Bishopbriggs
Sign in to saveBishopbriggs (; ) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the northern fringe of Greater Glasgow, approximately from the city centre. Historically in Lanarkshire, the area was once part of the historic parish of Cadder - originally lands granted by King William the Lion to the Bishop of Glasgow, Jocelin, in 1180. It was later part of the county of Lanarkshire, and then an independent burgh from 1964 to 1975. Today, Bishopbriggs' close geographic proximity to Glasgow now effectively makes it a suburb and commuter town of the city.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Bishopbriggs
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Coille Dobhair Drochaid an Easbaig
- UK place.scots_name
- The Briggs
- UK place.static_image_name
- Bishopbriggs Vista - geograph.org.uk - 412896.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Bishopbriggs vista, Woodhill Road
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS615705
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.pushpin_map
- Scotland East Dunbartonshire#Scotland Glasgow
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- East Dunbartonshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Lanarkshire
- UK place.post_town
- GLASGOW
- UK place.postcode_district
- G64
- UK place.postcode_area
- G
- UK place.dial_code
- 0141
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Mid Dunbartonshire
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Strathkelvin and Bearsden
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Bishopbriggs (; ) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the northern fringe of Greater Glasgow, approximately from the city centre. Historically in Lanarkshire, the area was once part of the historic parish of Cadder - originally lands granted by King William the Lion to the Bishop of Glasgow, Jocelin, in 1180. It was later part of the county of Lanarkshire, and then an independent burgh from 1964 to 1975. Today, Bishopbriggs' close geographic proximity to Glasgow now effectively makes it a suburb and commuter town of the city.
It was ranked the 2nd most desirable postcode in Scotland to live in following a study by the Centre for Economic and Business Research in 2015 and 2016.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bishopbriggs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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