Holmhills Community Park is a recreational area in the southern part of

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, a town on the south-eastern fringes of the City of

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, UK. The area is bordered to the east by Greenlees Road (opposite the entrance to Cambuslang Park), to the south by Western Road, to the west by Langlea Road (at

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), and to the north by Grenville Drive. Originally the ground was owned by the Lahore family of Whitlawburn Farm in the western part and the other families who owned Holmhills Farm and Greenlees Farm to the east. These lands were used for grazing

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and growing

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until the mid-1960s when John Lahore sold his property to the then Lanark County Council (now

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) and moved to Montrose. Shortly afterwards the remaining two farmers also sold up so that, by the end of the 1960s, all the lands comprising the current park were owned by the local authority - most of the territory was converted into housing at

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. In 2016 the park was highlighted as one of the best locations in the region for a ''"beautiful walk to enjoy the changing season"''. In 2017, decorative seating - which had been installed in the park by the local community group to allow children to explore a pond - was ruined by vandals within a week.

Gallery

File:Holmhills Wood Community Park - geograph.org.uk - 1230060.jpg, Pathway through park File:West Coats Road entrance to holmhills wood community park.jpg, view from north entrance looking towards Whitlawburn File:Heron Taking off In Holmhills Wood Community park in Cambuslang.png, Heron in flight within park File:Fox in holmhills wood community park cambuslang.jpg, Fox in undergrowth

External links

Routes Around Roots - Guide to Holmhills Park (SLC)

References

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