Birkenshaw, Uddingston

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Birkenshaw
Lanarkshire
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Old Edinburgh Road, Birkenshaw
Location
Grid reference: NS696618
Location: 55°49’57"N, 4°4’59"W
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Local Government
Council: North Lanarkshire

Birkenshaw is a village in Lanarkshire, to the east of Glasgow, and in proximity to Uddingston, Tannochside and Viewpark.

Largely a residential area, the village is more widely known for the Birkenshaw Trading Estate (Rannoch Road) which contains a range of DIY, electrical and furniture stores. It is sometimes considered as part of Viewpark and is contained within the ‘Greater Glasgow’ conurbation.

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Birkenshaw Trading Estate

This place gained some notoriety after Peter Manuel, the "beast of Birkenshaw", committed a series of murders here.

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