Airdrie: Lanarkshire Town Between Glasgow and the Monklands Canal
Airdrie lies roughly twelve miles east of Glasgow in North Lanarkshire, a town built on weaving, coal, and iron. The population is around 37,000. Robert Hamilton invented the first practical hot blast process for iron smelting nearby at Gartsherrie in 1828, a development that transformed Scottish industry. The Monklands Canal, built in the 1790s to carry coal from Lanarkshire to Glasgow, ran close to the town before it was drained and built over in the twentieth century.
Airdrie railway station provides regular services to Glasgow Queen Street (around 30 minutes) and Edinburgh Waverley via Bathgate. Airdrieonians F.C., founded in 1878, currently play at the Excelsior Stadium (also known as New Broomfield), a 10,000-capacity ground opened in 1998 after the club left Broomfield Park. The town shares close ties with neighbouring Coatbridge, and the two are sometimes referred to jointly as the Monklands. For those considering adult companionship, Scots law applies here, not English law.
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Airdrie lies roughly twelve miles east of Glasgow in North Lanarkshire, a town built on weaving, coal, and iron. The population is around 37,000. Robert Hamilton invented the first practical hot blast process for iron smelting nearby at Gartsherrie in 1828, a development that transformed Scottish industry. The Monklands Canal, built in the 1790s to carry coal from Lanarkshire to Glasgow, ran close to the town before it was drained and built over in the twentieth century.
Airdrie railway station provides regular services to Glasgow Queen Street (around 30 minutes) and Edinburgh Waverley via Bathgate. Airdrieonians F.C., founded in 1878, currently play at the Excelsior Stadium (also known as New Broomfield), a 10,000-capacity ground opened in 1998 after the club left Broomfield Park. The town shares close ties with neighbouring Coatbridge, and the two are sometimes referred to jointly as the Monklands. For those considering adult companionship, Scots law applies here, not English law.
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