Monklands was, between 1975 and 1996, one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland.
Municipal Buildings, Dunbeth Road, Coatbridge
Strathclyde was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. The Strathclyde region had 19 districts. The region was named after the early medieval Kingdom of Strathclyde centred on Govan, but covered a broader geographic area than its namesake.
Main building of old High School (built 1846), became part of Strathclyde House, the council's headquarters.
Another block of Strathclyde House on the corner of Elmbank Crescent and India Street, later called Nye Bevan House