Burnbank
| Burnbank | |||
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 47 ′ N , 4 ° 4 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | HAMILTON | ||
| ZIP code section | ML5 | ||
| prefix | 01698 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | South Lanarkshire | ||
| British Parliament | Lanark and Hamilton East | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse | ||
Burnbank is a district of Hamilton , in South Lanarkshire , near the largest Scottish city, Glasgow .
In earlier times this district was part of an industrial region.
Jock Stein , manager and footballer of Dunfermline Athletic , Hibernian Edinburgh , Celtic Glasgow , Leeds United and the Scottish national team comes from the district .
Even Jim Bett , who for Aberdeen played and had played also in the Scottish national team, was born here.
The largest area of Burnbank is Udston (also known as the "jungle"), a complex of buildings built in the 1950s. It consists of many streets and access roads . It is called "jungle" because anyone who leaves this part of Burnbank want to look for a street that leads out of the area.