Riggend
Riggend is a hamlet in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Riggend is situated nearby to the hamlet Cullochrig (Farm), as well as near the locality Cameron Glen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Greenfaulds railway station and Airdrie Academy.
Greenfaulds railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stevie Spiers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greenfaulds railway station serves the Greenfaulds area of the town of Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is also within walking distance of the Lenziemill industrial estate, the Luggie Water and the Blairlinn industrial estate. Greenfaulds railway station is situated 2 miles north of Riggend.
Airdrie Academy
School
Photo: Jim Smillie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Airdrie Academy is a secondary school located within Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Airdrie Academy is situated 2 miles south of Riggend.
Greenfaulds High School
School
Photo: Hboyle1992, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Greenfaulds High School is a mixed, non-denominational six-year comprehensive secondary school. The original building was opened in 1971, while the new building was first opened to the public on 29 September 2016, and the old building has now been demolished. Greenfaulds High School is situated 2½ miles northwest of Riggend.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wattston and Greengairs.
Wattston
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wattston is a village on the B803, west of Greengairs in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Between them Wattston and Greengairs have about 1,190 residents. It is around 4 km south of Cumbernauld, and 4 km north of Airdrie.
Greengairs
Village
Photo: Raymond Okonski, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greengairs is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Greengairs is shown on a map by Roy c.1754 under the name of Green Geirs. In toponymy, the name means "green strips of grass".
Greenfaulds
Suburb
Greenfaulds is an area of the town of Cumbernauld in Scotland. Greenfaulds was a half council half private estate built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Greenfaulds is situated 2½ miles north of Riggend.
Riggend
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.90552° or 55° 54′ 20″ northLongitude
-3.97646° or 3° 58′ 35″ westElevation
518 feet (158 metres)Open location code
9C7RW24F+6COpenStreetMap ID
node 149542038OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13277903
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