Greenspaces

Cumbernauld is an incredibly green place and most people live within ten minutes of the town’s reserves and parks. There is so much to explore, so why not start today?

 

Cumbernauld Community Park

, by Cumbernauld LL
Owned and managed by North Lanarkshire Council, this site has plenty of open greenspace as well as areas of wildflower meadow, spruce plantation and hedgerows. The park is full of history, and there’s plenty of wildlife to see from roe deer and badgers to butterflies and bees. There is a children’s playpark and a path leading to Andy Scott’s Arria…

Cumbernauld House Park

, by Laura Healy Smith
Cumbernauld House Park is a 19-hectare park, mainly conserved to its informal original layout, with sloping and flat areas of grassland and footpaths around the perimeter. It hosts a number of ancient specimen trees, which provide homes for hundreds of species of wildlife from invertebrates to mammals. Spectacular views as far as the Campsie Fells and Ochil hills can be…

The Langriggs

, by Laura Healy Smith
The Langriggs of Cumbernauld Village date back to medieval times. Once typical of early Scottish villages each property on Main Street had their own long narrow plots of land or ‘riggs.’ These Langriggs stretching out behind the homes were used by the villagers to carry out their particular trade. Some grew food or kept livestock, whilst others contained small outbuildings…
 

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