Stamperland is a suburban neighbourhood in Clarkston,

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. Part of the

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conurbation, it is situated on the west bank of the

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about south of

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city centre, and just outside the city boundary.

Location and demography

Stamperland is an area of Clarkston, to the south of Glasgow. Adjacent places are

Netherlee Netherlee is a suburban residential area in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is situated on the west bank of the White Cart Water about 4 miles (6.5 km) south of Glasgow city centre. Part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation, it is mostly conti ...

to the north and the rest of Clarkston to the south. It is bordered by Clarkston Road to the west, the railway to the south and the

to the east. It is served by the Glasgow Central to East Kilbride line through

Clarkston railway station Clarkston railway station is a suburban side platform railway station in the town of Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the East Kilbride branch of the Glasgow South Western Line. It was opened ...

at the south of the area. Also somewhat nearby are and stations on the

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branch of the Cathcart Circle, respectively located north and south-west of Stamperland. The area is mainly housing dating from the 1920s and early 1930s, previously farmland under the farms of Stamperland (around The Oval today), Slamanshill (around Stamperland Avenue) and Overlee, which still exists today in the Overlee Park.Clarkston, Stamperland & Netherlee
Portal to the Past (East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure) but there is a small group of local shops located at the junction of Clarkston Road, Stamperland Crescent and Stamperland Gardens. Also at this location is the former Stamperland Parish Church (

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). Other local facilities include a social club,

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and

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clubs. The area also contains the large Overlee Park, which is home to multiple

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es, and a large children's

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. For census purposes, Stamperland is classified as a separate

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within the settlement of

, within the

council area; however, for most other purposes it is considered to be a part of the town of Clarkston. The most recent estimate, from mid-2012, gives a population of 3,610.

Landmarks

The Stamperland Parish Church is a former church, opened between 1964 and 2022, a modern-style building with a concrete bell tower. Services had previously been held in temporary accommodation since the founding of the congregation in 1940. The congregation merged with the nearby Netherlee Parish Church in 2020. The congregation voted 77% to 19% to permanently close Stamperland Church on 20 February 2022. The final service took place on 26 June 2022, and the building was placed up for sale by the church.

Overlee Playing Fields Overlee Playing Fields, commonly referred to as Overlee Park, is a public park in Stamperland, Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, south of Glasgow, Scotland. History The origins of Overlee Playing Fields are in farming. The area the park contains t ...

is a park situated on Moray Drive in the southeast of the neighbourhood. The park is steep, like much of Stamperland, with many cliffs. It contains four football pitches. In the early 1800s, the remains of a village of underground dwellings (''

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s'' or ''weems'') from around 2000 years earlier was uncovered by the local landowner preparing the ground for use as a quarry, but its significance was not recognised and the evidence was destroyed. The park's pavilion was abandoned for around five years after large amounts of bats made their home there. The local authority in 2018 announced plans for a replacement building (including a small nursery and a house for the bats) that would be built on an adjacent site. The new building was built, and opened in 2021, and the pavilion was demolished.

References

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* {{East Renfrewshire Suburbs in East Renfrewshire Greater Glasgow Clarkston, East Renfrewshire