Seafar
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = Scotland
|official_name= Seafar
|gaelic_name=
| population=
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|os_grid_reference= NS756748
|map_type= Scotland
|coordinates = {{coord|55.950|-3.993|display=inline,title}}
|unitary_scotland= North Lanarkshire
|lieutenancy_scotland= Dunbartonshire
|constituency_westminster= Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
|constituency_scottish_parliament= Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
|post_town= GLASGOW
|postcode_area= G
|postcode_district= G67
|dial_code= 01236
}}
Seafar is an area of the town of Cumbernauld. The original Seafar sand pit and farm were in the middle of what is now the A8011.{{cite web|title=OS 25 inch Map 1892-1949|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=55.9435&lon=-3.9946&layers=168&b=1|website=zoomable map with Bing transparency overlay|publisher=National Library of Scotland|accessdate=10 October 2017}} Early in the new town's history Seafar was more distinct from Ravenswood and Muirhead than it now is possibly due to the building schedule and signage on paths.{{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=57|url=https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/1842/8226/1/Taylor2010_FULL.pdf#59|accessdate=25 February 2017}} Recently Seafar is more dominant, perhaps because neither Ravenswood nor Muirhead appear on road signs.{{cite book|last1=Colquhoun|first1=Ian|title=RIBA Book of British Housing 1900 to the present day|date=2008|publisher=Elsevier|location=London etc|isbn=978-0-7506-8254-1|pages=322–324|edition=2|url=https://archive.org/stream/British_Housing#page/n335/mode/2up/search/ravenswood|accessdate=25 October 2017}}
Seafar is south of the M80 motorway and is bordered by Seafar wood, planted at the time of the construction of the town. The area was the second built in the new town of Cumbernauld, its many streets are named after famous Scottish artists and writers.{{cite web|title=Seafar|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst5234.html|website=The Gazetteer for Scotland|accessdate=25 October 2017}} St Mary's is its local Roman Catholic primary school. Seafar Primary School was demolished and replaced by sheltered housing in 2004. There is a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses next to St Mary's Primary school. The demolition of multistorey flats gave rise to a new housing development by Sanctuary Homes. Over a hundred new houses in Berryhill Road and Hume Road are due for completion in March 2018.{{cite news|title=Sanctuary starts to build on Seafar sites|url=https://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/news/business/sanctuary-starts-to-build-on-seafar-sites-1-4673500|accessdate=27 January 2018|agency=Cumbernauld News|date=26 January 2018}}
File:Cumbernauld from the air (geograph 4998799).jpg and the M80, adjacent to Ravenswood.]]
