Cambusnethan
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Cambusnethan is a large suburb on the eastern edge of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire in Scotland. It is approximately 1.5 miles long, straddling both sides of the A722 on a hill overlooking Wishaw.
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[edit] Transport
Cambusnethan is served by First service 267 every 10 minutes from Glasgow's Buchanan bus station. It also has an hourly express bus service to Glasgow in the form of McKindless service X1, and also Hutchison Coaches service 11X. McKindless service 56 also serves the area, running from Hamilton to Shotts.
Keen observers will also notice the remnants of a railway line running through the area. This has been disconnected for almost 80 years with most of the track and bridges now gone, though some elements of the line still exist behind the telephone exchange and the social club.
[edit] Local facilities
Cambusnethan has two Church of Scotland Presbyterian churches: the North Parish Church, at the top of Kirk Brae, and the Old Parish Church, further down the hill. Cambusnethan Primary School is non-denominational and sits between the two churches on the other side of the road. Plans for a new, updated primary school have been confirmed, and in Summer 2006 construction work began at the top of Branchal Road, with the clearing of the local park and some of the woods surrounding the area.
Big Jessie runs the local sub-post office, which sits at the entrance to the Memorial Park.
Following the demise of the New Day there are currently three pubs: The Cambusnethan Inn, The Horse and Anchor and The Auld Hoose. There are two convenience stores in the area, Bobbys and the Northmuir Irn-Bru shop. An Indian takeaway, the Tandoori Mahal, has traded in the last few years in the shop adjacent to Bobbys.
Cambusnethan also provides the area code (01698 38xxxx) for most of eastern Wishaw via the large BT telephone exchange.
Another very popular meeting place is the Cambusnethan Miners' Club at the foot of the red road.
[edit] Boys' Brigade
Cambusnethan has two active BB companies: 1st Cambusnethan, which is affiliated to the Old Parish Church, and 2nd Cambusnethan, affiliated to the North Parish Church. The captain of the 2nd Cambusnethan company is Mr William Rundell, and the company meetings are held on Friday nights.
The company has a very successful website, which can be accessed via http://2cambusnethan.boys-brigade.org.uk/
[edit] MADE4U IN ML2
In 2006 a company limited by guarantee with charitable status was formed. Originally the founders came from the two Cambusnethan churches, but now the project includes people from many Wishaw churches, including St Ignatius', St Aidan's, the Baptist church, St Mark's, South Wishaw and Wishaw Old.
The company has employed two community workers to start in September 2006, one to work with young people on the streets and another to work with adults and families. The Board hopes that many people from the local community will become involved so that it can "Make a difference especially for you in ML2" as its logo says.
[edit] Local landmarks
A well-known local landmark is '"The Bing", a large loose stone hill formed by extensive mining operations, which were active in the area until the 1960s. Cambusnethan was a major coal mining centre at the start of the 20th century and, when it was all finished, the shafts were closed and the spoil heaps landscaped to create The Bing.
Another landmark is the "Hot Water Pond" or "Hottie". This pond is situated near to the Cooper Bros garage and is popular with local anglers. At one time it contained specimen perch up to around 2 lb, but these were all poisoned by water being pumped in from the opencast mine at the adjoining "Black Dirt" site. The pond still produces lots of small jack pike, particularly at the bottom end. Pike to the size of 20 lb have been reported. It was also rumoured that all the pike from Springfield reservoir near Carluke transferred to the Hottie when the reservoir was drained around five years ago.
Cambusnethan House or Priory is a few miles west of the area and is a stunning Gothic house by Scottish architect James Gillespie Graham. It was so named because, before Wishaw existed, Cambusnethan was the name of the whole burgh stretching from Newmains to the River Clyde. Today the main town sits between Cambusnethan and the River Clyde.
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