Cambuslang is a town on the south-eastern outskirts of Greater Glasgow, Scotland. With approximately 30,000 residents, it is the 27th largest town in Scotland by population, although, never having had a town hall, it may also be considered the largest village in Scotland. It is within the local authority area of South Lanarkshire and directly borders the town of Rutherglen to the west. Historically, it was a large civil parish incorporating the nearby hamlets of Newton, Flemington, Westburn and Halfway.
Cambuslang main street, 2013
The Clock Inn bar, junction of Main Street and Greenlees Road
Modern tenements in the Whitlawburn housing scheme – demolished in the early 2020s
View north from Hallside towards Dechmont Hill
Rutherglen is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, three miles from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde. Having previously existed as a separate Lanarkshire burgh, in 1975 Rutherglen lost its own local council and administratively became a component of the City of Glasgow District within the Strathclyde region. In 1996 the towns were reallocated to the South Lanarkshire council area.
Main Street, the main shopping area of Rutherglen
Rutherglen's prominence in late mediaeval Lanarkshire is shown in the Blaeu Atlas of Scotland (1654) - Castlemilk House (‘Casteltoun’), Shawfield and Farme Castle are also shown
Faces of double-sided seal as published in 1793
Seal as depicted in 1882
