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Birkenshaw, North Lanarkshire

Village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland

Summary

Village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland

Birkenshaw is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, to the east of Glasgow, and in proximity to Uddingston, Tannochside and Viewpark. Historically it is part of Lanarkshire. Largely a residential area, it is more widely known for the Birkenshaw Trading Estate (Rannoch Road) which contains a range of DIY, electrical and furniture stores. It is sometimes considered as part of Viewpark and is contained within the Greater Glasgow conurbation.

It gained some notoriety after Peter Manuel, the "beast of Birkenshaw", committed some murders there.

References

(2010). "Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 64 ''Glasgow (Motherwell & Airdrie)''". Ordnance Survey.
(1 January 2016). "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer". Ordnance Survey.

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