Sandy Knowes

Sandy Knowes is a hamlet in , . Sandy Knowes is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cumbernauld railway station and Greenfaulds railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Euan Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of in , Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is located on the Cumbernauld Line, 14 miles north east of and the Motherwell to Cumbernauld Line, 11+3⁄4 miles north of .

Railway station
Photo: Jim Smillie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the area of the town of in , Scotland. It is also within walking distance of the Lenziemill industrial estate, the and the Blairlinn industrial estate.

Park
Photo: Stevie Spiers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an 18th-century country house located in , Scotland. It is located near in the Cumbernauld Glen, close to , at grid reference NS772759. is situated 1½ miles north of Sandy Knowes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carbrain and Kildrum.

Suburb
/kar 'bren/ is a neighbourhood in , in . It gets a brief mention on William Roy's eighteenth century map of the Scottish Lowlands.

Suburb
was the first area to be constructed in new town, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It provided housing for the workers at the Burroughs factory at Old Inns, the first factory in Cumbernauld New Town.

Photo: Sarah McGuire, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town on in central Scotland, 13 miles northeast of Glasgow, with a population of 50,500 in 2022. Its centre is a drab vista of 1960s "New Town" concrete plazas and shopping centres, and most visitors are just stopping over on the way to the Highlands.

Sandy Knowes

Latitude
55.93537° or 55° 56′ 7″ north
Longitude
-3.95711° or 3° 57′ 26″ west
Open location code
9C7RW2PV+45
Open­Street­Map ID
node 253664919
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
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