Official Name: | Blackwood |
Country: | Scotland |
Static Image: | Blackwood and the Campsies - geograph.org.uk - 1508089.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Blackwood and the Campsies from Broadwood Loch |
Static Image Alt: | Blackwood and the Campsies from Broadwood Loch from 2009 |
Population: | 1,470 |
Population Ref: | |
Os Grid Reference: | NS721740 |
Coordinates: | 55.943°N -4.049°W |
Post Town: | GLASGOW |
Postcode Area: | G |
Postcode District: | G68 |
Dial Code: | 01236 |
Constituency Westminster: | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East |
Constituency Westminster1: | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill |
Unitary Scotland: | North Lanarkshire |
Lieutenancy Scotland: | Lanarkshire |
Blackwood is an area in Cumbernauld, a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Construction began during the 1990s. It is located north of Westfield Road, Cumbernauld, towards Kirkintilloch.
In a survey in 2000, it was the largest new settlement in Scotland that had not been recognised as a locality in 1991. At the time of the survey, it had a population of 1,470.[1] Since then new housing has been built.[2]
Blackwood is near to Broadwood Stadium, which opened in 1994 and was the home of Clyde Football Club, and is north of Broadwood Loch.[3]