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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Scottish_Parliament" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Scottish_Parliament"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Scottish Parliament</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Scottish_Parliament-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-European_Parliament" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#European_Parliament"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>European Parliament</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-European_Parliament-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Local_government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Local_government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Local government</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Local_government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Geography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Satellite_villages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Satellite_villages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Satellite villages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Satellite_villages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Wards</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Demography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Demography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Economy-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Economy subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li 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class="vector-toc-numb">15.1</span> <span>Footballers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Footballers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" 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href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airdrie_(Esc%C3%B2cia)" title="Airdrie (Escòcia) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Airdrie (Escòcia)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airdrie_(lungsod_sa_Hiniusang_Gingharian)" title="Airdrie (lungsod sa Hiniusang Gingharian) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Airdrie (lungsod sa Hiniusang Gingharian)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airdrie,_Gogledd_Swydd_Lanark" title="Airdrie, Gogledd Swydd Lanark – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Airdrie, Gogledd Swydd Lanark" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airdrie" title="Airdrie – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Airdrie" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airdrie_(North_Lanarkshire)" title="Airdrie (North Lanarkshire) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Airdrie (North Lanarkshire)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airdrie" title="Airdrie – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Airdrie" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airdrie_(Escocia)" title="Airdrie (Escocia) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Airdrie (Escocia)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airdrie" title="Airdrie – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Airdrie" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="اردری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اردری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airdrie_(%C3%89cosse)" title="Airdrie (Écosse) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Airdrie (Écosse)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_t-%C3%80rd-Ruigh" title="An t-Àrd-Ruigh – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="An t-Àrd-Ruigh" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_t-%C3%80rd_Ruigh" title="An t-Àrd Ruigh – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="An t-Àrd Ruigh" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EC%96%B4%EB%93%9C%EB%A6%AC_(%EB%85%B8%EC%8A%A4%EB%9E%98%EB%84%88%ED%81%AC%EC%85%94)" title="에어드리 (노스래너크셔) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="에어드리 (노스래너크셔)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airdrie" title="Airdrie – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Airdrie" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdris" title="Erdris – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Erdris" 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title="Airdrie is located in North Lanarkshire"><img alt="Airdrie is located in North Lanarkshire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/North_Lanarkshire_UK_location_map.svg/240px-North_Lanarkshire_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="282" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/North_Lanarkshire_UK_location_map.svg/360px-North_Lanarkshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/North_Lanarkshire_UK_location_map.svg/480px-North_Lanarkshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1176" data-file-height="1384" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:60%;left:44.231%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Airdrie"><img alt="Airdrie" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" 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nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=55.865788~-3.981406&lvl=13&sp=Point.55.865788_-3.981406_Airdrie&sty=s&style=s">NS761654</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">Council area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Lanarkshire" title="North Lanarkshire">North Lanarkshire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenancy_areas_of_Scotland" title="Lieutenancy areas of Scotland">Lieutenancy area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lanarkshire" title="Lanarkshire">Lanarkshire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Airdrie</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ML_postcode_area" title="ML postcode area">ML6</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01236</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Police_Scotland" title="Police Scotland">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Scottish Fire and Rescue Service">Scottish</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom">Ambulance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Ambulance_Service" title="Scottish Ambulance Service">Scottish</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_and_Shotts_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Airdrie and Shotts (UK Parliament constituency)">Airdrie and Shotts</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions">Scottish Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_and_Shotts_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Airdrie and Shotts (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Airdrie and Shotts</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output 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ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Scotland" title="List of places in Scotland">Scotland</a></dd> <dd></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&params=55.86_N_3.98_W_region:GB_type:city(36390)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">55°52′N</span> <span class="longitude">3°59′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">55.86°N 3.98°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">55.86; -3.98</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Airdrie</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɛər/: 'are' in 'bare'">ɛər</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Scots_language" title="Scots language">Scots</a>: <i lang="sco">Airdrie</i>; <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a>: <i lang="gd">An t-Àrd Ruigh</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a town in <a href="/wiki/North_Lanarkshire" title="North Lanarkshire">North Lanarkshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>. It lies on a <a href="/wiki/Plateau" title="Plateau">plateau</a> 400 ft (130 m) above <a href="/wiki/Sea_level" title="Sea level">sea level</a>, 12 miles (19 km) east of <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>. As of 2012<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, it had a population of 37,130.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Airdrie developed as a market town in the late 17th century following an Act of Parliament allowing it to hold a weekly market. It later grew in prominence as a centre for weaving and manufacturing, as well as being the settlement near several coalmines. In the mid 19th century, the town expanded greatly as a result of immigration and the development of iron works and railway links. This led to the town building the first public library in Scotland in 1853.<sup id="cite_ref-Mort_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mort-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-James_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 20th century, industrial decline took place in Airdrie, with heavy industry closing down across much of the town. In the 21st century, Airdrie has continued as a regional centre for services and retail, as well as being a commuter settlement within the <a href="/wiki/Central_Belt" title="Central Belt">Central Belt</a>. <a href="/wiki/Shires_of_Scotland" title="Shires of Scotland">Historically</a> part of <a href="/wiki/Lanarkshire" title="Lanarkshire">Lanarkshire</a>, Airdrie forms a conurbation with its neighbour <a href="/wiki/Coatbridge" title="Coatbridge">Coatbridge</a>, in what was formerly the <a href="/wiki/Monklands_(district)" title="Monklands (district)">Monklands</a> district, with a population of approximately 90,000.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Airdrie's name first appeared in the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland (<a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>: <i>Registrum Magni Sigilii Regum Scotorum</i>) in 1373 as Ardre. By 1546 it had become Ardry and by 1587 it was known as Ardrie. In 1630 it finally appeared in the Register as Airdrie. Given the topography of the area, the most likely interpretation is that the name derives from the Gaelic <i>An Àrd Ruigh</i> meaning a level height or high pasture land. Another possibility is from the Gaelic <i>An Àrd Àirighe</i> meaning a <a href="/wiki/Sheiling" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheiling">sheiling</a>, a summer pasture/shepherd's hut. A third possibility is the Gaelic <i>Ard Reidh</i> meaning a high plain.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A further, non-Gaelic alternative is the <a href="/wiki/Brittonic_languages" title="Brittonic languages">Brythonic</a>, i.e. <a href="/wiki/Cumbric" title="Cumbric">Cumbric</a> or North <a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>, <i>ard tref</i> (becoming ardre by process of assimilation), meaning a high steading or farmstead, which would date back to the times of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Strathclyde" title="Kingdom of Strathclyde">Kingdom of Strathclyde</a>, before the expansion of Gaelic or English speech into the region. <a href="/wiki/Airthrey_Castle" title="Airthrey Castle">Airthrey Castle</a> in Stirlingshire may have a similar derivation.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blaeu_-_Atlas_of_Scotland_1654_-_GLOTTIANA_PR%C3%86FECTVRA_INFERIOR_-_Lower_Clydesdale.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Blaeu_-_Atlas_of_Scotland_1654_-_GLOTTIANA_PR%C3%86FECTVRA_INFERIOR_-_Lower_Clydesdale.png/220px-Blaeu_-_Atlas_of_Scotland_1654_-_GLOTTIANA_PR%C3%86FECTVRA_INFERIOR_-_Lower_Clydesdale.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Blaeu_-_Atlas_of_Scotland_1654_-_GLOTTIANA_PR%C3%86FECTVRA_INFERIOR_-_Lower_Clydesdale.png/330px-Blaeu_-_Atlas_of_Scotland_1654_-_GLOTTIANA_PR%C3%86FECTVRA_INFERIOR_-_Lower_Clydesdale.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Blaeu_-_Atlas_of_Scotland_1654_-_GLOTTIANA_PR%C3%86FECTVRA_INFERIOR_-_Lower_Clydesdale.png/440px-Blaeu_-_Atlas_of_Scotland_1654_-_GLOTTIANA_PR%C3%86FECTVRA_INFERIOR_-_Lower_Clydesdale.png 2x" data-file-width="2879" data-file-height="1630" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Joan_Blaeu" title="Joan Blaeu">Blaeu</a>'s map<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> based on <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Pont" title="Timothy Pont">Pont's</a> original<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Glasgow and the county of Lanark" map c.1596 depicting Ardry (Airdrie), Burnsyd (Burnfoot), Carnhil (Cairnhill), Gartly (Gartlea), and Ruchsols (Rochsoles) amongst others.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arms_of_Airdrie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Arms_of_Airdrie.jpg/220px-Arms_of_Airdrie.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Arms_of_Airdrie.jpg/330px-Arms_of_Airdrie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Arms_of_Airdrie.jpg/440px-Arms_of_Airdrie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="904" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Arms of Airdrie - The town's motto is the Latin word Vigilantibus (Being Watchful). It comes from Aitcheson of Rochsolloch<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:She%27s_oor_ain_toon_still_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1316877.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/She%27s_oor_ain_toon_still_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1316877.jpg/220px-She%27s_oor_ain_toon_still_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1316877.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/She%27s_oor_ain_toon_still_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1316877.jpg/330px-She%27s_oor_ain_toon_still_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1316877.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/She%27s_oor_ain_toon_still_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1316877.jpg/440px-She%27s_oor_ain_toon_still_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1316877.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>"Be Airdrie what she will, She's oor ain toon still." anonymous quotation on Graham Street</figcaption></figure> <p>There is no evidence to support the claim (<a href="/wiki/George_Chalmers_(antiquarian)" title="George Chalmers (antiquarian)">George Chalmers</a>, Caledonia<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) that Airdrie is the site of the ancient <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Arfderydd" title="Battle of Arfderydd">battle of Arderyth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the patronage of King <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_IV_of_Scotland" title="Malcolm IV of Scotland">Malcolm IV of Scotland</a> Cistercian monks established an abbey at <a href="/wiki/Melrose_Abbey" title="Melrose Abbey">Melrose</a> in 1136. Five years later a daughter house was founded at <a href="/wiki/Newbattle_Abbey" title="Newbattle Abbey">Newbattle Abbey</a> in Lothian. In 1160, Malcolm granted lands in central Scotland to the monks of Newbattle. These became known as the "Munklands" (Register of the Great Seal 1323).<sup id="cite_ref-knox_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-knox-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Malcolm's Charter constitutes the oldest documentary record of place-names in the Monklands. The area of land granted by the Charter is clearly defined by direct reference to geographical and topographical features thus: <i>Dunpeldre by its right boundaries, namely with Metheraugh and Mayeuth and Clarnephin as far as Dunduffes in the east.</i> The name <i>Dunpeldre</i> is found in the modern name Drumpellier, <i>Metheraugh</i> is Medrox; <i>Mayeuth</i> is Myvot and <i>Clarnephin</i> refers to the <a href="/wiki/North_Calder_Water" title="North Calder Water">North Calder Water</a> in the east of the parish (from old Brittonic name <i>claur n afon</i> meaning plain of the river). <i>Dunduffes</i> has become directly translated into the modern <a href="/wiki/Black_Hill_transmitting_station" title="Black Hill transmitting station">Black Hill</a> which, as the Charter states, lies at the eastern extremity of the parish. The Charter does not mention anything resembling Airdrie, although this is where Airdrie is located.<sup id="cite_ref-knox_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-knox-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Airdrie owes its existence to its location on the 'Hogs Back' – a ridge of land running from east to west.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One very important aspect of the town's history was the <a href="/wiki/Cistercian" class="mw-redirect" title="Cistercian">Cistercian</a> monks of <a href="/wiki/Newbattle_Abbey" title="Newbattle Abbey">Newbattle Abbey</a>, which is why the area is called the Monklands. The monks were farmers and some of their place names survive, e.g., Ryefield and Whifflet (the wheat flats). Much of the land they used is known today as 'The Four Isles' (a housing estate named after four Scottish islands): <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Mull" title="Isle of Mull">Mull</a>, <a href="/wiki/Islay" title="Islay">Islay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iona" title="Iona">Iona</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luing" title="Luing">Luing</a> in the Petersburn area of modern Airdrie. The <a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">monks</a> of Newbattle had numerous establishments throughout the area including a <a href="/wiki/Farm" title="Farm">farm</a> grange at Drumpellier, Coatbridge, a court house at <a href="/wiki/Kipps" title="Kipps">Kipps</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Chapel" title="Chapel">chapel</a> in the area of Chapelhall and a number of corn <a href="/wiki/Mill_(grinding)" title="Mill (grinding)">mills</a>. The Monks were also expert in the construction of roads. In the 12th century, they established the original Glasgow to <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> road via Airdrie and <a href="/wiki/Bathgate" title="Bathgate">Bathgate</a>, to link up with their lands in Newbattle in <a href="/wiki/East_Lothian" title="East Lothian">East Lothian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-knox_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-knox-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Robert_Hamilton_Memorial_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315490.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/The_Robert_Hamilton_Memorial_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315490.jpg/220px-The_Robert_Hamilton_Memorial_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315490.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/The_Robert_Hamilton_Memorial_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315490.jpg/330px-The_Robert_Hamilton_Memorial_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315490.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/The_Robert_Hamilton_Memorial_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315490.jpg/440px-The_Robert_Hamilton_Memorial_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315490.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>The Robert Hamilton Memorial</figcaption></figure> <p>Definitive evidence of the existence of Airdrie as a tenantry was only made clear in 1503. The old monks' road was via Cliftonhill (an area now in neighbouring Coatbridge), Airdrie House (now the site of <a href="/wiki/Monklands_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Monklands Hospital">Monklands Hospital</a>), Aitchison Street, High Street, Hallcraig Street, Flowerhill Street and Colliertree Road. The first houses in Airdrie were built along this road. Development was slow and it was only around 1650 that evidence of the number of <a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">inhabitants</a> was known at around 500 for the Airdrie area. A large contingent of Airdrieonians fought at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bothwell_Brig" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Bothwell Brig">Battle of Bothwell Brig</a> during the Covenanter Rebellion of 1679; their banner can still be viewed at the local library.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A significant event in Airdrie's history was the 1695 passing of a special Act of Parliament in the Scottish Parliament allowing Robert Hamilton of Airdrie to hold four fairs yearly and a weekly market in the town of 'Airdry'. This helped develop Airdrie from a 'farm town' into a thriving 'market town'.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, Airdrie really came to prominence through its <a href="/wiki/Weaving" title="Weaving">weaving</a> industry. Airdrie Weavers Society was founded in 1781 and <a href="/wiki/Flax" title="Flax">flax</a> was being grown in sixteen farms in and around the <a href="/wiki/Burgh" title="Burgh">burgh</a>. In the last decade of the eighteenth century, <a href="/wiki/Coal_mining" title="Coal mining">coal mining</a> was in progress and around thirty <a href="/wiki/Coal_mining" title="Coal mining">colliers</a> were employed. Weaving continued to flourish making up a substantial part of the population of over 2,500 around the turn of the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Given its large number of weavers, its geographic location and a large number of unemployed soldiers following the end of the <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>, Airdrie became a major centre of support for the <a href="/wiki/Radical_War" title="Radical War">Radical War</a> of 1820. The rapid pace of population growth continued and by 1821 there were 4,862 inhabitants. At this time, the number of houses being built increased dramatically and in 1821, by a private <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Parliament">Act of Parliament</a>, Airdrie became a free and independent <a href="/wiki/Burgh_of_Barony" class="mw-redirect" title="Burgh of Barony">Burgh of Barony</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1821, the first election of a town council took place and by August it had appointed an assessor, <a href="/wiki/Procurator_Fiscal" class="mw-redirect" title="Procurator Fiscal">procurator fiscal</a>, master of police and a <a href="/wiki/Town_crier" title="Town crier">town crier</a>. Anyone who had paid their 3 <a href="/wiki/Guineas" class="mw-redirect" title="Guineas">guineas</a> was allowed to vote; there is even a record of a John Mackay voting despite being under 10 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1824, it was decided to build the <a href="/wiki/Airdrie_Town_House" title="Airdrie Town House">Airdrie Town House</a>, originally designed by Alexander Baird and now a local landmark known as the 'town clock'.<sup id="cite_ref-townhouse_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-townhouse-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1832, the Town House was used as a hospital due to the <a href="/wiki/Cholera" title="Cholera">cholera</a> outbreak of this year.<sup id="cite_ref-townhouse_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-townhouse-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1850_to_1920">1850 to 1920</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1850 to 1920"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Airdrie_Town_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227063.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Airdrie_Town_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227063.jpg/220px-Airdrie_Town_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227063.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Airdrie_Town_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227063.jpg/330px-Airdrie_Town_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227063.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Airdrie_Town_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227063.jpg/440px-Airdrie_Town_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227063.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_Town_Hall" title="Airdrie Town Hall">Sir John Wilson Town Hall</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The enormous growth in population was not due to high birthrate, but instead due to an influx of residents from the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Highlands" title="Scottish Highlands">Highlands</a> and predominantly Ireland. This followed the <a href="/wiki/Highland_Potato_Famine" title="Highland Potato Famine">Highland potato famine</a> of the mid-1840s and also reflected the change from cottage industry to <a href="/wiki/Heavy_industry" title="Heavy industry">heavy industry</a> in the area. Most of the Irish immigrant population were involved with <a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">mining</a> and labouring. This led to an increase in ironwork <a href="/wiki/Foundry" title="Foundry">foundries</a> around the area. Because of this explosion in industry, <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport" title="Rail transport">railway</a> links were established starting in 1826.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1862, the Airdrie and Bathgate Junction Railway provided a direct link to Edinburgh with Airdrie South Station providing the starting point for trains to Glasgow.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August the <a href="/wiki/Public_Libraries_Act_1850" title="Public Libraries Act 1850">Public Libraries Act (Scotland) 1853</a> was passed, and in November <a href="/wiki/Airdrie_Public_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Airdrie Public Library">Airdrie Public Library</a> became the first in Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-Mort_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mort-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-James_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rear_of_Airdrie_library_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227072.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Rear_of_Airdrie_library_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227072.jpg/220px-Rear_of_Airdrie_library_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227072.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Rear_of_Airdrie_library_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227072.jpg/330px-Rear_of_Airdrie_library_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227072.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Rear_of_Airdrie_library_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227072.jpg/440px-Rear_of_Airdrie_library_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227072.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Rear of Airdrie library with Observatory Dome</figcaption></figure> <p>The dramatic rise in population and industry prompted the need for more accessible water supplies. Until the mid-1800s, various wells were put in place feeding from surrounding streams in the area. These served to provide many houses with private wells. By 1846 Airdrie and Coatbridge Water Company was founded to construct (along with Forth and Clyde Canal Company) the reservoir at Roughrigg.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Journalism in Airdrie began with "The Airdrie Literary Album" in 1828. Several local newspapers began appearing around this time notably the <a href="/wiki/Airdrie_%26_Coatbridge_Advertiser" title="Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser">Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser</a> in 1855, which is still the most popular local paper today.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The prison was legalised in 1859 and had 51 cells.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Airdrie Working Men's Club was established in 1869.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also around this time, <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> began to emerge as popular sports. Following the codification of association football rules a local team called Excelsior was formed in 1878 which would later be renamed <a href="/wiki/Airdrieonians_F.C._(1878)" title="Airdrieonians F.C. (1878)">Airdrieonians</a>. Horse race meetings were also held in the town (1851–1870) but this land became the golf course for the newly formed Airdrie Golf Club in 1877.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Education" title="Education">Education</a> posed a major problem with severe overcrowding in the few schools available, therefore three new school boards were established. In the early 1830s there were about 800 pupils while the town had about 7,000 residents.<sup id="cite_ref-William_Blackwood_and_Sons_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-William_Blackwood_and_Sons-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fees were routinely charged within the schools with the belief they should be self-supporting until an act of Parliament of 1889<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (April 2024)">which?</span></a></i>]</sup> relieved some of the infant classes in schools of this burden. <a href="/wiki/Airdrie_Academy" title="Airdrie Academy">Airdrie Academy</a> was built in 1849 and by 1919 all school boards were dissolved and Lanarkshire Education Authority took over responsibility for education throughout <a href="/wiki/Lanarkshire" title="Lanarkshire">Lanarkshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_Public_Observatory" class="mw-redirect" title="Airdrie Public Observatory">Airdrie Public Observatory</a>, one of only four public observatories in the UK (second oldest and smallest) – all in Scotland, was founded in the first library building in 1896, and is still operated in the present building by the Airdrie Astronomical Association a Scottish <a href="/wiki/Space_exploration" title="Space exploration">astronautic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Astronomy" title="Astronomy">astronomy</a> society and registered charity.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the turn of the century <a href="/wiki/Variety_show" title="Variety show">variety shows</a> were becoming popular in the area and by 1911 the Pavilion in Graham Street was built which after initially being used as a music hall started showing cinematographic pictures. Unfortunately it was destroyed by fire in 1917 but was rebuilt in 1919 and finally closed in 1970. The New Cinema was opened in 1920 in Broomknoll Street but it too has since closed. The town had no suitable venue for larger functions so in 1912 the <a href="/wiki/Airdrie_Town_Hall" title="Airdrie Town Hall">Sir John Wilson Town Hall</a> was opened (following an offer of £10,000 from Sir John Wilson).<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 July 1918 nineteen miners died in the <a href="/wiki/Stanrigg_Mining_Accident" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanrigg Mining Accident">Stanrigg Pit Disaster</a>. The pit was situated in boggy land and collapsed after being saturated by heavy rainfall.<sup id="cite_ref-SMW_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMW-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1920_onwards">1920 onwards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1920 onwards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Airdrie_War_Memorial_-_geograph.org.uk_-_222475.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Airdrie_War_Memorial_-_geograph.org.uk_-_222475.jpg/220px-Airdrie_War_Memorial_-_geograph.org.uk_-_222475.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Airdrie_War_Memorial_-_geograph.org.uk_-_222475.jpg/330px-Airdrie_War_Memorial_-_geograph.org.uk_-_222475.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Airdrie_War_Memorial_-_geograph.org.uk_-_222475.jpg/440px-Airdrie_War_Memorial_-_geograph.org.uk_-_222475.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Airdrie War Memorial</figcaption></figure> <p>At the end of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>, Airdrie was hard hit with many casualties from the war. Unemployment reached 30% in the local area.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After years of moving from one site to another, the first purpose built library in Airdrie was opened in Anderson Street in 1895. However, this only lasted 30 years until the current Airdrie Library building was erected in 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ASTRA_-_Airdrie_Library_Building_Anderson_Street.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/ASTRA_-_Airdrie_Library_Building_Anderson_Street.JPG/220px-ASTRA_-_Airdrie_Library_Building_Anderson_Street.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/ASTRA_-_Airdrie_Library_Building_Anderson_Street.JPG/330px-ASTRA_-_Airdrie_Library_Building_Anderson_Street.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/ASTRA_-_Airdrie_Library_Building_Anderson_Street.JPG/440px-ASTRA_-_Airdrie_Library_Building_Anderson_Street.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption> The first Airdrie Public Library building, a <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_library" title="Carnegie library">Carnegie library</a> opened 1894.</figcaption></figure> <p>Conditions in the town did not really improve until well after the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> but in 1949 the <a href="/wiki/Boots_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Boots Group">Boots</a> <a href="/wiki/Pharmaceutical_industry" title="Pharmaceutical industry">pharmaceutical company</a> and Banner Textiles Ltd were attracted to the town (between them employing 1200). With this impetus, new companies began to consider Airdrie as a viable option for business and in 1958 <a href="/wiki/Pye_Ltd." class="mw-redirect" title="Pye Ltd.">Pye</a> opened employing over 1000 people. The emergence of industrial estates was also prevalent around this time (Newhouse, Chapelhall, and Brownsburn). The Airdrie Arts Centre opened in 1967 in the former Airdrie Library building, and was a popular venue for concerts and plays, but was closed in 2012 by North Lanarkshire Council.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1964 and 1991, the town was the location of a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Observer_Corps" title="Royal Observer Corps">Royal Observer Corps</a> monitoring bunker, to be used in the event of a nuclear attack. No trace remains today.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Holehills_Flats_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1742668.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/The_Holehills_Flats_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1742668.jpg/220px-The_Holehills_Flats_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1742668.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/The_Holehills_Flats_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1742668.jpg/330px-The_Holehills_Flats_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1742668.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/The_Holehills_Flats_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1742668.jpg/440px-The_Holehills_Flats_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1742668.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1015" data-file-height="592" /></a><figcaption>The Holehills Flats (now demolished)</figcaption></figure> <p>The 1970s saw the opening of <a href="/wiki/Monklands_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Monklands Hospital">Monklands Hospital</a>, which replaced an older hospital on the Airdrie House estate.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Airdrie hosted the <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_M%C3%B2d" title="Royal National Mòd">National Mòd</a> in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-SMO_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMO-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 21st century, the town has continued to grow as a residential settlement, with development and conversion of some town centre buildings, such as the Historic Orrs Department Store into new homes.<sup id="cite_ref-Housing1_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Housing1-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, permission was given for a significant expansion of the town, with the creation of up to 3,000 new homes in East Airdrie on former mining land.<sup id="cite_ref-Housing2_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Housing2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_Scotland" title="History of local government in Scotland">History of local government in Scotland</a></div> <p>Airdrie is represented by several tiers of elected government. <a href="/wiki/North_Lanarkshire" title="North Lanarkshire">North Lanarkshire Council</a>, the unitary <a href="/wiki/Local_government" title="Local government">local authority</a> for Airdrie, is based at <a href="/wiki/Motherwell,_North_Lanarkshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Motherwell, North Lanarkshire">Motherwell</a>, and is the <a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">executive</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deliberation" title="Deliberation">deliberative</a> and <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislative</a> body responsible for <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Scotland" title="Local government in Scotland">local governance</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> is responsible for <a href="/wiki/Devolution" title="Devolution">devolved matters</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Scotland" title="Education in Scotland">education</a>, <a href="/wiki/NHS_Scotland" title="NHS Scotland">health</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scots_law" title="Scots law">justice</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Reserved_and_excepted_matters" class="mw-redirect" title="Reserved and excepted matters">reserved matters</a> are dealt with by the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-devolvedmatters_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-devolvedmatters-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Westminster">Westminster</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Westminster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town forms part of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_constituencies" title="United Kingdom constituencies">burgh constituency</a> of <a href="/wiki/Airdrie_and_Shotts_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Airdrie and Shotts (UK Parliament constituency)">Airdrie and Shotts</a>, electing one <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a>. In 2005, changes to the constituency boundaries saw part of its area transferred to <a href="/wiki/Motherwell_and_Wishaw_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Motherwell and Wishaw (UK Parliament constituency)">Motherwell and Wishaw</a>, offset by the addition of part of <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_North_and_Bellshill_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hamilton North and Bellshill (UK Parliament constituency)">Hamilton North and Bellshill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The location has been represented by several prominent Labour MPs in recent years: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Labour_Party_leader)" title="John Smith (Labour Party leader)">John Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a> for North Lanarkshire 1970–1983 and Monklands East 1983–1994 (Eastern Coatbridge and Airdrie area). Former <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer">Shadow Chancellor</a> and then leader of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> until his untimely death in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Liddell" title="Helen Liddell">Helen Liddell</a>, MP for Monklands East 1994–1997, Airdrie and Shotts 1997–2005, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" title="Secretary of State for Scotland">Secretary of State for Scotland</a> and subsequently Britain's <a href="/wiki/List_of_High_Commissioners_from_the_United_Kingdom_to_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to Australia">High Commissioner to Australia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Reid,_Baron_Reid_of_Cardowan" title="John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan">John Reid</a>, MP for Airdrie and Shotts 2005–2010, a high-profile minister including as the first <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Roman Catholic</a> to be appointed <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The current MP for the constituency is the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Scottish National Party</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Stevenson_(politician)" title="Kenneth Stevenson (politician)">Anum Qaisar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scottish_Parliament">Scottish Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Scottish Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the purposes of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>, Airdrie forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Airdrie_and_Shotts_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Airdrie and Shotts (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Airdrie and Shotts</a> constituency. This has slightly different boundaries from those of the UK Parliament constituency of the same name. The current <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a> (MSP) for <a href="/wiki/Airdrie_and_Shotts_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Airdrie and Shotts (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Airdrie and Shotts</a> is Neil Grey MSP (<a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a>), who won this seat in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to this, Airdrie is represented by seven <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_constituencies_and_regions" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions">regional MSPs</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Central_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Central Scotland electoral region</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_Parliament">European Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: European Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a>, it was part of the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Scotland (European Parliament constituency)">Scotland European Parliament constituency</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Up until 1975, Airdrie had its own <a href="/wiki/Burgh" title="Burgh">Burgh Council</a>. Between 1975 and 1996, Airdrie came under <a href="/wiki/Monklands_(district)" title="Monklands (district)">Monklands District Council</a> operating in conjunction with <a href="/wiki/Strathclyde" title="Strathclyde">Strathclyde Regional Council</a>. Monklands District Council was headquartered in the Coatbridge Municipal Building. Many Airdrieonians felt short-changed by MDC's actions and a significant political scandal known as <a href="/wiki/Monklandsgate" title="Monklandsgate">Monklandsgate</a> greatly tarnished the council's reputation. After 1996, it came under the authority of the unitary <a href="/wiki/North_Lanarkshire" title="North Lanarkshire">North Lanarkshire Council</a>. North Lanarkshire has many councillors; currently, the council is in control of the Labour group and the leader of the council is <a href="/wiki/Jim_Logue" title="Jim Logue">Jim Logue</a>, councillor for Airdrie Central.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Satellite_villages">Satellite villages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Satellite villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Chapelhall" title="Chapelhall">Chapelhall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Calderbank" title="Calderbank">Calderbank</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caldercruix" title="Caldercruix">Caldercruix</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gartness,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gartness, North Lanarkshire (page does not exist)">Gartness</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glenmavis" title="Glenmavis">Glenmavis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greengairs" title="Greengairs">Greengairs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Longriggend" title="Longriggend">Longriggend</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plains,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Plains, North Lanarkshire">Plains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stand,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Stand, North Lanarkshire">Stand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upperton,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Upperton, North Lanarkshire">Upperton</a>, Newhouse and <a href="/wiki/Wattston" title="Wattston">Wattston</a> are generally considered satellite 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href="/wiki/Cumbernauld" title="Cumbernauld">Cumbernauld</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greengairs" title="Greengairs">Greengairs</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/Falkirk" title="Falkirk">Falkirk</a></b></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Coatbridge" title="Coatbridge">Coatbridge</a> <a href="/wiki/Coatdyke" class="mw-redirect" title="Coatdyke">Coatdyke</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a></b></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/25px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/34px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span><b style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:middle; margin:0.75em 1em">Airdrie</b><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="East"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Caldercruix" title="Caldercruix">Caldercruix</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bathgate" title="Bathgate">Bathgate</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/Livingston,_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Livingston, Scotland">Livingston</a></b></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/28px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Coatbridge" title="Coatbridge">Coatbridge</a> (Carnbroe)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Calderbank" title="Calderbank">Calderbank</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/Motherwell" title="Motherwell">Motherwell</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Wishaw" title="Wishaw">Wishaw</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chapelhall" title="Chapelhall">Chapelhall</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/Lanark" title="Lanark">Lanark</a></b></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wards">Wards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Wards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the most recent major reorganisation in 2006, <a href="/wiki/North_Lanarkshire_Council" title="North Lanarkshire Council">North Lanarkshire Council</a> divides Airdrie into the following <a href="/wiki/Wards_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Wards of the United Kingdom">wards</a>, each electing four councillors since the <a href="/wiki/2017_North_Lanarkshire_Council_election" title="2017 North Lanarkshire Council election">2017 election</a>: </p> <ul><li>Ward 7 – <a href="/wiki/Airdrie_North_(ward)" title="Airdrie North (ward)">Airdrie North</a> (2019 population 20,137): Glenmavis, Caldercruix, Plains, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Burnfoot_Airdrie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Burnfoot Airdrie (page does not exist)">Burnfoot</a>, Thrashbush, Rochsoles, Holehills, Clarkston, Greengairs, Longriggend<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ward 8 – <a href="/wiki/Airdrie_Central_(ward)" class="mw-redirect" title="Airdrie Central (ward)">Airdrie Central</a> (2019 population 16,354): Airdrie Town Centre, Whinhall, Coatdyke, Gartlea, North Cairnhill, Central Park Area, Rawyards<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ward 11 – <a href="/wiki/Airdrie_South_(ward)" title="Airdrie South (ward)">Airdrie South</a> (2019 population 19,934): Craignuek, Petersburn, Moffat Mills, Chapelhall, Calderbank, Brownsburn, South Cairnhill, Gartness<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historical records of Airdrie's population are available from the 18th,<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the early decades of the 19th century,<sup id="cite_ref-William_Blackwood_and_Sons_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-William_Blackwood_and_Sons-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and into the early 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2001" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Census 2001">2001 Census</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-airdriecensus_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airdriecensus-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Airdrie's population of 36,326 was: </p> <ul><li>47.31 male, 52.69% female.</li> <li>20.7% were under 16, 16.67% were pensioners.</li> <li>46.61% were married (first marriage), 29.81% were single.</li> <li>95.74% were born in Scotland or described their nationality as Scottish.</li> <li>0.42% spoke <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Scottish Gaelic">Gaelic</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overview">Overview</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As outlined in the history section, Airdrie's traditional economic activities of weaving, coal mining, and heavy industry have ceased to exist. Although the <a href="/wiki/Glenflagler" class="mw-redirect" title="Glenflagler">Glenflagler</a> Distillery is now closed, the town still retains a strong involvement in the <a href="/wiki/Whisky" title="Whisky">whisky</a> industry. Airdrie was also home to a <a href="/wiki/Crimpy" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimpy">Crimpy</a> Crisps factory. Given its location near to Glasgow and other commercial or industrial areas, Airdrie might now be considered something of a commuter town. In fact, housing construction in Airdrie has been very prominent in recent years, with builders developing a number of <a href="/wiki/Brownfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Brownfield">brownfield</a> sites following the closure of various factories such as Boots (who closed their factory in 2004). Nonetheless, it does retain significant economic activity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_employers">Notable employers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notable employers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Albert Bartlett & Sons, a supplier of <a href="/wiki/Root_vegetables" class="mw-redirect" title="Root vegetables">root vegetables</a> in the UK. The Bartlett brothers, Alan, 52, and Ronnie, 44 are jointly ranked in The Sunday Times Rich List 2008 as the 63rd richest persons in Scotland and the 969th richest persons in the UK with a worth valued at £80 million.<sup id="cite_ref-bartlettbrothers_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bartlettbrothers-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inver_House_Distillers_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Inver House Distillers Limited">Inver House Distillers Limited</a>, headquarters and warehousing in Airdrie. Products include <a href="/wiki/Old_Pulteney" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Pulteney">Old Pulteney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balblair" class="mw-redirect" title="Balblair">Balblair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heather_Cream" class="mw-redirect" title="Heather Cream">Heather Cream</a> and Coldstream Gin.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_Savings_Bank" title="Airdrie Savings Bank">Airdrie Savings Bank</a> was a small commercial <a href="/wiki/Bank" title="Bank">bank</a> that operated in the town and around Lanarkshire.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC2_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC2-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC3_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC3-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trading_estates">Trading estates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Trading estates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are two trading estates in the town, Brownsburn Industrial Estate and Osprey Trade Park. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Places of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_Public_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Airdrie Public Library">Airdrie Public Library</a><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_Public_Observatory" class="mw-redirect" title="Airdrie Public Observatory">Airdrie Public Observatory</a><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Arran View - villa built by <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Thomson" title="Alexander Thomson">Alexander Thomson</a> in 1867.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hill_transmitting_station" title="Black Hill transmitting station">Black Hill transmitting station</a><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Centenary and West End Parks – including the Airdrie <a href="/wiki/War_memorial" title="War memorial">Cenotaph</a><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monkland_Canal" title="Monkland Canal">Monkland Canal</a> – where the <a href="/wiki/Vulcan_(barge)" title="Vulcan (barge)">Vulcan</a>, the world's first iron boat, was constructed and launched in 1819.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>New Monklands Parish Church<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Wallace Stone – legend tells that <a href="/wiki/William_Wallace" title="William Wallace">William Wallace</a> sharpened his sword on this stone on his way to the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Falkirk" title="Battle of Falkirk">Battle of Falkirk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Organisations">Organisations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Organisations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Moira_Anderson_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Moira Anderson Foundation">Moira Anderson Foundation</a>, a national charity providing support for those affected by childhood sexual abuse<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law">Law</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Police">Police</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Police"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Airdrie_Police_Badge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Airdrie_Police_Badge.jpg/220px-Airdrie_Police_Badge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="297" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Airdrie_Police_Badge.jpg/330px-Airdrie_Police_Badge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Airdrie_Police_Badge.jpg/440px-Airdrie_Police_Badge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1233" data-file-height="1662" /></a><figcaption>Burgh of Airdrie Police helmet badge (Victorian Crown) pre 1902</figcaption></figure> <p>Policing in Airdrie is undertaken by <a href="/wiki/Police_Scotland" title="Police Scotland">Police Scotland</a>. Airdrie is part of Coatbridge Area Command<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Chief_Inspector" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Inspector">Chief Inspector</a> Kenny MacLeod as the Area Commander. Airdrie also forms part of NA (or Monklands) sub division which includes Coatbridge and the surrounding area. There is one police office in Airdrie and this is open 24 hours.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sheriff_Court">Sheriff Court</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Sheriff Court"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Airdrie Sheriff Court is a modern building in Graham Street which provides a comprehensive local court service for the area including civil actions and criminal cases. It is administered by the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Court_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Court Service">Scottish Court Service</a> and part of the South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway <a href="/wiki/Sheriffdom" title="Sheriffdom">Sheriffdom</a> headed by a <a href="/wiki/Sheriff_Principal" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheriff Principal">Sheriff Principal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It replaced the old <a href="/wiki/County_Buildings,_Airdrie" title="County Buildings, Airdrie">County Buildings</a> in Bank Street which was demolished in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service" title="Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service">Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service</a>, responsible for the prosecution of crime in Scotland, maintains an office in the town directly opposite the Court.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Christian</b> <b><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a></b> – Airdrie's Church of Scotland churches are part of the <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_polity" title="Presbyterian polity">Presbytery</a> of Hamilton. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flowerhill_Parish_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1722656.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flowerhill_Parish_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1722656.jpg/220px-Flowerhill_Parish_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1722656.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flowerhill_Parish_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1722656.jpg/330px-Flowerhill_Parish_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1722656.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flowerhill_Parish_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1722656.jpg/440px-Flowerhill_Parish_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1722656.jpg 2x" data-file-width="908" data-file-height="681" /></a><figcaption>Cairnlea Church</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Cairnlea Church - formed by the amalgamation of Broomknoll Church and Flowerhill Church in 2016 and housed in the former Flowerhill building (1875)</li> <li>Clarkston Church (1837)</li> <li>High Church</li> <li>Jackson Church</li> <li>New Monkland Parish Church (bef. 1698) – In nearby <a href="/wiki/Glenmavis" title="Glenmavis">Glenmavis</a>.</li> <li>New Wellwynd (1834)</li> <li>St Columba's Church</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_Andrews_Chapel_in_Airdrie_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315473.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Saint_Andrews_Chapel_in_Airdrie_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315473.jpg/220px-Saint_Andrews_Chapel_in_Airdrie_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315473.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Saint_Andrews_Chapel_in_Airdrie_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315473.jpg/330px-Saint_Andrews_Chapel_in_Airdrie_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315473.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Saint_Andrews_Chapel_in_Airdrie_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315473.jpg/440px-Saint_Andrews_Chapel_in_Airdrie_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315473.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Saint Andrews Chapel</figcaption></figure> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism in Scotland">Roman Catholic Church</a></b> – Airdrie's Roman Catholic churches are immediately governed by the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Motherwell" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Motherwell">Diocese of Motherwell</a>, currently led by <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">Bishop</a> <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Toal" title="Joseph Toal">Joseph Toal</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Bishops%27_Conference_of_Scotland" title="Bishops' Conference of Scotland">Bishops' Conference of Scotland</a> (effectively the Church's headquarters in Scotland) is situated in Airdrie. </p> <ul><li>St Andrew's Church (Whinhall)</li> <li>St Edward's Church (Gartlea)</li> <li>St Margaret's Church (Airdrie centre)</li> <li>St Serf's Church (Rawyards)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pilgrim_Congregational_Church_in_Airdrie_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315649.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Pilgrim_Congregational_Church_in_Airdrie_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315649.jpg/220px-Pilgrim_Congregational_Church_in_Airdrie_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315649.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Pilgrim_Congregational_Church_in_Airdrie_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315649.jpg/330px-Pilgrim_Congregational_Church_in_Airdrie_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315649.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Pilgrim_Congregational_Church_in_Airdrie_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315649.jpg/440px-Pilgrim_Congregational_Church_in_Airdrie_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315649.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Pilgrim Congregational Church</figcaption></figure> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Congregational_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational church">Congregational Church</a></b> – Airdrie's Congregational churches are associated with the <a href="/wiki/Congregational_Federation" title="Congregational Federation">Congregational Federation</a>. </p> <ul><li>Coatdyke Church</li> <li>Ebenezer Church (Broomknoll Street) (1882)</li> <li>Pilgrim Church</li></ul> <p><b>Other</b> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Airdrie_Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1300141.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Airdrie_Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1300141.jpg/220px-Airdrie_Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1300141.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Airdrie_Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1300141.jpg/330px-Airdrie_Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1300141.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Airdrie_Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1300141.jpg/440px-Airdrie_Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1300141.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Airdrie Reformed Presbyterian Church (1838)</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Airdrie Baptist Church (1843) – part of the <a href="/wiki/Baptist_Union_of_Scotland" title="Baptist Union of Scotland">Baptist Union of Scotland</a>.</li> <li>Airdrie Islamic Centre (mosque) – part of the <a href="/wiki/UK_Islamic_Mission" title="UK Islamic Mission">UK Islamic Mission</a>.</li> <li>Airdrie Park – part of the <a href="/wiki/United_Reformed_Church" title="United Reformed Church">United Reformed Church</a>.</li> <li>Airdrie Reformed Presbyterian Church – part of the <a href="/wiki/Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_of_Scotland" title="Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland">Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland</a>, which is largely headquartered in Airdrie.</li> <li>The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints Chapel</li> <li>Ebenezer Church (Aitchison Street) – <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">Evangelical Church</a> – Airdrie's Evangelical churches are <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Brethren" title="Plymouth Brethren">Brethren</a> and associated with the <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Alliance" title="Evangelical Alliance">Evangelical Alliance</a>.</li> <li>Jehovah's Witnesses' Kingdom Hall</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Salvation_Army" title="The Salvation Army">The Salvation Army</a>, Airdrie Corps</li> <li>St Andrew's Hospice – operated by the <a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_Charity" title="Sisters of Charity">Sisters of Charity</a>.</li> <li>St Paul & St John the Baptist – part of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Episcopal_Church" title="Scottish Episcopal Church">Scottish Episcopal Church</a>, governed by the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Glasgow_and_Galloway" title="Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway">Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_railway_station" title="Airdrie railway station">Airdrie railway station</a> is on the electrified <a href="/wiki/North_Clyde_Line" title="North Clyde Line">North Clyde Line</a>. This railway provides a frequent train service to <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> via <a href="/wiki/Coatbridge_Sunnyside_railway_station" title="Coatbridge Sunnyside railway station">Coatbridge Sunnyside</a> and <a href="/wiki/Easterhouse_railway_station" title="Easterhouse railway station">Easterhouse</a>. In 2010, the <a href="/wiki/Airdrie%E2%80%93Bathgate_rail_link" title="Airdrie–Bathgate rail link">Airdrie–Bathgate rail link</a> re-opened providing Airdrie with a direct commuter train service to <a href="/wiki/Bathgate_railway_station" title="Bathgate railway station">Bathgate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Livingston_North_railway_station" title="Livingston North railway station">Livingston North</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Waverley_railway_station" title="Edinburgh Waverley railway station">Edinburgh Waverley</a>. <a href="/wiki/Drumgelloch_railway_station" title="Drumgelloch railway station">Drumgelloch railway station</a> serves the eastern end of the town. Including the satellite village of Caldercruix, Airdrie is served by four stations; <a href="/wiki/Caldercruix_railway_station" title="Caldercruix railway station">Caldercruix</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drumgelloch_railway_station" title="Drumgelloch railway station">Drumgelloch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Airdrie_railway_station" title="Airdrie railway station">Airdrie</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Coatdyke_railway_station" title="Coatdyke railway station">Coatdyke</a>, on the border of Airdrie and Coatbridge. </p><p>Airdrie has road links to <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Livingston,_West_Lothian" title="Livingston, West Lothian">Livingston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Motherwell" title="Motherwell">Motherwell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cumbernauld" title="Cumbernauld">Cumbernauld</a> and is situated close to the <a href="/wiki/M8_motorway_(Scotland)" title="M8 motorway (Scotland)">M8 motorway</a>. Bus services are largely undertaken by local operators, and links to Glasgow are provided by <a href="/wiki/First_Glasgow" title="First Glasgow">First Glasgow</a> and <a href="/wiki/McGill%27s_Bus_Services" title="McGill's Bus Services">McGills</a>. McGill's took over most of the local companies in 2016 to form its 'Monklands' network in Go Zone 8. The services link all the local neighbourhoods with longer distance services e.g. the 212 from Coatbridge - Caldercruix via Airdrie and Plains, or the 247 from Monklands Hospital - Kirkintilloch via Airdrie, Glenmavis, Cumbernauld and Blackwood. </p><p>Airdrie is connected to the UK <a href="/wiki/National_Cycle_Network" title="National Cycle Network">National Cycle Network</a> by <a href="/wiki/National_Cycle_Route_75" title="National Cycle Route 75">National Cycle Route 75</a>. This route provides a path between Glasgow and Edinburgh. According to the Sustrans website: "there is currently a gap in the National Cycle Network route at Devol Glen, <a href="/wiki/Port_Glasgow" title="Port Glasgow">Port Glasgow</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other than the Sustrans path, there are no cycle lanes in Airdrie. </p><p>Historical transport links include:- </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monkland_Canal" title="Monkland Canal">Monkland Canal</a>, 1794, commenced by <a href="/wiki/James_Watt" title="James Watt">James Watt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_and_Coatbridge_Tramways" title="Airdrie and Coatbridge Tramways">Airdrie and Coatbridge Tramways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballochney_Railway" title="Ballochney Railway">Ballochney Railway</a>, 1828</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monkland_and_Kirkintilloch_Railway" title="Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway">Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway</a>, 1826</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slamannan_Railway" title="Slamannan Railway">Slamannan Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monkland_Railways" title="Monkland Railways">Monkland Railways</a>, formed in 1848 by the merger of the aforesaid local "coal railways".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_and_Glasgow_Railway" title="Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway">Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_British_Railway" title="North British Railway">North British Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caledonian_Railway" title="Caledonian Railway">Caledonian Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_and_North_Eastern_Railway" title="London and North Eastern Railway">London and North Eastern Railway</a> (LNER)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London,_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway" title="London, Midland and Scottish Railway">London, Midland and Scottish Railway</a></li> <li>British Railways/<a href="/wiki/British_Rail" title="British Rail">British Rail</a> - <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Region_of_British_Railways" title="Scottish Region of British Railways">Scottish Region of British Railways</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Monklands_Hospital_Accident_and_Emergency_entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_370541.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Monklands_Hospital_Accident_and_Emergency_entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_370541.jpg/220px-Monklands_Hospital_Accident_and_Emergency_entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_370541.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Monklands_Hospital_Accident_and_Emergency_entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_370541.jpg/330px-Monklands_Hospital_Accident_and_Emergency_entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_370541.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Monklands_Hospital_Accident_and_Emergency_entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_370541.jpg/440px-Monklands_Hospital_Accident_and_Emergency_entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_370541.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="379" /></a><figcaption>Monklands District General Hospital with the medical tower, the surgical tower and the A&E entrance</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Weavers%27_cottages_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227085.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Weavers%27_cottages_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227085.jpg/220px-Weavers%27_cottages_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227085.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Weavers%27_cottages_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227085.jpg/330px-Weavers%27_cottages_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227085.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Weavers%27_cottages_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227085.jpg/440px-Weavers%27_cottages_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227085.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Weaver's Cottage</figcaption></figure> <p>Airdrie is home to <a href="/wiki/Monklands_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Monklands Hospital">Monklands District General Hospital</a> with a 24-hour <a href="/wiki/Emergency_department" title="Emergency department">Accident & Emergency</a> department.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Adjacent to Monklands Hospital is Maggie's Lanarkshire, part of the <a href="/wiki/Maggie%27s_Centres" class="mw-redirect" title="Maggie's Centres">Maggie's Centres</a> cancer support charity.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following are the <a href="/wiki/Secondary_schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Secondary schools">secondary schools</a>, all of which are run by North Lanarkshire Council:<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Airdrie_Academy_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227116.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Airdrie_Academy_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227116.jpg/220px-Airdrie_Academy_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227116.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Airdrie_Academy_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227116.jpg/330px-Airdrie_Academy_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227116.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Airdrie_Academy_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227116.jpg/440px-Airdrie_Academy_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227116.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Airdrie Academy</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_Academy" title="Airdrie Academy">Airdrie Academy</a> – <a href="/wiki/Non-denominational" title="Non-denominational">Non-denominational</a>, <a href="/wiki/Co-educational" class="mw-redirect" title="Co-educational">co-educational</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_school" title="Comprehensive school">comprehensive school</a></li> <li>Caldervale High – <a href="/wiki/Non-denominational" title="Non-denominational">Non-denominational</a>, <a href="/wiki/Co-educational" class="mw-redirect" title="Co-educational">co-educational</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_school" title="Comprehensive school">comprehensive school</a></li> <li>St Margaret's High – <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Co-educational" class="mw-redirect" title="Co-educational">co-educational</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_school" title="Comprehensive school">comprehensive school</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_relations">International relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: International relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Airdrie is <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arnhem" title="Arnhem">Arnhem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gelderland" title="Gelderland">Gelderland</a>, Netherlands</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%BCssen" title="Füssen">Füssen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bavaria" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a>, Germany</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Angling - Airdrie is a popular destination for anglers from across the Central Belt, due to its lochs and reservoirs. These include: Airdrie & District Angling Club based at <a href="/wiki/Hillend_Loch" title="Hillend Loch">Hillend Loch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Athletics - Airdrie Harriers, one of North Lanarkshire's athletics clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Airdrie_Bowling_Club_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315803.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Airdrie_Bowling_Club_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315803.jpg/220px-Airdrie_Bowling_Club_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315803.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Airdrie_Bowling_Club_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315803.jpg/330px-Airdrie_Bowling_Club_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315803.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Airdrie_Bowling_Club_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315803.jpg/440px-Airdrie_Bowling_Club_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315803.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Airdrie Bowling Club</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Football - <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Excelsior_Stadium_-_geograph.org.uk_-_377758.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/The_Excelsior_Stadium_-_geograph.org.uk_-_377758.jpg/220px-The_Excelsior_Stadium_-_geograph.org.uk_-_377758.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/The_Excelsior_Stadium_-_geograph.org.uk_-_377758.jpg/330px-The_Excelsior_Stadium_-_geograph.org.uk_-_377758.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/The_Excelsior_Stadium_-_geograph.org.uk_-_377758.jpg/440px-The_Excelsior_Stadium_-_geograph.org.uk_-_377758.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="424" /></a><figcaption>The Excelsior Stadium</figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Penalty_kick_in_Central_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227041.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Penalty_kick_in_Central_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227041.jpg/220px-Penalty_kick_in_Central_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227041.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Penalty_kick_in_Central_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227041.jpg/330px-Penalty_kick_in_Central_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227041.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Penalty_kick_in_Central_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227041.jpg/440px-Penalty_kick_in_Central_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227041.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Penalty kick in Central Park</figcaption></figure> The town's major <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> club is <a href="/wiki/Airdrieonians_F.C." title="Airdrieonians F.C.">Airdrieonians F.C.</a>, who play in the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Championship" title="Scottish Championship">Scottish Championship</a>, and are based at the <a href="/wiki/Excelsior_Stadium" title="Excelsior Stadium">Excelsior Stadium</a>. They were formed as a replacement for the original <a href="/wiki/Airdrieonians_F.C._(1878)" title="Airdrieonians F.C. (1878)">Airdrieonians</a>, who folded in May 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NameChange_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NameChange-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Golf - Airdrie Golf Club was established in 1877. It is a wooded parkland par 69 course with tight fairways and well-protected greens.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Motor sport - The Monklands Sporting Car Club runs its events at the <a href="/wiki/Forrestburn_Hillclimb" title="Forrestburn Hillclimb">Forrestburn Hillclimb</a> situated about 5 miles east of Airdrie.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rugby union - Airdrie was home to its own rugby union team called Waysiders RFC. This team was amalgamated to form Waysiders Drumpellier RFC which currently play out of Drumpellier RFC's traditional home ground in Langloan, Coatbridge.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sailing - The Monklands Sailing Club is based at <a href="/wiki/Hillend_Loch" title="Hillend Loch">Hillend Loch</a> by <a href="/wiki/Caldercruix" title="Caldercruix">Caldercruix</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Tennis - Springwells Lawn Tennis Club. A member of the West of Scotland District and LTA County, divisions of Tennis Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Adam" title="Bill Adam">Bill Adam</a> – racing driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Aitken_(journalist)" title="Ian Aitken (journalist)">Ian Aitken</a> - political journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Allen_(painter)" title="Joe Allen (painter)">Joe Allen</a> - painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Bannen" title="Ian Bannen">Ian Bannen</a> – actor<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Dish_(band)" title="The Big Dish (band)">The Big Dish</a> – pop/rock band</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carmichael_(VC)" title="John Carmichael (VC)">John Carmichael</a> – soldier and recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reece_Clarke" title="Reece Clarke">Reece Clarke</a> – ballet dancer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Craig_(geologist)" title="John Craig (geologist)">John Craig</a> – geologist and lexicographer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Craig_(fighter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Craig (fighter)">Paul Craig</a> - Mixed Martial Artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Cushley" title="Leo Cushley">Leo Cushley</a> – Roman Catholic archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Dalziel" title="Ryan Dalziel">Ryan Dalziel</a> – racing driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anton_Danyluk" title="Anton Danyluk">Anton Danyluk</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Love_Island_(2015_TV_series)" title="Love Island (2015 TV series)">Love Island</a></i> 2019 participant</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Davidson" title="Ross Davidson">Ross Davidson</a> – actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_de_Largie" title="Hugh de Largie">Hugh de Largie</a> – Australian politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Evans_(Scottish_musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nathan Evans (Scottish musician)">Nathan Evans</a> - singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Whigham_Fletcher" title="William Whigham Fletcher">William Whigham Fletcher</a> - biologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Gerard" title="Emily Gerard">Emily Gerard</a> – writer, whose works inspired Bram Stoker's <a href="/wiki/Dracula" title="Dracula">Dracula</a> and coined the term <a href="/wiki/Nosferatu" title="Nosferatu">Nosferatu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Graham,_1st_Viscount_of_Dundee" class="mw-redirect" title="John Graham, 1st Viscount of Dundee">John Graham, 1st Viscount of Dundee</a> – also known as 'Bluidy Clavers' and 'Bonnie Dundee'. Royalist and <a href="/wiki/Jacobitism" title="Jacobitism">Jacobite</a> soldier</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walker_Hamilton" title="Walker Hamilton">Walker Hamilton</a> – writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Harrold" title="Grant Harrold">Grant Harrold</a> – broadcaster, and former Royal <a href="/wiki/Butler" title="Butler">butler</a> to <a href="/wiki/HRH_Prince_Charles" class="mw-redirect" title="HRH Prince Charles">HRH Prince Charles</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Duchess_of_Cornwall" class="mw-redirect" title="The Duchess of Cornwall">The Duchess of Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Hendrick" title="Amanda Hendrick">Amanda Hendrick</a> – high-fashion model</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dee_Hepburn" title="Dee Hepburn">Dee Hepburn</a> – actress, best known for her role in <a href="/wiki/Gregory%27s_Girl" title="Gregory's Girl">Gregory's Girl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Keenan" title="David Keenan">David Keenan</a> – writer, musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Lambie" title="Jim Lambie">Jim Lambie</a> – <a href="/wiki/Turner_Prize" title="Turner Prize">Turner Prize</a> nominated artist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Ross_Lauder" class="mw-redirect" title="David Ross Lauder">David Ross Lauder</a> – soldier and recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Leitch" title="Jason Leitch">Jason Leitch</a> - National Clinical Director for Scotland. Dux of Airdrie Academy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_G._Macfarlane" title="George G. Macfarlane">Sir George G. Macfarlane</a>, engineer, scientific administrator and public servant.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alesha_MacPhail" class="mw-redirect" title="Alesha MacPhail">Alesha MacPhail</a> - murder victim</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_O%27Neill_(VC)" title="John O'Neill (VC)">John O'Neill</a> – soldier and recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Bell_Pettigrew" title="James Bell Pettigrew">James Bell Pettigrew</a> - anatomist and naturalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Robinson_(swimmer)" title="William Robinson (swimmer)">William Robinson</a> – swimmer, won silver in the Men's 200 metre Breaststroke at the <a href="/wiki/1908_Summer_Olympics" title="1908 Summer Olympics">1908 Olympics</a> in London.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Traynor" title="Jim Traynor">Jim Traynor</a> – sports broadcaster and journalist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Williams_(wrestler)" title="Kenny Williams (wrestler)">Kenny Williams</a> – Scottish professional wrestler with <a href="/wiki/Insane_Championship_Wrestling" title="Insane Championship Wrestling">Insane Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson_baronets" title="Wilson baronets">Sir John Wilson</a> – <a href="/wiki/Baronet" title="Baronet">Baronet</a> (Wilson Baronetcy of Airdrie, which continues today with the 5th Baronet)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Footballers">Footballers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Footballers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Armstrong_(footballer_born_1936)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Armstrong (footballer born 1936)">John Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Bannan" title="Barry Bannan">Barry Bannan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Black_(footballer)" title="Dick Black (footballer)">Dick Black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Brown_(footballer_born_1928)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Brown (footballer born 1928)">George Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Campbell" title="Jackie Campbell">Jackie Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Clark" title="Sandy Clark">Sandy Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Cumming" title="Bobby Cumming">Bobby Cumming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrance_Gillick" class="mw-redirect" title="Torrance Gillick">Torrance Gillick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Hendrie" title="Dick Hendrie">Dick Hendrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Jarvie" title="Drew Jarvie">Drew Jarvie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Lawrence" title="Alan Lawrence">Alan Lawrence</a> – Nicknamed 'Nipper'.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_McClair" title="Brian McClair">Brian McClair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_McFarlane_(footballer,_died_1898)" title="Bob McFarlane (footballer, died 1898)">Bob McFarlane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McGregor_(footballer_born_1963)" class="mw-redirect" title="John McGregor (footballer born 1963)">John McGregor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_McMillan_(footballer)" title="Ian McMillan (footballer)">Ian McMillan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Main_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Main (footballer)">Robert Main</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Morton" title="Alan Morton">Alan Morton</a> – Nicknamed 'The Wee Blue Devil'.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Neil_(footballer,_born_1939)" title="Billy Neil (footballer, born 1939)">Billy Neil</a> - Olympian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ally_Roy" title="Ally Roy">Ally Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Scott_(footballer,_born_1872)" title="Matthew Scott (footballer, born 1872)">Matthew Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardner_Speirs" title="Gardner Speirs">Gardner Speirs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Thomson_(footballer)" title="Alexander Thomson (footballer)">Sandy Thomson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_White_(Scottish_footballer)" title="James White (Scottish footballer)">James White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Woods" title="Martin Woods">Martin Woods</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Airdrie, United Kingdom </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15<br />(56) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17<br />(55) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(59) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(85) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(78) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(70) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15<br />(59) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13<br />(57) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">31<br />(88) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(44) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(47) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11<br />(52) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15<br />(59) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17<br />(63) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(65) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15<br />(60) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(44) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12<br />(54) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11<br />(52) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(51) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(47) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(42) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(35) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5<br />(41) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−17<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−12<br />(9) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8<br />(16) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3<br />(25) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(35) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−10<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−17<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−17<br />(1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.9<br />(3.42) </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79<br />(3.11) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.4<br />(2.93) </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.5<br />(1.83) </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.5<br />(1.32) </td> <td style="background: #C3C3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.6<br />(1.52) </td> <td style="background: #B5B5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.5<br />(1.95) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.6<br />(2.07) </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.6<br />(2.23) </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.8<br />(3.34) </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.8<br />(2.62) </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.9<br />(2.95) </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">762.1<br />(30) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Weatherbase<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_North_Lanarkshire" title="List of places in North Lanarkshire">List of places in North Lanarkshire</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Begg, E. and Rich, D. (1991) <i>On the Trail of Merlin</i>. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85030-939-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-85030-939-5">0-85030-939-5</a></li> <li>Geddes, C.M. (1995) <i>Airdrie 300:A Souvenir Brochure</i>. Motherwell: Monklands Library Services. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-946120-29-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-946120-29-3">0-946120-29-3</a></li> <li>Hutton, G. (1997) <i>Lanarkshire's Mining Legacy</i>. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84033-015-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-84033-015-5">1-84033-015-5</a></li> <li>McCutcheon, C. (1994) <i>Old Airdrie</i>. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-872074-34-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-872074-34-0">1-872074-34-0</a></li> <li>Moir, H. (2001) <i>Airdrie</i>. Stroud: Tempus Publishing Ltd. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7524-2368-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-7524-2368-1">0-7524-2368-1</a></li> <li>Scobbie, J.K. (1985) <i>Book of Airdrie'</i>. Motherwell: Monklands Library Services. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-946120-08-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-946120-08-0">0-946120-08-0</a></li> <li>Wilson, R. (1997) <i>Old Airdrie Villages</i>. 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