Birkenshaw,_North_Lanarkshire

Birkenshaw, North Lanarkshire

Birkenshaw, North Lanarkshire

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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.[1][2] 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.

Old Edinburgh Road, Birkenshaw
Birkenshaw Trading Estate in 2010

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

References

  1. [1]
    Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 64 Glasgow (Motherwell & Airdrie) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2010. ISBN 9780319228951.
  2. [2]
    "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

55°50′06″N 4°05′16″W
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