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Southpark Village is a
housing estate A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex or housing development) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country. Popular throughout the United States a ...
in the
Darnley Darnley is an area in south-west Glasgow, Scotland, on the A727 just west of Arden (the areas are separated by the M77 motorway although a footbridge connects them). Other nearby neighbourhoods are Priesthill to the north, Southpark Village to ...
area of the Scottish city of
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. The northwestern area was built during the mid to late 1980s, but the southeastern part was built in the late 2010s. It is located on the south-western edge of the city, close to the towns of
Barrhead Barrhead ( sco, Baurheid, gd, Ceann a' Bharra) is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268. History Barrhead was formed when ...
and
Newton Mearns Newton Mearns ( sco, The Mearns; gd, Baile Ùr na Maoirne ) is a suburban town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies southwest of Glasgow City Centre on the main road to Ayrshire, above sea level. It has a populat ...
in
East Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire ( sco, Aest Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. Until 1975, it formed part of the county of Renfrewshire for local government purposes along with the modern council areas of ...
. Nearby areas within Glasgow itself are the rest of
Darnley Darnley is an area in south-west Glasgow, Scotland, on the A727 just west of Arden (the areas are separated by the M77 motorway although a footbridge connects them). Other nearby neighbourhoods are Priesthill to the north, Southpark Village to ...
to the north,
Deaconsbank Deaconsbank is a neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde. The main feature of the area, which falls into the ''Greater Pollok'' ward of Glasgow City Council and directly borders the East Renfrewshir ...
to the east, and Parkhouse to the northwest, although Southpark is physically separated from all but the rest of Darnley by the
Dams to Darnley Country Park Dams to Darnley Country Park is a 1350 acre country park in East Renfrewshire and Glasgow, in Scotland comprising the historic greenspace between the towns of Barrhead and Newton Mearns in East Renfrewshire, and the areas of Darnley, Parkhouse an ...
and
M77 motorway The M77 motorway is a motorway in Scotland. It begins in Glasgow at the M8 motorway at Kinning Park, and terminates near Kilmarnock at Fenwick, becoming the A77 dual carriageway. Changes were made in 2005 segregating a lane on the M8 motorw ...
.


History

The entire area was once owned by
Lord Darnley Lord Darnley is a noble title associated with a Scottish Lordship of Parliament, first created in 1356 for the family of Stewart of Darnley and tracing a descent to the Dukedom of Richmond in England. The title's name refers to Darnley in Scot ...
, who ran
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works in the area. The remains of a large house can be found a few miles south of the village, and this appears to have belonged to Lord Darnley himself. In later years the surrounding area was extensively quarried for
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and mined for
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; During the late stages of the life of the mine, a catastrophic explosion occurred killing many local
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. A monument to those lost in the disaster currently sits on the Nitshill Road (
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) beside the train station at
Nitshill Nitshill ( gd, Cnoc nan Cnòthan) is a district on the south side of Glasgow. It is bordered by South Nitshill to the south, Darnley to the east, Crookston and Roughmussel to the north-west, Hurlet to the west and Househillwood and Priesthill t ...
, north west of Southpark. The consequences of this disaster and the subsequent abandonment of the mine have been felt as recently as the late 1990s when a
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shaft collapsed in an area near the estate, leading to a massive landfill operation which successfully prevented the land around the shaft from collapsing any further.


Characteristics

Most homes in the area are occupied by private owners who are within working class or lower/medium-middle class income brackets. The neighbourhood is conveniently located for
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to work by car via the
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and is also fairly close to suburban railway stations (
Nitshill Nitshill ( gd, Cnoc nan Cnòthan) is a district on the south side of Glasgow. It is bordered by South Nitshill to the south, Darnley to the east, Crookston and Roughmussel to the north-west, Hurlet to the west and Househillwood and Priesthill t ...
and Priesthill & Darnley). Like much of Glasgow since the mid-20th century, the area is ethnically diverse. Southpark falls under the council tax bracket of
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, within its Greater Pollok ward. The area has many communal landscaped areas that are maintained through financial contributions by the residents of the estate. There is a retail park to the north of the housing, consisting of large Sainsbury's, fast food outlets and a pub/restaurant. It was built on the site of the ''Darnley Mains'' farm. To the southeast of this retail area there is a large B&Q store. Land to the east of B&Q - directly adjacent to the motorway - was designated for further retail for some years, but failed to attract investors for this use (likely due in part to the busy
Silverburn Centre Silverburn (also known as Pollok Town Centre or The Centre) is an out-of-town shopping centre located on Barrhead Road in Pollok, Glasgow, Scotland. The development replaces the Pollok centre with a brand new shopping centre, anchored by T ...
at the next junction north.) so was reallocated to new housing in the late 2010s. At that time another residential development between the existing Southpark neighbourhood and the Darnley Mains site, ''Glenmill'' (320 houses) was also constructed by
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and
Bellway Bellway plc is a residential property developer and housebuilder based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History The company was founded in 1946 by Jo ...
.Darnley Mains, Glasgow
Akela Construction, 2017


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