Finding a hotel in East Renfrewshire

Covers an area of 67 square miles (174 sq. Km) and has a population of around 90,000. It borders onto North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and the City of Glasgow. The administrative centre is Giffnock.

Geography

The authority is located on a low-lying plateau rising from the plain of the River Clyde. It reaches out over an area of moorland and farming country through the city suburbs of Newton Mearns, Barrhead, Neilston, Uplawmoor and Clarkston.

Industry

The products are engineering, cotton textiles, sheep and dairy farming.

History

East Renfrewshire includes the areas of Barrhead, Busby, Clarkston, Eaglesham, Giffnock, Mearns, Neilston and Thornliebank and came into being in the local government reorganisation of April, 1996. Before that the history goes back many centuries and there is evidence of ancient hillforts at Dunwan, Duncarnock etc. The history includes the patron saint Conval, the strong links between the Stewart kings, the civil war of the Covenant and the hectic, industrial era which centred on the Cart and Levern rivers.