Woodilee Village is an enlargement to the town of Lenzie in the Kirkintilloch area. The local authority is

East Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire ( sco, Aest Dunbartanshire; gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the north of Glasgow and contains many of the affluent areas to the north of the city, including Bear ...

Background

The area is built on the site of

Woodilee Hospital Woodilee Hospital was a psychiatric institution situated in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. History Early years In 1869 the Parochial Board of the Barony Parish of Glasgow set up a special committee, under Andrew Menzies of Balornock, to ...

, Lenzie, which was once the largest psychiatric hospital in Scotland. Building work began in the late 2000s. In 2010 the first properties went on sale and in 2011 the first residents moved in. The site is almost complete now but building continues in nearby areas e.g. close to Waterside and Fauldhead. Stoneyetts Drive shares its name with the now-defunct Stoneyetts Hospital, which was linked with Woodilee and

Gartloch Gartloch is a residential village in Glasgow, Scotland. Outwith the city's urban area (the closest contiguous district being Easterhouse), it is very close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire, south of Garnkirk and west of Gartcosh. To the sou ...

hospitals under the Board of Management for Glasgow North Eastern Mental Hospitals.

Schools

All houses and apartments, including the clock tower, to the south of the main Woodilee Village road, are zoned to Lenzie Primary and

Lenzie Academy Lenzie Academy is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school located in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The catchment area covers Lenzie, Auchinloch and southern parts of Kirkintilloch. Senior management team The school is manage ...

. No part of the estate is zoned to Lenzie Moss Primary. Houses to the north of the main Woodilee village road are zoned to Kirkintilloch schools, including

Kirkintilloch High School Kirkintilloch High School is a six-year co-educational secondary school located in the Oxgang area of Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. School roll There are around 600 pupils with an annual first year of five classes of up to th ...

and some of its associated primary schools. This has resulted in an increase in placing requests from parents wishing their children to attend the school of their choice.

References

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External links

* {{authority control Lenzie Kirkintilloch Villages in East Dunbartonshire