example over £70 million was spent building new houses around Beechwood Court watched over by Andy Scott's artwork Vitruvian Girl.{{cite news|title=New homes for Carbrain families|url=http://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/news/new-homes-for-carbrain-families-1-2547417|accessdate=4 March 2017|agency=Cumbernauld News|publisher=Johnston Publishing Ltd.|date=2 October 2012}} Most recently there have been proposals to renovate Millcroft Road.{{cite news|title=Plan to transform Millcroft Road|url=http://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/news/politics/plan-to-transform-millcroft-road-1-4342357|accessdate=4 March 2017|agency=Cumbernauld News|publisher=Johnston Publishing Ltd.|date=18 January 2017}}

Carbrain contains ten residential areas (Carbrain 1, 2, 3 & 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14), four churches (Carbrain Baptist Church,{{cite news|title=Carbrain Baptist Church marks its half-century|url=http://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/news/carbrain-baptist-church-marks-its-half-century-1-2327690|accessdate=4 March 2017|agency=Cumbernauld News|date=3 June 2012}} Cumbernauld Free Church,{{cite web|title=Cumbernauld Free Church|url=http://www.cumbernauldfreechurch.co.uk/|accessdate=21 August 2016}} Cumbernauld United Reformed Church{{cite web|title=UR Church|url=http://www.cumbernauld-urc.org.uk/|website=Cumbernauld United Reformed Church|accessdate=4 March 2017|archive-date=5 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005230405/http://www.cumbernauld-urc.org.uk/|url-status=dead}} and St. Joseph's{{cite web |title=St Joseph's |url=http://www.stjosephs-church.co.uk/ |website=St Joseph's R.C. Church}}), two pubs (The Twa Corbies and The Jack Snipe), several local shops located throughout the site, along with a number of community buildings like the Red Cross Centre. Carbrain is supposed to have the Town Centre as its focus, so there was thought to be no need for serious scale entertainment or grocery shops.{{cite book|last1=Taylor|first1=Jessica|title=Cumbernauld: The Conception, Development and Realisation of a Post-war British New Town|date=2010|publisher=Edinburgh College of Art|location=Edinburgh|page=508|url=https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/1842/8226/1/Taylor2010_FULL.pdf#508|accessdate=25 February 2017}}

File:Underpass, Cumbernauld (geograph 2240935).jpg

Carbrain was split into two sections: North and South. North Carbrain, which was built first, included Glenhove Road, Torbrex Road, Stonylee Road, Craigieburn Road, Beechwood Road and Glenacre Road. North Carbrain is within five minutes walking distance from the Town Centre, health centre and sports centre. South Carbrain includes Millcroft Road, Greenrigg Road, Kilbowie Road, Broomlands Road, and Sandyknowes, some of which are a five-minute walk from the train station. The town centre is approximately a ten-minute walk from South Carbrain.

File:Pedestrian underpass, Cumbernauld.jpg

Carbrain was designed around pedestrians and, as such, has paths intertwining among its many streets. It is possible to get from one part of Carbrain to another using only footpaths. It was also designed so that pedestrians never had to walk alongside or cross a road.

Hillcrest was never part of Carbrain although Carbrain Temporary School became, the now demolished, Hillcrest Primary in 1971.{{cite news |title=From the Archives (1971) |url=https://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/news/from-the-archives-1-1805743 |accessdate=16 July 2018 |agency=Cumbernauld News |date=23 August 2011}} For that reason there is a community council for "Carbrain and Hillcrest" rather than just Carbrain.{{cite news |title=Fundraising appeal to help pay for gala |url=https://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/whats-on/fundraising-appeal-to-help-pay-for-gala-1-4767884 |accessdate=16 July 2018 |agency=Cumbernauld News |date=12 July 2018}}

There were three primary schools within this area. Most children who lived in these areas would have attended Langlands Primary, St Joseph's Primary or Carbrain Primary (which celebrated its 50th birthday in 2016). These primaries were feeder schools for Cumbernauld High School, Greenfaulds High School or Our Lady's High School. St Margaret of Scotland Primary replaced St Joseph's Primary during a period of reorganisation.

Carbrain Boys Club is a voluntary football club who are organising a festival in June 2017.{{cite web|title=Carbrain Boys Club|url=http://www.carbrainboysclub.com/|website=Carbrain Boys Club|accessdate=4 March 2017}}