East Kilbride

East Kilbride
Town
From left to right: High Common Road, Old Parish Church tower, National Museum of Rural Life, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Whitelee Wind Farm
East Kilbride Location within South Lanarkshire
Population	75,310 (2020)[1]
OS grid reference	NS635545
Council area	South Lanarkshire
Lieutenancy area	Lanarkshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G74, G75
Dialling code	01355
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
List of places UK Scotland 55°45′52″N 04°10′37″W / 55.76444°N 4.17694°W / 55.76444; -4.17694

East Kilbride (/ ... kɪlˈbraɪd/; Scottish Gaelic: Cille Bhrìghde an Ear [ˈkʲʰiʎə ˈvɾʲiːtʲə əɲ ˈɛɾ]), sometimes referred to as EK, is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland, and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. Historically a small village, it was designated Scotland's first "new town" on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a raised plateau to the south of the Cathkin Braes, about eight miles (thirteen kilometres) southeast of Glasgow and close to the boundary with East Renfrewshire.

The town ends close to the White Cart Water to the west and is bounded by the Rotten Calder Water to the east. Immediately to the north of the modern town centre is The Village, the part of East Kilbride that existed before its post-war development into a New Town. East Kilbride is twinned with the town of Ballerup, in Denmark.