Hamilton from the air (geograph 5716697)

Hillhouse is a council-built housing estate on the western side of the town of

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in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Information

Hillhouse is a large housing estate with a population of 10,000, one of several housing estates in Hamilton. Originally a farm leading to

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, Hillhouse was supposed to be assigned to neighbouring

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at its first days of establishment, but council director Aaron Cowden signed a deal with the council to give the neighbourhood a Hamilton postcode to have more money to build houses in the area. Local amenities include a community centre, library, a church hosting various clubs and groups, and the Jock Stein Sports Centre and playing fields. There was an adjoining

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of the same name, which included a

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lighting factory; in the 1960s this was a large facility employing 2300, one of the area's primary sources of work, but by 2015 this figure had shrunk to less than 100. the philips factory has since closed and the ground is being used for housing. Hamilton's Philips factory jobs blow - another 30 staff to go at iconic factory
at Daily Record, 29 May 2015 Also in Hillhouse is the Burnbank Bowling Club, where

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(raised in nearby

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) was the club's second champion in 1953; more recently it is the home club of

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, a gold medal winner in the sport at the

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Burnbank Hamilton Bowling Club (archive version) The most "famous son" of the estate is the Rangers, and Scottish international football player

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who hailed from Brankholm Brae. OOP: The Life of Davie Cooper - Scottish Football Hero Neil Drysdale The Reverend Scott J Brown CBE, formerly The Chaplain of the Fleet,

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, was brought up in Fleming Way. He attended Udston Primary School.

Transport

The nearest railway station is which provides quick transport to

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and

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to the west and Motherwell and

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to the east. The area is served by the 226 bus service, operated by

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which goes around the estate on the "Hillhouse Loop". Hillhouse was previously served by the x1 which offered transport to

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but this service was controversially scrapped to the dismay of many locals.

Education

Hillhouse has two non-denominational primary schools, Townhill Primary School & Udston Primary School, and one denominational school, St Ninian's Primary School. Hillhouse has no high school of its own, instead pupils wishing to go to a non-denominational school attend

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in Blantyre (formed in a merger between

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and Blantyre High School), while others of the Catholic faith attend

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or Holy Cross High School, Hamilton.

References

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