Uplawmoor

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Uplawmoor
Uplawmoor shown within Scotland
Population	590 (2004 Est.)
OS grid reference	NS434552
Council area	East Renfrewshire
Lieutenancy area	Renfrewshire
Constituent country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G78
Dialling code	01505
Police	Strathclyde
Fire	Strathclyde
Ambulance	Scottish
European Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	East Renfreshire
Scottish Parliament	Eastwood
List of places: UK • Scotland

Coordinates: 55°45′55″N 4°29′44″W / 55.765278, -4.495556

Uplawmoor is a village in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Population 590 (2004).

Historic Uplawmoor, associated for centuries with the Barony of Caldwell and the Mure family, is still a vibrant community today, although now bereft of many of the services once to be found there. Farming has always been of great importance locally.

Historically the village was served by two railway lines - Lanarkshire and Ayrshire and Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway

Caldwell / Uplawmoor Station site in 2007. looking towards Lugton. Part of the main station building is on the right.

A view of the old station on the Ardrossan to Glasgow line. The railway still operates from Neilston to Glasgow.

Caldwell station opened on 27 March 1871. The station was renamed to Uplawmoor upon the closure of the station with the same name on the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 2 April 1962. The station closed permanently on 7 November 1966. A number of local campaigns to re-open the station have so far been unsuccessful.

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