Moodiesburn
Sign in to saveMoodiesburn is a village in Scotland, located northeast of Glasgow, in the North Lanarkshire council area. It is situated on the north side of the A80 road and between the M73 and M80 motorways which converge nearby. Moodiesburn does not directly adjoin any other settlements, though the contiguous villages of Chryston and Muirhead are located a short distance to the west (the boundary being the Strathkelvin railway path) with Stepps just beyond, while outer parts of Cumbernauld lie to the east; however, its centre is about from Moodiesburn.
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Place details
- Locality
- Moodiesburn
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 6,900
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Moodiesburn
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS6960871434
- UK place.static_image
- Welcometomoodiesburn.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Entrance to Moodiesburn via the A80
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.pushpin_map
- Scotland North Lanarkshire#Scotland Glasgow
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- North Lanarkshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Lanarkshire
- UK place.post_town
- GLASGOW
- UK place.postcode_area
- G
- UK place.postcode_district
- G69 0
- UK place.dial_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +6890
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- The Silver Larch, Moodiesburn - geograph.org.uk - 128119.jpg
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- P7959
- Lanarkshire
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Auchengeich mining disaster
- Aftermath and economic decline
- Landmarks
- References
Moodiesburn is a village in Scotland, located northeast of Glasgow, in the North Lanarkshire council area. It is situated on the north side of the A80 road and between the M73 and M80 motorways which converge nearby. Moodiesburn does not directly adjoin any other settlements, though the contiguous villages of Chryston and Muirhead are located a short distance to the west (the boundary being the Strathkelvin railway path) with Stepps just beyond, while outer parts of Cumbernauld lie to the east; however, its centre is about from Moodiesburn.
The village's economic standing greatly declined in the latter half of the 20th century, following the Auchengeich mining disaster and the disintegration of local employment. In the early 21st century the economic demographic of the population has improved; good transport links enable a significant proportion of the population travel to Glasgow or nearby large towns for employment in the professional and commercial sphere.