Gartcosh

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gartcosh, from the Gaelic 'Gart' meaning 'field' and 'Cos' meaning 'hollow'. Gartcosh is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies roughly halfway between the major Scottish city of Glasgow and the town of Coatbridge.

Recent house-builder development, by RedRow, has seen the population of Gartcosh double.

In May 2005, Gartcosh railway station was built at a cost of approximately £3m. The station is on the line which is served by Glasgow's Queen Street Station to the West and by Falkirk to the North-east.

Though originally an agricultural village, in the 20th century Gartcosh became the home of the Smith & McLeans and subsequently Colville's steel mills. British Steel took ownership of the Colville's steel mill in Gartcosh in 1962 and was in operation until its closure in February 1986. The mill has long since been demolished.