East Kilbride

East Kilbride
Town
Clockwise from top left: Whitelee Wind Farm, tower of Old Parish Church, Dollan Aqua Centre, Rotten Calder in Calderglen Country Park, St Bride's Church, the National Museum of Rural Life
East Kilbride Location within South Lanarkshire Council area Show map of South Lanarkshire East Kilbride Location within Scotland Show map of Scotland
Coordinates: 55°45′52″N 04°10′37″W / 55.76444°N 4.17694°W / 55.76444; -4.17694
Local authority	South Lanarkshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Area
• Total	26.8 km2 (10.3 sq mi)
Population
• Total	75,310 (mid−2,020 est.)[1]
• Language(s)	English
Time zone	UTC±0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode districts	G74 / G75
OS grid reference	NS635545
Railway station	East Kilbride railway station

East Kilbride (/ ... kɪlˈbraɪd/; Scottish Gaelic: Cille Bhrìghde an Ear [ˈkʲʰiʎə ˈvɾʲiːtʲə əɲ ˈɛɾ]) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland, and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also 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.