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Almost all amenities with Earnock Estate are located on Wellhall Road - the main road running through the estate. |
Almost all amenities with Earnock Estate are located on Wellhall Road - the main road running through the estate that links all parts of the neighbourhood. |
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An [[Esso]] [[petrol station]] is located on Wellhall Road. There is a small convenience store and cash machine - a fee of £1.75 is made for every withdrawal from this [[ATM]]. |
An [[Esso]] [[petrol station]] is located on Wellhall Road. There is a small convenience store and cash machine - a fee of £1.75 is made for every withdrawal from this [[ATM]]. |
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A Moss Pharmacy, formerly known as The Wellhall Pharmacy, is located on the corner of Hillhouse Road and Wellhall Road,. The Moss Pharmacy provides medicine to many residents of Earnock and surrounding communities and, as well as medicines, stocks a number of other health related products and confectionery. |
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There are currently no churches in Earnock, however, in neighbouring Hillhouse there are two. These are the [[Church of Scotland]] Hillhouse Parish Church and the Catholic St Ninian's Church. David Burt, minister of the Parish Church serves as school chaplin to |
There are currently no churches in Earnock, however, in neighbouring Hillhouse there are two. These are the [[Church of Scotland]] Hillhouse Parish Church and the Catholic St Ninian's Church. David Burt, minister of the Parish Church, serves as school chaplin to local, multi-denominational, schools. |
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Earnock is home to one GP's surgery, the Wellhall Medical Centre. The surgery opened in the mid 1990s and is located at 4 Hillhouse road. It can be contacted, by phone, on 01698 285 818. |
Earnock is home to one GP's surgery, the Wellhall Medical Centre. The surgery opened in the mid 1990s and is located at 4 Hillhouse road. It can be contacted, by phone, on 01698 285 818. |
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Revision as of 20:45, 24 March 2008
Earnock Estate is a private, residential area in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, which is located just east of High Earnock and south of Hillhouse. The area was developed in the 1960s and has the oldest buildings in the area.
Amenities
Almost all amenities with Earnock Estate are located on Wellhall Road - the main road running through the estate that links all parts of the neighbourhood.
Shops
There are four shops within the Earnock area: Fillipetti's, an Aldi supermarket, an Esso petrol station and a Moss Pharmacy.
Fillipetti's is a small convenience shop situated at 115 Wellhall Road and sells a range of products including homeware items such as vases and decorations.
The Aldi store, also on Wellhall Road, opened in Winter 2006 and was built on the site of a former Safeway store. The Safeway store was closed and relocated to the centre of Hamilton when the Safeway chain was bought over by Morrisons.
An Esso petrol station is located on Wellhall Road. There is a small convenience store and cash machine - a fee of £1.75 is made for every withdrawal from this ATM.
Take-aways
Within Earnock the only take-away is the Golden Fry Chip Shop; it is located in the same building as the Fillipetti's store.
Public houses
Earnock has only one public house - The Avon Pub located on Wellhall Road. Sky Sports are available to view in the main bar area and there is a small Off-Licence located to the front of the building.
Community centres
The Earnock and Hillhouse Community Centre is situated on Hillhouse Road. It features a large library, internet access and many general-purpose rooms. Many clubs and activities are held in the building weekly including a mother-toddler group.
Parks and walking paths
Situated at the centre of the estate, off Iona Ridge, there is a large grassy park. The park has ample room for games of football or golf practice and access can be gained to the local "nature trail" or, to local children, "The Natchy" (nate-chay). The nature trail is a disused railway now transformed into a path. The path runs to Strathaven Rd and many residents can also gain access to it through their back gates. The trail is popular with cyclists, recreational walkers and is often used for dog-walking.
Churches
There are currently no churches in Earnock, however, in neighbouring Hillhouse there are two. These are the Church of Scotland Hillhouse Parish Church and the Catholic St Ninian's Church. David Burt, minister of the Parish Church, serves as school chaplin to local, multi-denominational, schools.
GP surgeries
Earnock is home to one GP's surgery, the Wellhall Medical Centre. The surgery opened in the mid 1990s and is located at 4 Hillhouse road. It can be contacted, by phone, on 01698 285 818.
Pharmacies
Education
Primary school education
The primary aged children of Earnock Estate, High Earnock and Hillhouse are served by the multi-denominational Townhill Primary School, situated on Melfort Road. The school was opened in 1965 and currently has a pupil roll of approximately 450.
Catholic primary-school aged children often attend the denominational school of St Ninian's in Hillhouse
Secondary school education
High School provision for children in Earnock Estate is met by the multi-denominational Calderside Academy, Blantyre.
Calderside Academy opened on Monday 13 August 2007. It brought together the old Earnock and Blantyre High Schools and was until Monday 7 January 2007 split over two campuses - one on the former Blantyre site and one on the former Earnock site. During this time children of first to third year attended the Blantyre campus and fourth to sixth year the Earnock Campus. On Monday 7 January 2007 a new building, bringing both campuses together, was opened on the site of the former Blantyre High, thus, completing the merger.
Catholic secondary school-aged children in the area often attend John Ogilvie or Holy Cross High Schools, both in Hamilton.
Transport
Public transport from Earnock Estate is accessed from Wellhall Road. There is a bus service every 15 minutes that goes directly to Hamilton Bus Station, in the town centre. There are currently four different bus routes to Hamilton Bus Station from Earnock Estate, three of which are operated by First Glasgow and one by Irvine's Coaches:
- The First operated 226 which serves Hillhouse, Burnbank, Peacock Cross (Hamilton West train station), Hamilton Town Centre, Hamilton Palace Nightclub, Low Waters Road and Fairhill.
- The First operated 228 service which serves Blantyre, Coatshill, Burnbank, Peacock Cross (Hamilton West train station), Hamilton Town Centre, Bent Road, Laighstonehall Road, Woodfoot Road, Wellhall Road and the High Earnock Loop.
- The First operated X1 to Glasgow City Centre via Fairhill, Woodhead, Low Waters Road, Hamilton Bus Station, Hamilton Palace Nightclub and the M74/M73/M8 motorways direct to the City Centre.
- The Irvine's Coaches operated X5 to East Kilbride via Hillhouse and the A725 EK Expressway.
The 226 stops at Hamilton West & Hamilton Central stations allowing for passengers to change onto one of the four trains per hour to Glasgow or two trains per hour to Larkhall and Motherwell (with one of the Motherwell services continuing to Lanark).
Politics
Councillors
Councillors are elected using the Single Transferable Vote System.
Earnock sits within the council seat of Hamilton West and Earnock and has four councillors. All four councillors sit on South Lanarkshire Council.
| Councillor | Party | |
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| rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Allan Falconer | Scottish Labour Party |
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Jean McKeown | Scottish Labour Party |
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | Graeme Horne | Scottish National Party |
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Tommy Gilligan | Independent |
Members of the Scottish Parliament
Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs} are elected using the Additional Member System.
Earnock lies in the Hamilton South constituency of the Scottish Parliament and is represented by Tom McCabe of the Scottish Labour party. Earnock is also represented by an additional seven regional MSPs who are elected to the Central Scotland region.
Since the creation of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 Earnock, at a constituency level, has been represented by Labour.
Members of the United Kingdom Parliament
Members of the United Kingdom Parliament (MPs) are elected using the First Past the Post system.
In the UK Parliament Earnock is represented by Thomas McAvoy, who is the MP for the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency.
Hamilton, including Earnock, has been represented by Labour in the UK Parliament since 1918. The one exception to this is Winnie Ewing's famous victory in 1967, where she took the seat for the SNP in a bi-election, however, she failed to retain the seat for her party in the 1970 elections.
| MP | Party | |
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| rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Thomas McAvoy | Scottish Labour Party |
Members of the European Parliament
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are elected using the Party List System.
In the EU Earnock is, along with the rest of Scotland, part of the Scotland constituency. Seven MEPs represent Scotland.
| MEP | Party | |
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| rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Catherine Stihler | Scottish Labour Party |
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Martin | Scottish Labour Party |
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Struan Stevenson | Conservative Party |
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Purvis | Conservative Party |
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | Ian Hudghton | Scottish National Party |
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | Alyn Smith | Scottish National Party |
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | | Elspeth Attwooll | Liberal Democrats |
Pressure groups
The only pressure group that represents local issues is the Earnock Residents' Association. The group meet regularly to discuss matters of importance to Earnock and to decide what action should be taken to help benefit the estate.
Street names
Many of the street names date back to the rulers of the ancient Kingdom of Strathclyde in the 6th century, e.g. Rederech Crescent (King Rederech), Langoreth Avenue (Queen Langoreth) and Royellen Avenue (Princess Royellen). It is said that their summer hunting lodge was in the Earnock area.
Many of the streets are also named after famous geographical features of Scotland. For example, Lomond Crescent is named after Ben Lomond and Iona Ridge after the island of Iona in Western Scotland.