Bellsmyre

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Bellsmyre is a large housing scheme of the town of Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on a hill, It is located in the northeast of Dumbarton. It has above average rates of social problems such as drugs, theft, and regular gang activity. It is also an economically deprived area, with a high degree of unemployment and poverty. Bellsmyre is one of four housing schemes in Dumbarton, the other three being Westcliff, Brucehill and Castlehill. All have similar housing and architecture, and all tend to suffer from a similar range of social problems.

Many of Bellsmyre's council houses have deteriorated over the years. As a result,it is currently being regenerated, with around 66 private houses being built, and the Tower Blocks at the top of the hill being demolished, although it has not been announced what is being built in their place.

Located in the northeast of Dumbarton, it was built as a municipal housing scheme and many of its residents were brought there from the city of Glasgow as part of the "overspill" programme of moving people from slum areas of the city to new towns and other areas outwith the city boundaries.