St Leonards is an area of the Scottish

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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 ...

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. St Leonards is a residential area on the east side of the town. The majority of the area's streets are named after Glens, Islands, Rivers and Lochs from Scotland, for instance: Loch Shin, Loch Assynt, Glen Carron, Glen Tanner, Inch Murrin, Benbecula and Skye. About 39 streets are named after Glens of Scotland, 20 after Scottish Islands, 12 after Lochs and 7 after Scottish Rivers. St Leonards is well known for its red brick terraced houses in the Calderglen area, which can be seen from St Leonards Road approaching High Common Road.

Schools

Calderglen High School Calderglen High School (Scottish Gaelic: ''Àrd-sgoil Ghlinn Challdair'') is a state-run secondary school in the St Leonards area of the Scottish new town East Kilbride, in South Lanarkshire. The complex of buildings is situated on the prec ...

, which opened its new building on 18 February 2008, was formed from the merger of the existing Claremont and

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High Schools. The School was opened by Adam Ingram. The school was due for completion in August 2007 but this was delayed, causing the pupils to be housed in the existing Claremont High building. This area also contains Blacklaw Primary School (Opened on May 27, 1969 but rebuilt in 2007),

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- the sole Scottish Gaelic speaking school in East Kilbride at present (redevelopment complete), and St. Hillary's Primary School (redevelopment complete).

Politics

The area of St Leonards is contained within the 'East Kilbride East' ward of East Kilbride. At the recent

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, 3 Councillors were elected for the area. These were

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politician, John Cairney and SNP politicians, Jim Wardhaugh and Gladys Miller. The MSP for East Kilbride, and thus, St Leonards, is SNP

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. The MP for the area is SNP Lisa Cameron.

Recent events

The council has been redeveloping the blocks of flats into more attractive, modern looking ones with a new exterior. These are Clyde Tower (the highest tower in East Kilbride at 56m), Calder Tower and White Cart Tower. Currently, the area has a small shopping centre and a set of small rental units which include a

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, pharmacy, petrol station, bookmaker, bakers, cafe, pub, fish and chip shop, library, hairdresser, Indian takeaway and a dentist.

References

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