Cumbernauld

File:Antonine.Wall.Roman.forts.jpg from west to east: Bishopton, Old Kilpatrick, Duntocher, Cleddans, Castlehill, Bearsden, Summerston, Balmuildy, Wilderness Plantation, Cadder, Glasgow Bridge, Kirkintilloch, Auchendavy, Bar Hill, Croy Hill, Westerwood, Castlecary, Seabegs, Rough Castle, Camelon, Watling Lodge, Falkirk, Mumrills, Inveravon, Kinneil, Carriden]]

Cumbernauld's history stretches at least to Roman times, as Westerwood{{cite book|last1=Macdonald|first1=George|title=Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 1932–1933 Vol.67|date=1933|publisher=Neill and Co. Ltd.|location=Edinburgh|pages=277–296|url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.104932/2015.104932.Proceedings-Of-The-Society-Of-Antiquaries-Of-Scotlandd-1932-1933-Vol67#page/n325/mode/2up/search/westerwood|access-date=23 November 2017}} was a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall,{{cite book|last1=Camden|first1=William|title=Britannia, or, A chorographical description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the adjacent islands|date=1722|publisher=Printed by Mary Matthews, for Awnsham Churchill, and sold by William Taylor ...|location=London|pages=1283–1292|edition=vol 2|url=https://archive.org/stream/gri_britanniaora02camd#page/n377/mode/2up/search/cumernald|access-date=9 October 2017}} the furthest and most northerly boundary of the Roman Empire.{{cite book|last1=Macdonald|first1=Sir George|title=The Roman wall in Scotland, by Sir George Macdonald|date=1934|publisher=The Clarendon press|location=Oxford|pages=241–258|edition=2d ed., rev., enl., and in great part rewritten|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3760345;view=2up;seq=350;size=125|access-date=11 October 2017}}

Two Roman temporary camps have been discovered and digitally reconstructed east of the fort,{{cite web|title=OS 25-inch map 1892–1949, with Bing opacity slider|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.9793&lon=-3.9618&layers=168&b=3|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=12 October 2017}} at Tollpark (now covered by Wardpark North){{cite web|title=Reconstruction model, Tollpark Temporary Camp|url=https://vimeo.com/269194027|access-date=19 May 2018|date=11 May 2018}}{{cite web|title=Tollpark|url=http://www.antoninewall.org/visiting-the-wall/things-to-see-and-do/site-by-site/tollpark|website=Frontiers of the Roman Empire|access-date=21 October 2017}} and at Garnhall,{{cite web|title=Reconstruction model, Temporary Camp, Garnhall|url=https://vimeo.com/269193916|access-date=19 May 2018|date=11 May 2018}}{{cite web|title=Garnhall|url=http://www.antoninewall.org/visiting-the-wall/things-to-see-and-do/site-by-site/garnhall|website=Frontiers of the Roman Empire|access-date=21 October 2017}} similar to the two at Dullatur. One of the most discussed{{cite book|title=The Scottish antiquary, or, Northern notes & queries|date=1890|publisher=T. and A. Constable|location=Edinburgh|url=https://archive.org/stream/scottishantiqua00unkngoog#page/n326/mode/2up/search/arniebog|access-date=12 October 2017}} Roman finds from Cumbernauld is a sandstone slab depicting Triton and a naked, kneeling captive. It was found on a farm at Arniebog{{cite book|last1=Buchanan|first1=John|title=Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society|date=1883|publisher=James Maclehose & Sons|location=St. Vincent Street, Glasgow|pages=66–77|edition=Vol II|url=https://archive.org/stream/B-001-003-725/Transactions#page/n79/mode/2up/search/arniebog|access-date=12 October 2017}} (between the runway of Cumbernauld Airport and Westerwood Golf Course).{{cite web|title=OS 25-inch map 1892–1949, with Bing opacity slider|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=55.9749&lon=-3.9836&layers=168&b=1|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=12 October 2017}} The slab{{cite web|title=distance slab (possible) decorated with triton and kneeling captive|url=http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/foxweb/huntsearch/DetailedResults.fwx?collection=archaeology&searchTerm=F.16|website=Hunterian Museum|publisher=University of Glasgow|access-date=12 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013013358/http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/foxweb/huntsearch/DetailedResults.fwx?collection=archaeology&searchTerm=F.16|archive-date=13 October 2017|url-status=dead}} can now be viewed at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow along with an uninscribed altar from Arniebog{{cite web|title=Uninscribed altar, Arniebog, Westerwood|url=https://vimeo.com/210768779|access-date=21 October 2017|date=30 March 2017}} and other artefacts like the inscribed altar, and statuette found at Castlecary and an older copy of the Bridgeness Slab.{{cite web|title=The Antonine Wall: Rome's Final Frontier|url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/collections/permanentdisplays/theantoninewall/|website=The Hunterian|publisher=University of Glasgow|access-date=10 October 2017}} In addition to these, an altarstone to Silvanus and the Sky dedicated by a centurion named Verecundus and his wife{{cite web|last1=Rohl|first1=Darrell, Jesse|title=More than a Roman Monument: A Place-centred Approach to the Long-term History and Archaeology of the Antonine Wall|url=http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9458/1/DarrellRohl_PhDThesis_2014.pdf?DDD6+#page=245|website=Durham Theses|publisher=Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online ref: 9458|access-date=14 October 2017}} has been found.{{cite web|title=NLC_Altar_To_Flavius_Verecundus_Update|url=https://vimeo.com/220976655|access-date=21 October 2017|date=9 June 2017}}{{cite web|title=Westerwood|url=http://www.antoninewall.org/visiting-the-wall/things-to-see-and-do/site-by-site/westerwood|website=Frontiers of the Roman Empire|access-date=21 October 2017}} Cumbernauld also has the only Roman altar still in the open air in Scotland: the Carrick Stone.{{cite web|title=Roman altar, near (sic) Cumbernauld|url=https://vimeo.com/98561642|access-date=21 October 2017|date=18 June 2014}}{{cite web|title=HAZARD INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS CARRICK STONE: ALTAR|url=http://www.antoninewall.org/system/files/documents/HE%20Carrick%20Stone%20-%20Altar.pdf|website=Frontiers of the Roman Empire|access-date=13 October 2017}} The stone has also been linked with Robert Bruce, being the place where he reportedly set up his standard on his way to Bannockburn.{{cite news|last1=Grant|first1=Clare|title=Saga of the Carrick Stone|url=http://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/news/saga-of-the-carrick-stone-1-353808|access-date=13 October 2017|agency=Cumbernauld News|date=2 April 2003}} There is some evidence that coffins were laid on top of the stone on their way to the cemetery in Kirkintilloch{{cite book|last1=Watson|first1=Thomas|title=Kirkintilloch, town and parish|date=1894|publisher=J. Smith|location=Glasgow|page=121|url=https://archive.org/stream/kirkintillochtow00wats#page/121/mode/1up|access-date=13 October 2017}} and that the stone has been somewhat worn away.{{cite book|last1=Donelly|first1=W. A.|title=Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland|date=1892|publisher=Neill & Co.|location=Edinburgh|pages=228–230|url=https://archive.org/stream/proceedingssoci23scotgoog#page/n274/mode/2up|access-date=13 October 2017}}

Cumbernauld's name probably comes from the Gaelic comar nan allt, meaning "meeting of the burns or streams". There are differing views as to the etymology{{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=Glasgow University|location=Glasgow|pages=232–234|url=http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5270/1/2014DrummondPhD.pdf#page=233|access-date=3 July 2017}} of this. One theory is that from its high point in the Central Belt, its streams flow both west to the River Clyde and east to the Firth of Forth so Cumbernauld's name is about it being on a watershed. Another theory ascribes the name to the meeting point of the Red Burn and Bog Stank streams within Cumbernauld Glen. 'Cumbernauld' is generally considered to be a Gaelic name. However, early forms containing Cumyr- hint at a Cumbric predecessor derived from *cömber, 'confluence' (c.f Welsh cymer, 'confluence'),{{cite book|last1=James|first1=Alan G.|title=The Brittonic Language in the Old North A Guide to the Place – Name Evidence|pages=109–110|volume=2 – Guide to the Elements|url=http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf#page=110|access-date=3 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813011121/http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf#page=110|archive-date=13 August 2017|url-status=dead}} synonymous with Aber. This seems to be suffixed with Cumbric *-ïn-alt, a topographical suffix perhaps referring to a hill or slope (Welsh yn allt, 'at a hill').

There is a record of the charter of the lands of Lenzie and Cumbernauld, granted to William Comyn by Alexander II in 1216. Cumbernauld Castle was first built as a Norman-style motte and bailey castle. Owned by the Comyns, it was situated at the east end of the park, where the motte (mound) is still visible.http://btckstorage.blob.core.windows.net/site2667/CHttpHandler.pdf Friends of the Glen pdf map. Retrieved July 2016 The Flemings took possession of Cumbernauld Castle and its estate ({{circa}}1306) after Robert the Bruce murdered the Red Comyn. Robert Fleming was a staunch supporter of Bruce, and one of his companions that day.{{cite book|last1=Hunter|first1=William|title=Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar district, archaeological, historical, and biographical|date=1868|publisher=William Paterson|location=Edinburgh|page=469|url=https://archive.org/stream/biggarhouseoffle1867hunt#page/468/mode/2up/search/cumbernauld|access-date=12 May 2018}} To provide proof that Comyn was dead, Fleming cut off his head in order to "let the deed shaw", a Fleming family motto ever since.{{Cite web |title=The Flemings of Cumbernauld Castle – Scotland and the Flemish People |url=https://flemish.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2014/05/19/the-flemings-of-cumbernauld-castle/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=flemish.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk}} On 1 October 1310 Robert the Bruce wrote to Edward II of England from Kildrum{{cite web|title=Dumbarton Sheet XXVI.1 (Cumbernauld) 1864 map|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/index.cfm#zoom=14&lat=55.9535&lon=-3.9670&layers=7&b=1&point=55.9572,-3.9877|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=O.S.|access-date=10 August 2016}} trying, unsuccessfully, to establish peace between Scotland and England.{{cite web|title=Letter from Robert the Bruce to Edward II reveals power struggle in the build-up to Bannockburn|url=http://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2013/june/headline_279405_en.html|publisher=University of Glasgow|access-date=10 August 2016}} Abercromby describes Malcolm Fleming as returning home to Inverbervie with the formerly exiled 21-year-old King David II.{{cite book|last1=Abercromby|first1=Patrick|title=The martial atchievements of the Scots nation|publisher=Edinburgh: R. Freebairn|pages=81|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012375997;view=1up;seq=109|access-date=5 August 2016}} Around 1371, the family built a second castle where the Cumbernauld House now stands.flemish.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2014/05/19/the-flemings-of-cumbernauld-castle St. Andrews conference – The Fleming Family and the Castle One castle wall exists but most of the stonework was recycled for the House or other buildings. King Robert III knighted Malcolm and granted Sir Malcolm Fleming and his heirs the charter to Cumbernauld Castle on 2 April 1406, just two days before the king's death.{{Cite book |last=Watson |first=Thomas |url=http://archive.org/details/kirkintillochtow00wats |title=Kirkintilloch, town and parish |date=1894 |publisher=Glasgow, Scot., J. Smith |others=Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center}} Malcolm (and his heir{{cite book|last1=Abercromby|first1=Patrick|title=The martial atchievements of the Scots nation|publisher=R. Freebairn|location=Edinburgh|page=270|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012375997;view=1up;seq=296|access-date=5 August 2016}} in 1427{{cite DNB|wstitle= Gray, Andrew (1380?-1469) |volume= 23 |last= Paton |first= Henry |author-link= |pages= 1-2 |year= |short=1}}) were used as hostages to ransom James I back from the English. He also seems to have been arrested by James and imprisoned briefly in Dalkeith Castle.{{cite book|title=The martial atchievements of the Scots nation|page=273|publisher=R. Freebairn|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012375997;view=1up;seq=299|access-date=5 August 2016}} In 1440, this Malcolm Fleming attended the Black Dinner along with his 16-year-old friend Earl William Douglas and his 11-year-old brother David Douglas at Edinburgh Castle.{{cite book|last1=Mackie|first1=Charles|title=The castles of Mary, Queen of Scots; being a historical description of every castellated erection which formed a residence or a prison to that Queen.|date=1835|publisher=T. Tegg|location=London|pages=81–82|edition=3d|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3760358;view=1up;seq=102|access-date=5 August 2016}} Immediately after the dinner, at which a black bull's head was served, there was a trial on trumped-up charges and the brothers were beheaded in front of the 10-year-old King James II. Malcolm shared their fate three days later.{{cite book|last1=Abercromby|first1=Patrick|title=The martial atchievements of the Scots nation|publisher=R. Freebairn|location=Edinburgh|pages=329–331|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012375997;view=1up;seq=355|access-date=5 August 2016}} Malcolm was succeeded by his son Robert.{{cite book|last1=Almon|first1=J.|title=The peerage of Scotland; a genealogical and historical account of all the peers of that ancient kingdom ...|date=1767|publisher=London|page=103|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081809950;view=1up;seq=207|access-date=5 August 2016}}

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The castle played host to the royalty of Scotland. James IV (1473–1513) wooed Margaret Drummond at Cumbernauld Castle, where Margaret's sister was married to Lord Fleming. The Drummond sisters lie buried in Dunblane Cathedral following their poisoning, possibly by a government determined to marry an unwilling King James to the sister of Henry VIII of England, Margaret Tudor. The murders made James IV a frequent visitor to Cumbernauld, Margaret Tudor accompanying him on one occasion. It is recorded that during this James' reign in 1500, the Black Death led to a special plea from the surviving people of Cumbernauld to the church authorities in Glasgow to allow them to establish their own cemetery rather than taking all their dead to St. Ninian's in Kirkintilloch.Dane Love, 1989, Scottish Kirkyards. pg 90-9 quoted in "Excavations at 3–11 Main Street, Cumbernauld" pdf They were granted permission to do so, and used the ground at the existing Comyns' chapel which dates from the end of the 12th century.

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James V is recorded as staying for a couple of days at the castle around 14 December 1529.{{cite book|last1=Renwick|first1=Robert|last2=Lindsay|first2=John, Sir|title=History of Glasgow|date=1921–1934|publisher=Maclehose, Jackson & Co.|location=Glasgow|page=337|edition=Vol 1|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofglasgow01renwuoft#page/337/mode/1up/search/cumbernauld|access-date=16 October 2017}} In November 1542, Malcolm Fleming, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland to King James V, was taken prisoner by the English at the Battle of Solway Moss, but released at a ransom of 1,000 marks, paid on 1 July 1548. Mary, Queen of Scots visited the castle and reportedly planted a sweet chestnut tree in the grounds in 1561;{{cite web|title=Mary Queen of Scots tree shortlisted for Scottish Tree of the Year 2014|url=https://www.historyscotland.com/articles/scottish-kings-and-queens/mary-queen-of-scots-tree-shortlisted-for-scottish-tree-of-the-year|website=History Scotland|access-date=24 June 2017}} she's also said to have planted a yew tree at Castlecary Castle, only a mile or two away, which still grows there. The whole great hall collapsed while the queen was staying at Commernalde on 26 January 1562, and 7 or 8 men were killed. Most of the queen's party were out hunting.{{cite book|editor1-last=Bain|editor1-first=Joseph |title=Calendar of the State Papers relating to Scotland and Mary, Queen of Scots 1547–1603, Vol. I A.D ...|date=1898|publisher=H. M. General Register House|location=Edinburgh|page=598|edition=Vol 1, no. 1071|url=https://archive.org/stream/calendarstatepa00baingoog#page/n646/mode/1up|access-date=24 June 2017}} Mary was not hurt and visited the relatives of those who were injured or killed in the village below.{{Cite web |date=2009-04-17 |title=Cumbernauld House, April 2009. |url=https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/threads/cumbernauld-house-april-2009.10294/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Derelict Places - Urban Exploring Forum |language=en-US}} Royalty often visited the town to hunt the rare Scottish ox,{{cite book|last1=Brome|first1=James|title=Travels over England, Scotland, and Wales|date=1707|pages=187|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101037570700;view=1up;seq=221|access-date=5 August 2016}} or white cattle, which roamed in the woods around Cumbernauld. These woods were a surviving fragment of the ancient Caledonian Forest, in which the oxen abounded at least till 1571 and probably until the building of the new house. Many of these were deliberately killed by Regent Lennox's men and a plaintiff complains: "And amonges others greite enormyties perpetrated be th' erles men of werre they have slayne and destroyed the dere in John Fleming's forest of Cummernald and the quhit ky and bullis, to the gryt destructione of polecie and hinder of the commonweil. For that kynd of ky and bullis hes bein keipit this money yeiris in the said forest; and the like was not mentenit in ony uther partis of the Ile of Albion as is well knowen."{{cite book|last1=Storer|first1=John, of Hellidon|title=The wild white cattle of Great Britain. An account of their origin, history, and present state|date=1879|publisher=Cassell, Petter, Galpin & co|location=London, New York [etc.]|pages=326–327|url=https://archive.org/stream/wildwhitecattleo1879stor#page/326/mode/2up|access-date=11 August 2016}} "(In English, And amongst others, great enormities perpetrated by the Earl's soldiers, they have slain and destroyed the deer{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/newstatisticalac08edin |title=The new statistical account of Scotland |date=1845 |publisher=Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood and Sons |others=Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center}} in John Fleming's forest of Cumbernauld and the white cows and bulls, to the great destruction of the park of the estate{{cite web|title=Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)|url=http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/policy|website=DSL Dictionary of the Scots Language|access-date=8 August 2016}} and hindering of the common good. For those kind of cows and bulls have been kept these many years in the said forest; and their like was not maintained in any other parts of the British Isles as is well known.")http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/kye ky definition see also Kyne

John Livingstone stayed often at Cumbernauld between 1632–1634. He was staying there during the Shotts Revival on Monday 21 June 1630 when he preached and 500 people in one day had "a discernible change wrought upon them."{{cite book |last1=Livingston |first1=Edwin Brockholst |title=The Livingstons of Livingston manor |date=1910 |publisher=The Knickerbocker press |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/livingstonsofliv00newy/page/20 20]–21 |url=https://archive.org/details/livingstonsofliv00newy |access-date=2 August 2019}} In 1640, eighteen Scottish noblemen met at Cumbernauld to sign the Cumbernauld Bond to oppose the policies of the Earl of Argyll who controlled the dominant political faction in Scotland.{{cite book|last1=Napier|first1=Mark|title=Memoirs of the Marquis of Montrose|date=1856|publisher=T.G. Stevenson|location=Edinburgh|pages=254ff|url=https://archive.org/stream/memoirsofmarquis01napiuoft#page/254/mode/2up/search/cumbernauld|access-date=24 June 2017}} Cumbernauld may have been created a Burgh of barony in 1649,{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/157.html|title=Misc. Areas – Scottish Mining Website|first=Scottish Mining|last=Website}} although there is some dispute from Hugo Millar. The Earl of Wigton was ordered to garrison the castle in 1650.{{Cite book |last=Maitland Club (Glasgow) |url=http://archive.org/details/royallettersinst00mait |title=Royal letters and instructions, and other documents : from the archives of the Earls of Wigton, MDXX-MDCL |date= |publisher=[N.p. |others=National Library of Scotland}} Cumbernauld Castle was besieged and largely destroyed by Cromwell's General Monck in 1651.{{cite web |url=https://cumbernauldhousetrust.wordpress.com/about/history/ |title=History |publisher=Cumbernauld Community Development Trust |access-date=2 August 2016|date=23 September 2010 }} Irvine records that the old castle was burned to the ground by "a party of Highlanders during the rebellion of 1715."https://archive.org/stream/bookdumbartonsh04irvigoog#page/n442/mode/1up The Book of Dunbartonshire pg 397

Cumbernauld House, which still survives, was designed by William Adam and built in 1731 near the older castle. In 1746, the retreating Jacobite army was billeted for a nighthttp://www.rbwf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1963.pdf Kirkintilloch, Town and Parish pg188 in Cumbernauld village. Rather than stay in Cumbernauld House, the commander, Lord George Murray, slept in the village's Black Bull Inn, where he could enforce closer discipline on his soldiers. After the new house was built, the castle was converted to stables, but was accidentally burnt down by dragoons posted there in 1746. The House's grounds, located in the Glen, are used today as a park, known as Cumbernauld Park.

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Workers laboured on about 40–50 farms and details from 1839 have been recorded for both arable and livestock farming. Some of them were said to make a "very considerable income" for their owners.https://archive.org/stream/newstatisticalac08edin#page/n176/mode/1up Farming Stats 1839 Weaving was an important part of the town's industry particularly during the Industrial Revolution. Irvine records that in 1841 a fifth of the whole population of 4501 people worked on about 600 hand looms.https://archive.org/stream/bookdumbartonsh04irvigoog#page/n443/mode/1up The Book of Dunbartonshire pg 398 Cotton weaving was not a lucrative profession; cottage workers struggled to make ends meet especially when competing with ongoing industrialisation.https://archive.org/stream/newstatisticalac08edin#page/n175/mode/1up Weavers' Pay In October 1878, this was compounded by the failure of the Bank of Glasgow in which much of the village's money was invested.{{cite web|title=CUMBERNAULD VILLAGE CONSERVATION AREA Supplementary Planning Guidance: SPG 27 – NLLP Policy NBE.1 and NBE.2|url=http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=9661&p=0|publisher=North Lanarkshire Council|access-date=25 February 2017}} Many lowland workers migrated and Groome's Gazetteer 1896 records a dwindling population and states "Handloom weaving of checks and other striped fabrics is still carried on, but mining and quarrying are the staple industry."http://www.gazetteerofscotland.org.uk/ Groome's – search for Cumbernauld There tended to be plenty of work, but times were hard even for skilled labourers like the nearby Calton weavers. File:Glencryan Mine - geograph.org.uk - 1449563.jpg

The mining and quarrying industries flourished after the completion of the Forth and Clyde Canal in 1790. Quarrying of limestone, coalhttps://archive.org/stream/newstatisticalac08edin#page/n203/mode/1up coal mine at Holland Hirst pg 176 Map: http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400286 and clay took place in Cumbernauld, for example at Glencryan, where adits to the old fireclay mines are still clearly visible.{{cite web|title=FireClay and FireBricks|url=http://www.monklands.co.uk/glenboig/bricks.htm|website=Monklands Memories|access-date=28 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301044539/http://www.monklands.co.uk/glenboig/bricks.htm|archive-date=1 March 2018|url-status=dead}} Groome's Gazetteer (1882–86) states: "A colliery is at Netherwood [just north of the airport]http://cameron.dinastee.me.uk/Netherwood.php Netherwood near airport and Antonine Wall{{cite web|title=Netherwood|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=55.9808&lon=-3.9790&layers=168&b=1|website=25-inch map with Bing overlay|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=28 January 2018}}{{cite web|title=Ross' map|url=http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400219|website=NLS|access-date=27 January 2018}} ironstone has been mined to a small extent by the Carron Company (at Westerwood farm);https://archive.org/stream/newstatisticalac08edin#page/n163/mode/1up iron mine Westerwood and limestone, brick-clay, sandstone, and trap are all of them largely worked, the sandstone for building, the trap for road-metal, paving, and rough masonry." The mine at Netherwood was hand-pumped, although other mines in Cumbernauld had machine pumps to clear them of water.https://archive.org/stream/newstatisticalac08edin#page/n163/mode/1up mining pumps pg 136 There was a fire clay works at Cumbernauld owned by the Glenboig Union Fireclay Company Limited.{{cite book|last1=Turner|first1=John A.|title=Brickmaking in the land o' Scots|year=1894 |publisher=Windsor and Kenfield Pub. Co.|location=Chicago|pages=166–168|edition=Brick and Clay Record, Volume 11, Issue 4|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112052628002;view=1up;seq=172|access-date=28 February 2018}}

Cumbernauld railway station was built by the Caledonian Railway and opened in August 1848 on their line from Gartsherrie (on the former Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway) to Greenhill on the Scottish Central Railway. It closed within a year but re-opened in the 1870s.

Parish records give a snapshot of heads of family's occupations in 1835 and 1839 including several bakers, servants, shoemakers and wrights.http://www.oldscottish.com/cumbernauld.html Cumbernauld Parish Records 1835, 1839 The Ordnance Survey Name Books of 1860 provide land-use information from around the same period.{{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?transcription=1|access-date=25 February 2017}} File:Small Pond on Fannyside Road, Cumbernauld - geograph.org.uk - 1321785.jpgCumbernauld was long a staging-post for changing horses between Glasgow and Edinburgh and there were several inns and a smiddy as well as half a dozen coaches a day to various towns.https://archive.org/stream/newstatisticalac08edin#page/n178/mode/1up Coaches and Boats Old maps like the 1899 O.S. map show other employment like a gas works and a stocking factory in The Village{{Cite web|url=http://maps.nls.uk/view/75675308#zoom=5&lat=3186&lon=7812&layers=BT|title=Stirlingshire Sheet XXIX.SW (includes: Cumbernauld; Kilsyth)|website=National Library of Scotland|access-date=25 February 2018}} and a corn millhttp://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst16491.html Lenziemill historic employment at Lenziemill close to the old brick and pipe works.http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.9477&lon=-3.9881&layers=1&b=1 Great Old Mapshttp://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/ordnance-survey-map-series/list/os6inch2nd/dunbartonshire/cumbernauld {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808185305/http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/ordnance-survey-map-series/list/os6inch2nd/dunbartonshire/cumbernauld |date=8 August 2016 }} more auld maps Three schools were run but the teachers were not always paid by the heritors. There were several church ministers and the Church of Scotland paid, out of collections, about 25 poor people a week who could not support themselves.https://archive.org/stream/newstatisticalac08edin#page/n180/mode/1up Education and poor relief Groome also records clerical work as there was a post office, two banks (held two days a week in a room in the inn) and a library with a newsroom.http://www.gazetteerofscotland.org.uk/ Groome's Cumbernauld

In 1880, Jane Lindsay (also called Luggie Jean on account of a deformity which gave the impression of having an extra ear) was murdered in a pool of water on the edge of Fannyside Moor, coincidentally near the stream called Luggie Water.{{cite web|title=Jean's Hole|url=https://tools.wmflabs.org/wiwosm/osm-on-ol/commons-on-osm.php?zoom=16&lat=055.950870&lon=-003.938342|website=OpenStreetMap|access-date=8 August 2016}} A local farmer was charged with her murder. Forensic experts, professors at Glasgow and Edinburgh, appeared as witnesses on opposing sides at the trial, and a not proven verdict was returned.{{cite news |title=Suspicious Death of a Woman |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=22 January 2023 |work=Edinburgh Evening News |date=3 February 1880 |page=2}}{{cite news |title=The Cumbernauld Mystery |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=22 January 2023 |work=Kirkintilloch Gazette |date=2 June 1900 |page=4}}{{cite book |last1=Millar |first1=Hugo Belsches |title=Historical Cumbernauld |date=1968 |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MbGCAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Luggie+Jean%22+Cumbernauld |access-date=22 January 2023}}

When shires were first established in Scotland in the twelfth century, the parish of Cumbernauld was included in Stirlingshire. At some point in the fourteenth century it and the neighbouring parish of Kirkintilloch were transferred to Dunbartonshire, despite not adjoining the rest of that shire. The two parishes were briefly restored to Stirlingshire between 1503 and 1509, but from 1509 until 1975 they again formed an exclave of Dunbartonshire.https://archive.org/stream/newstatisticalac08edin#page/n167/mode/2up Stirlingshire and Dumbartonshire{{cite book|last1=Carlisle|first1=Nicholas|title=A topographical dictionary of Scotland, and of the islands in the British seas. Compiled from the most authentic documents, and arranged in alphabetical order. Being a continuation of the topography of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. By Nicholas Carlisle.|date=1813|publisher=G. and W. Nicol|location=London|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002370927e;view=1up;seq=410|access-date=15 October 2017}} Between 1975 and 1996 Cumbernauld was part of the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District of Strathclyde region. Since 1996 it has been part of North Lanarkshire. The arms of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council featured the white cattle and the motto of "Daur and Prosper" boldly asserting Dare and Prosper.{{cite web|title=Cumbernauld and Kilsyth|url=http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Cumbernauld_and_Kilsyth|website=Heraldry of the World|access-date=3 April 2017}} However the open Bible and the miner's lamp were the only symbols which were carried on to the North Lanarkshire coat of arms.{{cite web|title=North Lanarkshire|url=http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=North_Lanarkshire|website=Heraldry of the World|access-date=3 April 2017}}

Cumbernauld was designated a New Townhttps://archive.org/details/new_town_TNA Early cartoon showing thinking from 1948 on 9 December 1955. This being in the post-war era there are abundant film, photographic and paper records{{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|pages=410–424|url=https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/1842/8226/1/Taylor2010_FULL.pdf#283|access-date=25 February 2017}} of this which are now being digitised. There was an inaugural ceremony on 28 June 1957 with Viscount Muirshiel, Secretary of State for Scotland of which some silent, colour footage survives. See the On film and TV section for link to this and other footage from this period.

After the Second World War, Glasgow was suffering from a chronic shortage of housing, which was often of poor quality and had residents living in overcrowded and unsafe conditions, particularly in areas such as the Gorbals. As a direct result, the Clyde Valley Regional Plan 1946 allocated sites where satellite new towns were to be built to alleviate the problem through an overspill agreement.{{cite web | url=http://www.theglasgowstory.com/story.php?id=TGSFG10| title=Modern Times: 1950s to The Present Day – Neighbourhoods -New Towns | first=W Hamish |last=Fraser |publisher=TheGlasgowStory | access-date=8 May 2010}} Glasgow would also undertake the development of its peripheral housing estates. Cumbernauld was designated as a New Town in 1955, the third to be designated in Scotland. The others were East Kilbride, Glenrothes, Livingston and Irvine (Cowling 1997).

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The development, promotion and management was undertaken, until 1996, by the Cumbernauld Development Corporation (CDC). This was a quango appointed by the Secretary of State for Scotland (Cowling 1997). The area allocated was 4,150 acres (1,680 ha) lying between and incorporating the existing villages of Condorrat and Cumbernauld. The first new housing became available in 1958. An additional 3,638 acres (1,472 ha) was added to the designated town area on 19 March 1973 to accommodate a revised{{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|pages=178–179 and 281|url=https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/1842/8226/1/Taylor2010_FULL.pdf#283|access-date=25 February 2017}} target population of 70,000.

Cumbernauld is the clearest example of a modernist new town vision in the UK.{{cite web|url=http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/history/heritage/cumbernauld-town-centre|title=From Here To Modernity Buildings – Cumbernauld Town Centre |publisher=Open2.net |date=9 December 1955 |access-date=7 May 2018}} Housing was originally built in a series of satellite neighbourhoods clustered around the hilltop town centre. Separation of people and cars was a major element of the first town masterplan, and this was carried through for much of the development of the town. Cumbernauld pioneered designs for underpasses{{cite web|title=Cumbernauld|url=http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Cumbernauld|website=Heraldry of the World|access-date=3 April 2017}} and pedestrian footbridges as well as segregated footpaths. Early neighbourhoods were designed by the CDC and were constructed at Ravenswood, Seafar and Kildrum, north of the Town Centre and Carbrain to the south.{{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=191|url=https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/1842/8226/1/Taylor2010_FULL.pdf#191|access-date=25 February 2017}} Other neighbourhoods were later developed at the Village, Greenfaulds, Condorrat, and Abronhill. Much of the housing in these areas won awards for their innovative designs.

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Cumbernauld town centre's lead designer was Geoffrey Copcutt. Phase 1 was opened by Princess Margaret in 1967, of which some footage survives.

When originally designated as a New Town, the target population was 50,000. In 1961, only five years after becoming a new town, the area to the north of the A80 was added to the town's area with new planned neighbourhoods at Westfield, Balloch, Westerwood and Carrickstone. As a result, a revised target population of 70,000 was set.{{cite web|url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/70557/details/cumbernauld+cumbernauld+town+centre+general/ |title=Site Record for Cumbernauld, Cumbernauld Town Centre, General Town Centre Details |publisher=Government of the United Kingdom |access-date=30 October 2011}} However, the 2011 UK Census still only shows about 52,000 residents.

When Raymond Gillies, a local businessman, gave Cumbernauld the St Enoch's station clock, in 1977, the Queen was celebrating her Silver Jubilee. To mark the occasion, the Queen started the clock using the pendulum motion and unveiled a commemorative plaque at Cumbernauld Town Centre, at the staircase joining the upper mall area with the old Woolco store. The clock is featured in Gregory's Girl and is now in the Antonine Centre.

After the creation of the new town, diverse industries such as high-tech, electronics, and chemical and food processing became large employers, along with the Inland Revenue (now His Majesty's Revenue and Customs). The main industrial estates were developed to the east and west along the A80 at Wardpark and Westfield. Areas at Blairlinn and Lenziemill to the south of the town have also been developed for industry.

The Cumbernauld Development Corporation (C.D.C.) disbanded in 1996.https://cumbernauldhousetrust.wordpress.com/about/ End of the C.D.C.

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The Modern era for the town can be dated from the disbanding of the C.D.C. in 1996.

The intended core of Cumbernauld remains the Town Centre buildings, all of which is essentially contained within one structure, segmented into "phases", the first of which was completed in 1967, the latest of which began construction in May 2003 for completion around September 2004.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} Initially the basic groundwork for the new shops began in 1997 and were finally completed in summer 2007. Designed to be a commerce centre, an entertainment and business venue and a luxury accommodation site, it was widely accepted as Britain's first shopping centre and was the world's first multi-level covered town centre. However, the town never developed to its planned size, and the town centre has never had the life envisaged by town planners. Further expansion has been primarily to provide further space for shops. A substantial portion of the original shopping centre was demolished due to structural damage and has been redeveloped as a new shopping and leisure complex.{{cite web|url=http://www.antoninecumbernauld.co.uk/|title=Antonine Centre website|access-date=16 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520195346/http://www.antoninecumbernauld.co.uk/|archive-date=2007-05-20|url-status=dead}}

File:Westway Retail Park sign in Wardpark, Cumbernauld - geograph.org.uk - 1311397.jpg near Castlecary]]The Centre, built in the 1960s to serve the town's commercial needs in one brutalist megastructure, has often been described as one of the ugliest{{cite news|last1=Campbell|first1=Scott|title=Cumbernauld takes battering over 'ugliest UK centre' once again|url=http://www.cumbernauld-media.com/news/community/916-cumbernauld-takes-battering-over-ugliest-uk-centre-once-again|access-date=6 August 2016|agency=Cumbernauld Media|date=August 2013}} and least-loved{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zrIC4jRVTSkC&q=cumbernauldian&pg=PA168|title=You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Through Unloved Britain|isbn=9780099546931|last1=Moore|first1=Tim|year=2013|publisher=Vintage }} examples of post-war design in Scotland.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} Despite its bad press, Cumbernauld is regarded as representing a significant moment in town design, and in 1993 it was listed as one of the sixty key monuments of post-war architecture by the international conservation organisation DoCoMoMo. In March 2022, the building was scheduled to be demolished.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-10 |title=Cumbernauld's notorious town centre to be demolished and replaced |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19983274.cumbernaulds-notorious-town-centre-demolished-replaced/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=The Herald |language=en}}

The residential structure of Cumbernauld was noteworthy in that there were no pedestrian crossings of any kind.

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Some well-known companies use Cumbernauld as a base including Mackintosh,{{cite news|title=The rebirth of the Mackintosh fashion label|url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/fashion/the-rebirth-of-the-mackintosh-fashion-label-1-1494323|access-date=27 January 2018|work=The Scotsman|date=8 February 2011}} and Farmfoods{{cite news|last1=McCulloch|first1=Scott|title=Farmfoods report 14% drop in annual sales|url=https://www.insider.co.uk/company-results-forecasts/farmfoods-report-14-drop-annual-9874852|access-date=10 February 2018|agency=Insider Publications Ltd|date=22 February 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Campbell|first1=Scott|title=Farmfoods seek permission to expand Cumbernauld HQ|url=http://www.cumbernauld-media.com/news/business/1370-farmfoods-seek-permission-to-expand-cumbernauld-hq|access-date=6 August 2016|agency=Cumbernauld Media|date=24 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815203839/http://www.cumbernauld-media.com/news/business/1370-farmfoods-seek-permission-to-expand-cumbernauld-hq|archive-date=15 August 2016|url-status=dead}} who operate in Blairlinn. Cumbernauld in the last few years has seen a surge of business activity with the OKI UK headquarters moving across town to Westfield close to Yaskawa Electronics.{{cite news|last1=McCulloch|first1=Scott|title=Yaskawa Electric UK reports strong revenue and profit growth|url=https://www.insider.co.uk/company-results-forecasts/yaskawa-electric-uk-reports-strong-11874146|access-date=10 February 2018|agency=Insider Publications Ltd|date=18 January 2018}} Irn-bru makers A.G. Barr also has its world headquarters in the Westfield part of the town.{{cite news|last1=McCulloch|first1=Scott|title=Irn-Bru maker AG Barr see sales rise to £136m after being boosted by new products|url=https://www.insider.co.uk/company-results-forecasts/irn-bru-maker-ag-barr-10915043|access-date=10 February 2018|agency=Insider Publications Ltd|date=2 August 2017}} The old Isola-Werke factory in the Wardpark area has been converted into film studios and production facilities for the TV series Outlander which frequently films within the town's greenspaces. In particular, the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Cumbernauld Glen reserve, has been used as a backdrop whose ancient oak forest remnant provides a convenient stand-in for 18th Century Highlands' scenes. In May 2016, North Lanarkshire Council agreed to the expansion the Wardpark site if funding could be found. Another industrial estate Lenziemill is home to Dow Waste Management{{cite news|title=Cumbernauld firm identified as an inspiration to Britain|url=https://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/news/business/cumbernauld-firm-identified-as-an-inspiration-to-britain-1-4741152|access-date=19 May 2018|agency=Cumbernauld News|date=17 May 2018}} and furniture maker Aquapac amongst others.{{cite news|last1=Gourley|first1=Perry|title=How the deals market is holding up well in the face of economic volatility|url=https://www.insider.co.uk/special-reports/deals-market-holds-up-well-11170741|access-date=10 February 2018|agency=Insider Publications Ltd|date=14 September 2017}}

Cumbernauld consists of more than 50% green space,{{cite web|title=About the project|url=http://cumbernauldlivinglandscape.org.uk/about/|website=Cumbernauld Living Landscape|access-date=6 August 2016}} and was designed to incorporate green spaces as a resource for the community.

The Scottish Wildlife Trust owns four wildlife reserves in the town – Cumbernauld Glen,{{cite web|title=Cumbernauld Glen|url=http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/cumbernauld-glen/#go-tabs-1|website=Scottish Wildlife Trust|access-date=6 August 2016}} Luggiebank Wood,{{cite web|title=Luggiebank Wood|url=http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/luggiebank-wood/#go-tabs-1|publisher=Scottish Wildlife Trust|access-date=6 August 2016}} Forest Wood,{{cite web|title=Forest Wood|url=http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/forest-wood/|website=Forest Wood|publisher=Scottish Wildlife Trust|access-date=6 August 2016}} and Northside Wood.{{cite web|title=Northside Wood|url=http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/northside-wood/#go-tabs-1|website=Northside Wood|publisher=The Scottish Wildlife Trust|access-date=6 August 2016}} These habitats include ancient oak forest (with attendant bluebell displays in early summer) and large areas of Scots pine coverage.

Cumbernauld (like Ben Lomond) lies on the Scottish watershed, the drainage divide which separates river systems that flow to the east from those that flow to the west. There are two main waterways which flow out of Cumbernauld: the Red Burn (from which the town's Gaelic name is derived) and the Luggie Water (immortalised by David Gray). The Red Burnhttps://archive.org/stream/castlecaryandgr00bairgoog#page/n28/mode/2up possibly derivation of Red Burn flows through Cumbrnauld Glen and there are walkways alongside this and the Bog Stank. File:Fannyside Loch, Cumbernauld - geograph.org.uk - 1288576.jpgFile:Track to Palacerigg - geograph.org.uk - 1746166.jpgThere is also a footpath along the Glencryan Burn with miles of pathways up towards Pallacerigg and Fannyside Lochs.

Fannyside Muir, to the south of the town, is part of the Slamannan plateau, an area of 183 hectares of lowland bog. This habitat is being restored by a variety of organisations including the national insect charity Buglife. The plateau is designated as a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) and an SPA (Special Protection Area), partly because of its nationally important population of Taiga Bean Geese (Anser fabialis fabialis).

File:Broadwood Loch, Cumbernauld - geograph.org.uk - 218544.jpgFile:Palacerigg Country Park - geograph.org.uk - 138609.jpgThere are a large number of parks, and there are also LNRs (Local Nature Reserves) and SINCs (Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation) owned and managed by North Lanarkshire Council. For example St. Maurice's Pond{{cite news|last1=Lambert|first1=Tracy|title=Why St Maurice's pond is a special place!|url=http://cumbernauldlivinglandscape.org.uk/news/article/why-st-maurice039s-pond-is-a-special-place/|access-date=6 August 2016|publisher=Cumbernauld Living Landscape|date=3 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819230438/http://cumbernauldlivinglandscape.org.uk/news/article/why-st-maurice039s-pond-is-a-special-place/|archive-date=19 August 2016|url-status=dead}} as a SINC and Ravenswood{{cite web|title=Local Nature Reserves|url=http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=28105|publisher=North Lanarkshire Council|access-date=6 August 2016}} has a LNR. In 1993 Broadwood Loch, a balancing lake, was created by damming the Moss Water and using a plastic waterproof membrane, and a {{convert|6|m|adj=on}} wall to hold back the water.http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst18072.html Broodwood Loch This was primarily to prevent flooding downstream but also for recreation.

A landscape scale conservation partnership led by the Scottish Wildlife Trust, the Cumbernauld Living Landscape (CLL), operates in the town with the aim of enhancing, connecting and restoring the greenspaces and improving people's perceptions of and access to them.{{cite news|last1=Campbell|first1=Scott|title=Open day celebrates the natural beauty of Ravenswood|url=http://www.cumbernauld-media.com/news/environment/1378-open-day-celebrates-the-natural-beauty-of-ravenswood|access-date=6 August 2016|agency=Cumbernauld Media|date=26 June 2015}}

In 2014, the CLL obtained camera trap footage of pine martens living in the woods within Cumbernauld and the return of this species (formerly extinct across the central belt of Scotland) has become a central plank of the organisation's strategy to improve perceptions of nature in the town.

In 1967 the Institute of American Architects voted Cumbernauld the world's best new town conferring the Reynold's Memorial Award.http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/record/rcahms/70556/cumbernauld-seafar-general/rcahms Reynold's Aware Cumbernauld is a two-time winner of the Carbuncle Awards in 2001 and 2005.{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18200899 |work=BBC News| title=Cumbernauld voted best town after double 'plook' shame | date=25 May 2012}} The town has since received the award of 'Best Town' at the Scottish Design Awards 2012. The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) awarded the town a certificate in March 2014 for its success as a New Town. In 2015 the Town Centre was awarded the Green Apple Environmental Award.{{cite news|last1=Campbell|first1=Scott|title=Cumbernauld Shopping Centre picks up environmental award|url=http://www.cumbernauld-media.com/news/business/1435-cumbernauld-shopping-centre-picks-up-environmental-award|access-date=6 August 2016|agency=Cumbernauld Media|date=11 September 2015|archive-date=15 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815173156/http://www.cumbernauld-media.com/news/business/1435-cumbernauld-shopping-centre-picks-up-environmental-award|url-status=dead}} Cumbernauld won the 2013 Beautiful Scotland Award for the best "Small City".{{cite news|title=Cumbernauld shakes off the 'Carbuncle' tag|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13122255.Cumbernauld_shakes_off_the__Carbuncle__tag/|access-date=17 September 2016|agency=The Herald|location=Glasgow|date=11 September 2013}} It has also received silver medals each year since 2009,{{cite news|last1=Campbell|first1=Scott|title=Cumbernauld gets ready to defend its Beautiful Scotland title|url=http://www.cumbernauld-media.com/news/environment/1114-cumbernauld-gets-ready-to-defend-its-beautiful-scotland-title|access-date=17 September 2016|agency=Cumbernauld Media|date=3 May 2014}} the most recent being in 2017.{{cite web|title=2017 Medals|url=http://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/local-environmental-quality/beautiful-scotland/awards-and-medals/2017-medals/|website=Beautiful Scotland|access-date=21 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022084830/https://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/local-environmental-quality/beautiful-scotland/awards-and-medals/2017-medals/|archive-date=22 October 2017|url-status=dead}} In 2017 Cumbernauld was also awarded the Garden for Life Biodiversity Award.{{cite web|title=Cumbernauld's Bloomin' Wild|url=https://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/local-environmental-quality/beautiful-scotland/enter-beautiful-scotland/2017-entrants/cumbernaulds-bloomin-wild/|website=Keep Scotland Beautiful|access-date=21 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021220539/https://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/local-environmental-quality/beautiful-scotland/enter-beautiful-scotland/2017-entrants/cumbernaulds-bloomin-wild/|archive-date=21 October 2017|url-status=dead}}

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Cumbernauld hosted Clyde F.C, who play football in the Scottish League Two, who resided at Broadwood Stadium, which was their home since they relocated from their traditional base of Glasgow in February 1994, until 2022. Their prior interim use of other football grounds has led Clyde fans to be known as the "Gypsy Army".

In 2012, Broadwood Stadium's grass pitch was replaced by a new artificial FIFA standard 3G surface in a partnership between fellow tenants and Lowland League club Cumbernauld Colts, North Lanarkshire Leisure and the local council. Cumbernauld is home to Junior football side Cumbernauld United who play at Guy's Meadow.

Five-a-side can be played at the Tryst Sports Centre or Broadwood who also have seven-a-side and full size pitches. Pitches are bookable at Ravenswood and Oak Road too. Broadwood also has a BMX track{{cite news|last1=MacLean|first1=Ian|title=BMX action at Cumbernauld|url=http://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/sport/more-sport/bmx-action-at-cumbernauld-1-4243785|access-date=5 October 2016|publisher=Cumbernauld News}} and spin classes for cycling.

File:Tryst Sports Centre, Cumbernauld - geograph.org.uk - 221818.jpgThe town's rugby team, Cumbernauld RFC, were formed in 1970 and grew to have 3 senior men's teams and several junior teams.{{cite news|title=Players turn out in force for Cumbernauld event|url=http://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/sport/more-sport/players-turn-out-in-force-for-cumbernauld-event-1-4206768|access-date=5 October 2016|publisher=Cumbernauld News|date=19 August 2016}} The club and council agreed in the late 1970s to develop the Auchenkilns area in Condorrat. The multi-sports facility opened in 1979 and is now shared with Kildrum United FC. They play in West Region League 3, the 7th tier of club rugby in Scotland.{{Cite web|title=Cumbernauld Rugby Football Club|url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/cumbernauldrugbyclub|access-date=2022-01-04|website=www.pitchero.com}}

The Cumbernauld Gymnastics Club moved into its base at Broadwood Gymnastics Academy in the early 1990s it, a purpose built building at the same site as Broadwood Stadium. They also have tennis and short tennis at Broodwood. Dance classes are held at a number of location including Cumbernauld Theatre which also has drama classes and programmes.

The Cumbernauld Handball Team, Tryst 77,{{cite news|last1=Maclean|first1=Ian|title=Cumbernauld handball club Tryst 77 celebrates 40 glorious years|url=https://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/sport/more-sport/cumbernauld-handball-club-tryst-77-celebrates-40-glorious-years-1-4656058|access-date=13 January 2018|agency=Cumbernauld News|date=11 January 2018}} which in 2007 came second in the British Handball Championships. The Tryst houses the Cumbernauld swimming team, the Tryst Lions wrestling club and squash and badminton courts as well as gyms. Martial arts are practised in The Link, the Tryst and at Broodwood. Raw Taekwondo also have a centre at Westfield Industrial Estate.{{cite news|last1=Maclean|first1=Ian|title=New Taekwondo centre can help boost sport|url=http://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/sport/more-sport/new-taekwondo-centre-can-help-boost-sport-1-4211021|access-date=5 October 2016|publisher=Cumbernauld News|date=24 August 2016}}

File:Entrance to Palacerigg Country Park - geograph.org.uk - 560657.jpgThe Palacerigg Field Archers, that meets for practice at the Tryst Sports Centre and has an archery course at the nearby Palacerigg Country Park where competitions are held. Palacerigg also has one of the town's three golf courses; the other two are Dullatur Golf Club, and Westerwood, which was designed by Seve Ballesteros and Dave Thomas.

Snooker is played at the Red Triangle. Bowls is played in the Village, Abronhill, Ravenswood and in Condorrat. A small attraction World of Wings near Blairlinn houses a collection of birds of prey, offering flying displays and conservation activities.{{cite web|title=World of Wings|url=https://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/world-of-wings-p560971|access-date=1 September 2018|website=VisitScotland}}

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In terms of public transport, Cumbernauld has bus links{{cite news|last1=Campbell|first1=Scott|title=Bus stance improvements nearing|url=http://www.cumbernauld-media.com/news/community/1455-bus-stance-improvements-nearing|access-date=6 August 2016|agency=Cumbernauld Media|date=11 November 2015}} to Glasgow, including the airport,{{cite web|title=First ever Airlink bus from Cumbernauld to Glasgow Airport ready for launch|url=http://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/news/local-news/first-ever-airlink-bus-from-cumbernauld-to-glasgow-aiport-ready-for-launch-1-4199247|website=Cumbernauld News|access-date=10 August 2016}} Stirling, Falkirk, Dunfermline and St Andrews, which are operated by FirstGroup and Stagecoach. Various parts of the town are linked by local bus services, operated by smaller companies such as Canavan Travel and Dunn's Coaches. Rail services to and from the town are provided by ScotRail.

The town has rail links to Glasgow, Falkirk, Motherwell and Edinburgh via Cumbernauld railway station. There is also a station at Greenfaulds. Croy railway station to the north of the town has rail links to Edinburgh, Alloa, Dunblane and Glasgow. The lines through Croy and Cumbernauld stations were electrified in 2017 as part of the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP).{{Cite web|title=EGIP - Electrification Programme|url=http://www.egip.info/projects/electrification-programme|access-date=2022-01-04|website=www.egip.info}} Other working lines include the Argyle Line and the North Clyde Line.

Nearby motorway links include the M8, M73, M74, M80, M876 and M9. A local campaign was recently initiated to protest at the proposed extension of the M80 within the town limits. The A80 was upgraded to the M80, opening fully in 2011.{{Cite web|title=M80 {{!}} Glasgow Motorway Archive|url=https://www.glasgowmotorwayarchive.org/m80|access-date=2022-01-04|website=Glasgow Mway Arc|language=en}}

Cumbernauld Airport (EGPG) is primarily used for the training of fixed wing and rotary wing pilots, it also has an aircraft maintenance facility. The airport has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee, Cormack Aircraft Services Limited. The airport was opened by the Cumbernauld Development Corporation in the late 1980s. Before the airport was constructed there was a grass strip in use on the same site.

The local Cumbernauld newspaper is the Cumbernauld News.

Cumbernauld FM is a community station broadcasting to the town of Cumbernauld and surrounding areas on 106.8 FM and online.

The Lanternhouse Theatre was opened in the grounds of Cumbernauld Academy to replace Cumbernauld Theatre which closed in 2019.{{Cite web|last=Pringle|first=Michael|date=2021-10-09|title=New Lanternhouse Theatre opens its doors and lets the light in|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/lanarkshire/cumbernaulds-new-lanternhouse-theatre-opens-25151051|access-date=2022-01-04|website=Daily Record|language=en}} The theatre company grew out of the community run Cottage Theatre (EST. 1963) set up in 1978 as a charitable trust run civic theatre. Over the years it has built up a favourable reputation on the Scottish arts scene, for both its in-house productions and community outreach initiatives. In 2019 the company won a Fringe First award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Cumbernauld has 11 council members out of 69 North Lanarkshire Councillors.{{cite web|title=Member and Committee Information|date=24 August 2009|url=https://mars.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/egenda/public/main.pl?op=ListCurrentMembers|publisher=North Lanarkshire Council|access-date=6 August 2016|archive-date=8 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808235549/https://mars.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/egenda/public/main.pl?op=ListCurrentMembers|url-status=dead}}

Jamie Hepburn is the area's elected MSP for the Scottish Parliament constituency. He is also a member of the Scottish National Party.{{cite web|title=Jamie Hepburn MSP|url=http://www.parliament.scot/msps/currentmsps/Jamie-Hepburn-MSP.aspx|website=The Scottish Parliament|access-date=6 August 2016}} As part of the Central Scotland region there are 7 additional MSPs. Of these four are Labour (Mark Griffin, Monica Lennon, Richard Leonard and Elaine Smith; and 3 are Conservative (Alison Harris, Margaret Mitchell and Graham Simpson).

Stuart McDonald is the area's elected MP for the UK Parliament constituency. He is a member of the Scottish National Party.{{cite news|last1=Campbell|first1=Scott|title=Cumbernauld's MP is officially sworn in|url=http://www.cumbernauld-media.com/news/politics/1339-cumbernauld-s-mp-is-officially-sworn-in|access-date=6 August 2016|agency=Cumbernauld Media|date=21 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815185400/http://www.cumbernauld-media.com/news/politics/1339-cumbernauld-s-mp-is-officially-sworn-in|archive-date=15 August 2016|url-status=dead}} As he said in his maiden speech he has sometimes been mistaken for his namesake who is also an SNP MP.{{cite news|last1=Campbell|first1=Scott|title=MP McDonald makes maiden speech|url=http://www.cumbernauld-media.com/news/politics/1400-mp-mcdonald-makes-maiden-speech|access-date=6 August 2016|agency=Cumbernauld Media|date=16 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815201837/http://www.cumbernauld-media.com/news/politics/1400-mp-mcdonald-makes-maiden-speech|archive-date=15 August 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Stuart C. McDonald MP|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/stuart-c.-mcdonald/4393|website=UK Parliament|access-date=6 August 2016}}

Until the UK's withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020, there were also 6 MEPs for Scotland (European Parliament constituency) from four different parties.

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The New Statistical Accounts of Scotland (April 1839) described 3 schools:

Cumbernauld Village 80–90 pupils, Condorat [sic] 60–70 pupils, Garbethill [East Fannyside] 20 pupils. It records "few people between 6 and 15 are unable to read the Bible".https://archive.org/stream/newstatisticalac08edin#page/n175/mode/1up New Stats Education Groome's Gazetteer (1896) has "Three public schools – Cumbernauld, Condorrat, and Arns [near today's Abronhill] – and Drumglass Church school, with respective accommodation for 350, 229, 50, and 195 children, had (1880) an average attendance of 225,98,30, and 171."http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/157.html School attendance late 19th C With the coming of the railway a new school was built after some controversy.{{cite web|last1=Fairweather|first1=Iain|title=primary school|url=http://www.ourcumbernauld.org.uk/southern-district/primary-school/|website=Our Cumbernauld|access-date=10 February 2018}} Opening in 1886, it was known as the Southern District School and was close to the railway station.{{cite web|title=Southern District School|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=55.9416&lon=-3.9799&layers=168&b=1|website=25-inch O. S. map|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=10 February 2018}}

Historical New Town primary schools include: Cumbernauld Primary (village), Glenhead Primary, Hillcrest Primary (Carbrain Temporary School), Langlands Primary, Melrose Primary,, Sacred Heart Primary, Seafar Primary, and St Joseph’s, Now known as St. Margaret of Scotland Primary.

Historical New Town secondary schools include: Abronhill High (Closed as of July 2014) and Cumbernauld High (became Cumbernauld Academy).

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• Abronhill Primary
• Baird Memorial Primary
• Carbrain Primary
• Condorrat Primary
• Cumbernauld Primary
• Eastfield Primary
• Kildrum Primary
• Ravenswood Primary
• St. Andrew's Primary
• St. Helen's Primary
• St. Lucy's Primary
• St. Margaret of Scotland Primary
• St. Mary's Primary
• Westfield Primary
• Whitelees Primary
• Woodlands Primaryhttp://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1541 North Lanarkshire Primaries

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• Cumbernauld Academy with new school building which opened in 2019, old building has since been demolished.
• Greenfaulds High School with new school building which opened in September 2016, old building has since been demolished.{{cite news|title=Cumbernauld has new school as Greenfaulds High School opens|url=http://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/news/cumbernauld-has-new-school-as-greenfaulds-high-school-opens-1-4244418|access-date=4 October 2016|agency=Cumbernauld News}}{{cite news|last1=Campbell|first1=Scott|title=Work starts on new Cumbernauld school campus|url=http://www.cumbernauld-media.com/news/education/1252-work-starts-on-new-cumbernauld-school-campus|access-date=6 August 2016|date=20 January 2015}}
• Our Lady's High School
• St. Maurice's High Schoolhttp://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1552 North Lanarskshire High Schools

• Glencryan Schoolhttp://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5942 Glencyran School council
• Redburn Schoolhttp://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5946 Redburn School council

• New College Lanarkshire (formerly Cumbernauld College)

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There are currently at least 22 churches in the town.

These include:

• Abronhill Parish
• Condorrat Parish
• Cumbernauld Old Parish
• Kildrum Parish
• St Mungo's

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• Our Lady and St. Helen's
• Sacred Heart
• St. Joseph's
• St. Lucy's

• Apostolic Church{{cite web|title=Greenfaulds Apostolic Church|url=http://www.greenfaulds-ac.co.uk/modules/wfchannel/|access-date=21 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828020431/http://www.greenfaulds-ac.co.uk/modules/wfchannel/|archive-date=28 August 2016|url-status=dead}}
• Cumbernauld Baptist Church
• Cornerstone Christian Fellowship{{cite web|title=Cornerstone House|url=http://www.cornerstone-house.org.uk/|access-date=21 August 2016}}
• Craigalbert Church
• Cumbernauld Free Church{{cite web|title=Cumbernauld Free Church|url=http://www.cumbernauldfreechurch.co.uk/|access-date=21 August 2016}}
• United Presbyterian church."http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/157.html Groome's Gazetteer
• Freedom City Church{{cite web|title=Freedom City Church, Cumbernauld|url=http://www.freedomcitychurch.co.uk/|website=Freedom City Church, Cumbernauld|access-date=4 November 2017}}
• Holy Name Episcopal Church{{cite web|title=Holy Name, Cumbernauld|url=http://www.scotland.anglican.org/church/holy-name-cumbernauld/|website=The Scottish Episcopal Church|access-date=21 August 2016}}
• Mossknowe Gospel Hall
• The Salvation Army{{cite web|title=Cumbernauld A church for the community|url=http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/cumbernauld|website=The Salvation Army|access-date=21 August 2016}}
• United Reformed Church{{cite web|title=Cumbernauld URC|url=http://www.cumbernauld-urc.org.uk/|access-date=21 August 2016|archive-date=5 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005230405/http://www.cumbernauld-urc.org.uk/|url-status=dead}}
• Jehovah's Witnesses
• Latter Day Saints Church

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1. Cumbernauld (1957) colour 2 mins. Cutting turf silent – inaugural ceremony on 28 June 1957 with Viscount Muirshiel, Secretary of State for Scotland.{{Cite web|url=https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/5020?search_term=cumbernauld&search_join_type=AND&search_fuzzy=yes|title=Full record for 'CUMBERNAULD NEW TOWN INAUGURAL CEREMONY: 28th June, 1957' (5020) - Moving Image Archive catalogue|website=movingimage.nls.uk}}
2. Building New Houses at Cumbernauld. (1959) colour 6 mins possibly Braehead Rd. Kildrum or Fleming Rd. Seafar?{{Cite web|url=https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/5343?search_term=cumbernauld&search_join_type=AND&search_fuzzy=yes|title=Full record for 'BUILDING NEW HOUSES AT CUMBERNAULD' (5343) - Moving Image Archive catalogue|website=movingimage.nls.uk}}
3. Glasgow (1963) colour 20 mins Douglas Gray Includes very brief footage of East Kilbride and Cumbernauld{{Cite web|url=https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/0915|title=Full record for 'GLASGOW' (0915) - Moving Image Archive catalogue|website=movingimage.nls.uk}}
4. Look at Life – Living with Cars (1964) colour 9 mins clip From 6m55 in the YouTube clip{{cite web|url=http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5996&hilit=film&start=615#p276394|title=Look at Life – Living with Cars|publisher=Rank}}
5. British Movietone News (1965) B&W 2 min Roundabout International journalists visit Cumbernauld.{{Cite web|url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/327715|title=Cumbernauld · story · British Universities Film & Video Council|website=bufvc.ac.uk}}
6. The Design of Space (1966) Dir: Don C. Chipperfield (minutes 1–3){{Cite web|url=http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/6067|title=East Anglian Film Archive: The Design of Space, 1966|website=www.eafa.org.uk}} with incredible pronunciation of Cumbernauld.
7. Pathe News (1967) B&W 1 min Princess Margaret in Cumbernauld to open Phase 1 {{cite web|url=http://www.britishpathe.com/video/princess-margaret-in-cumbernauld/|title=Princess Margaret in Cumbernauld|first=British|last=Pathé}}
8. New Towns (1969) 22 mins colour. A study of the new towns of East Kilbride, Glenrothes, Cumbernauld and Livingston.{{Cite web|url=http://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1826|title=NEW TOWNS|website=National Library of Scotland|access-date=25 February 2018}}
9. Cumbernauld, Town For Tomorrow (1970) 25 mins colour. Director Robin Crichton. Narrated by Magnus Magnusson{{Cite web|url=https://movingimage.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=2227&search_term=cumbernauld&search_join_type=AND&search_fuzzy=yes|title=Full record for 'CUMBERNAULD, TOWN FOR TOMORROW' (2227) - Moving Image Archive catalogue|website=movingimage.nls.uk}}
10. Marshall-Orr (1975) 17 mins colour silent Has some footage of the Town Centre and railway station.{{Cite web|url=https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/8241?search_term=cumbernauld&search_join_type=AND&search_fuzzy=yes|title=Full record for 'GUID GEAR 'SMA' BOOK' (8241) - Moving Image Archive catalogue|website=movingimage.nls.uk}}
11. Cumbernauld HIT (1977) 44 mins colour. A James-Bond type fiction film about an evil woman's plans to 'hi-jack' the New Town of Cumbernauld with a bio-weapon dir: Murray Grigor, Sponsor: CDC.{{Cite web|url=https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/4294?search_term=Cumbernauld+HIT&search_join_type=AND&search_fuzzy=yes|title=Full record for 'CUMBERNAULD HIT' (4294) - Moving Image Archive catalogue|website=movingimage.nls.uk}} Has some chase sequences round the old Town Centre.
12. Gregory's Girl Bill Forsyth's 1981 film set in Abronhill High and around the town. The name of the town in the film was Climackston New Town (sic) and it was signed as being 20 miles from Glasgow, 25 miles from Edinburgh and 9000 miles from Caracus.http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/search.php?keywords=film&t=5996&sf=msgonly Gregory's Girl New Town
13. Spaniards in Cumbernauld (2016) – A 13-minute documentary in English made for an HND project.{{cite web|last1=Gozalves|first1=Tomas|title=Spaniards in Cumbernauld|url=https://randomframescompany.wordpress.com/2016/06/09/spaniards-in-cumbernauld/|website=Randomframescompany|access-date=25 February 2017}}
14. Night-time Window on Wildlife (2017) 4 mins – Cumbernauld Living Landscape's footage with volunteers' help.{{cite news|last1=Barclay|first1=Paul|title=Night-time Window on Wildlife|url=http://cumbernauldlivinglandscape.org.uk/news/article/night-time-window-on-wildlife/|access-date=28 July 2017|agency=Cumbernauld Living Landscape|date=26 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728162738/http://cumbernauldlivinglandscape.org.uk/news/article/night-time-window-on-wildlife/|archive-date=28 July 2017|url-status=dead}}
15. Beats (2019) Brian Welsh's film set in 1994 about two Scottish friends who head out for a final night of partying before they go their separate ways.

1. STV Town Planning – The New Town of Cumbernauld (1966) Geoff Rimmer{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b75b7d4c0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915145647/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b75b7d4c0|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 September 2016|title=Town Planning - The New Town of Cumbernauld (1966)|website=BFI}}
2. STV – Gallimaufrey (c. 1970) 3 mins colour – A Cumbernauld Poem – A vision of a new town{{Cite web|url=https://scotlandonscreen.org.uk/browse-films/007-000-000-409-c|title=Gallimaufrey – A Cumbernauld Poem | Scotland on Screen|website=scotlandonscreen.org.uk}}
3. STV – Cumbernauld (c. 1973) 3 mins colour, silent – A look at Cumbernauld whilst much of the area is still under construction{{cite web|title=Cumbernauld|url=http://movingimage.nls.uk/film/T1547|website=Moving Image Archive|publisher=STV|access-date=10 September 2017}}
4. It's a Knockout (1981) BBC 45 mins Dunfermline vs Cumbernauld vs Glenrothes (can be found with video search).{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8755fbbb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915155910/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8755fbbb|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 September 2016|title=It's a Knockout![26/06/81] (1981)|website=BFI}}
5. STV's The Riverside Show had a 12-minute piece by Lizzie Clark on 28 August 2014 including interviews with Councillor Tom Johnston and Outlander producer David Brown.{{cite web|last1=Laithwaite|first1=Cara|title=New Cumbernauld Fix on STV|url=http://www.fixers.org.uk/news/10382-11208/new-cumbernauld-fix-on-stv.php|website=Fixers|publisher=Public Service Broadcasting Trust|access-date=25 February 2017}}
6. STV had a short piece about the positives of the town: Reasons Cumbernauld is possibly the best place in Scotland.http://stv.tv/news/west-central/1345854-reasons-cumbernauld-is-possibly-the-best-place-scotland/ STV one minute of footage
7. Happy Birthday to the Town for Tomorrow! (May 2017) 3 mins – Short BBC compilation for 50th; includes Dudley Leaker.{{cite news|title=Happy Birthday to the Town for Tomorrow!|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-40011686/happy-birthday-to-the-town-for-tomorrow|access-date=28 July 2017|publisher=BBC|date=25 May 2017}}
8. A look back at the town of Cumbernauld (December 2017) 4 mins – Sixty years on from Cumbernauld's inauguration as a new town, BBC Rewind visits to see how it has changed and hear the memories of some of the first residents.{{cite news|title=A look back at the town of Cumbernauld|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-42400751/a-look-back-at-the-town-of-cumbernauld|access-date=2 January 2018|publisher=BBC|date=31 December 2017}}

Wardpark Film and Television Studios is based in the Wardpark Industrial Estate and owned by Hackman Capital Partners and partner Square Mile Capital Management. Being a 200,000-square foot facility, it is the largest studio in Scotland.

The Outlander TV series used the studios for sets; and several scenes from the TV series were shot in local woodland. CGI for Marvel Studios' Avengers: Infinity War (2018) was produced at the studios.{{cite web|last1=Beers|first1=Roy|title=Marvel-lous new film hit for Cumbernauld|url=http://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/news/marvel-lous-new-film-hit-for-cumbernauld-1-4377152|access-date=27 February 2017|website=Cumbernauld News}}

Many of Cumbernauld's residential areas retain the names of previous farms in their vicinity.{{cite book|title=Ordnance Survey of Scotland, Books of reference to the 25-inch parish maps of Scotland, Vol. 51, Cullen to Drumoak|date=1855–1882|publisher=Ordnance Survey|url=https://archive.org/stream/ordnancesurveyofv51unse#page/151/mode/2up/search/cumbernauld|access-date=12 May 2018}}

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• Abronhill
• Balloch
• Blackwood
• Carbrain
• Carrickstone
• Condorrat
• Craigmarloch
• Cumbernauld Village
• Eastfield
• Greenfaulds
• Kildrum
• Luggiebank
• Ravenswood
• Seafar
• Smithstone
• Westerwood
• Westfield
• Whitelees

Cumbernauld is twinned with Bron, France.

• Andy Anderson (born 1953), footballer
• Ifeoma Dieke (born 1981), footballer
• Craig Ferguson (born 1962), comedian
• Jon Fratelli (born 1979), musician and songwriter
• Jay Fulton, (born 1994), footballer
• John Gibb (1831{{ndash}}1909), painter
• Andrew Haddow (1903{{ndash}}1979), footballer
• Reid Jack (1924{{ndash}}2003), golfer
• Steve Kean (born 1967), footballer and team manager
• Blair Malcolm (born 1997), footballer
• Andrew McAtee (1888{{ndash}}1956), footballer
• Tom McAteer (1876{{ndash}}1959), footballer
• Lynn McCafferty (born 1979), handball player
• Jimmy McCulloch (1953-1979), rock guitarist
• Bob McNicol (1933{{ndash}}1980), footballer
• Neil Primrose (born 1972), musician
• Paula Sage, actress

• List of places in North Lanarkshire
• List of settlements in Scotland by population

Specific references:

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General references:

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• Cowling, D (1997) An Essay for Today- The Scottish New Towns 1947–1997 (Rutland Press, Edinburgh)
• [http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/scotlandonfilm/media_clips/index_topic.shtml?topic=newlife&subtopic=new_towns Scotland on Film new town archive]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160821024235/http://www.bestlaidschemes.com/moviezone/new-towns/ Film- New Towns in Scotland]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060113001831/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14934-1493490,00.html Times Online article]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120302203020/http://www.cumbernauldpark.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Cumbernauld Park]
• [http://www.ablab.org/cumbernauld/ Cumbernauld, Town for Tomorrow]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060514154802/http://www.murraydunloparchitects.com/news/news-06-04-06-newtowns.htm New Towns: Can They Be Given New Life?]
• [http://www.musicpro.co.uk/sites/lanarkshire360/sites/cumbernauld/pages/cumbernauld_index.html 360 Degree Panoramas of Cumbernauld Airport] from musicpro.co.uk

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• [https://cumbernauldcf.wordpress.com/ Cumbernauld Community Forum] - The local committee who organise the annual Cumbernauld Gala Day.
• [https://cumbernauldfm.com/ Cumbernauld FM] - Community radio station.

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