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Wardpark is an industrial estate in
Cumbernauld
Cumbernauld (; gd, Comar nan Allt, meeting of the streams) is a large town in the historic county of Dunbartonshire and council area of North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the tenth most-populous locality in Scotland and the most populated t ...
,
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
split by the
M80 motorway
The M80 is a motorway in Scotland's central belt, running between Glasgow and Stirling via Cumbernauld and Denny and linking the M8, M73 and M9 motorways. Following completion in 2011, the motorway is long. Despite being only a two lane mo ...
. The former
Burroughs factory, the first factory of Cumbernauld new town, was reoccupied by
OKI
Oki or Ōki may refer to:
Places
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*Oki Islands, an archipelago in the Sea of Japan
*Oki Province, a former province of Japan
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but was demolished to make way for Westway Retail Park, OKI having been relocated to
Westfield.
Warkpark is divided into three areas: Wardpark South, on the
Abronhill
Abronhill () is an area in the north-east of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It extends from Cumbernauld Town Centre. Abronhill was planned with its own shopping centre and has three primary schools, along with several churches. Abronhi ...
side of the M80; Wardpark North on the
Westerwood
Westerwood is an area in the north-east of Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Historically it was the site of a Roman Fort of which a video reconstruction has been produced. In the past two decades, new housing developments have been bu ...
side; and Wardpark East which next to it and adjacent to
Castlecary
Castlecary () is a small historic village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, directly adjacent to the border with Falkirk. It has long been associated with infrastructure, being adjacent to a bridged river, a Roman fort and roads, a nationwide can ...
village. On the aerial photo the yellow building is part of the Wardpark Studios where the
Outlander TV series is made. It is just north of the Westway Retail Park. This film company have plans to expand in 2018.
John G Russell Transport Limited bought one of the largest warehouses, at 5 Wardpark, early in 2018. Other businesses in Wardpark North include Teledyne Technologies, Aspen Solutions Ltd Corporate Insignia Limited, Thermaflow Ltd, Coilcraft Europe Limited, and Masonry Solutions Ltd.
Wardpark South accommodates: Markon Limited, Moulded Foams (Scotland) Ltd., Northwest Plant Limited
Wardpark East accommodates: Coronet Services Limited, Polyglass (GB) Limited,
Cumbernauld Airport
Cumbernauld Airport is a general aviation airport located northeast of Glasgow at Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The airport is primarily used for the training of fixed wing and rotary wing pilots; it also boasts a helicopter ch ...
is at the northern edge of Wardpark with views down the
Strathkelvin
Strathkelvin ( gd, Srath Chealbhainn) is the strath of the River Kelvin in west central Scotland, close to the city of Glasgow. The name Strathkelvin was formerly (1975–96) used for one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde r ...
valley. The country road to the north has been blocked to motor vehicles and crosses the
Antonine Wall
The Antonine Wall, known to the Romans as ''Vallum Antonini'', was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth. Built some twe ...
and the main
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
railway line before leading to the
Forth and Clyde canal
The Forth and Clyde Canal is a canal opened in 1790, crossing central Scotland; it provided a route for the seagoing vessels of the day between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part of the Scottish Lowlands. This allo ...
.
References
{{Areas of Cumbernauld
Areas of Cumbernauld
Business parks of Scotland
Industrial parks in the United Kingdom
Economy of North Lanarkshire