Birniehill is an area of the
Scottish new town
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East Kilbride
East Kilbride (; gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Ear ) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a rais ...
, in
South Lanarkshire
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. It lies southeast of the Town Centre, south of
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and northeast of
The Murray.
The northbound exist of Birniehill roundabout (which in common with four others in the centre of East Kilbride has underpasses for pedestrians and cyclists at each corner and a sunken landscaped area at its centre) is the start point of the
A725 road (known as the 'Kingsway' within the town) which continues north and then east towards
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and the
M74 motorway
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; the east/west exits of the roundabout are the 'Queensway' (
A726
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) which connects the town to
Strathaven
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further south and to the towns of
East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire ( sco, Aest Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. Until 1975, it formed part of the county of Renfrewshire for local government purposes along with the modern council areas of ...
further west. The southbound exist leads on to the site of the National Engineering Laboratories, once home to a small nuclear reactor; the site is better known in current times as the
Scottish Enterprise
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Technology Park. nearby further east is the campus of
South Lanarkshire College
South Lanarkshire College is a further education institution in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its campus is located in East Kilbride, with new buildings completed in 2008 at a site between the town centre and the Kelvin industrial area.
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, completed in 2008.
Areas of East Kilbride
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