Birkenshaw, North Lanarkshire

Birkenshaw is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, to the east of Glasgow, and in proximity to Uddingston, Tannochside and Viewpark. Birkenshaw is largely a housing estate, but is more widely known for the Birkenshaw trading estate, popular with couples on weekends for its range of DIY, electrical and furniture stores. Birkenshaw is considered as part of Uddingston and is contained within the Greater Glasgow conurbation.

It gained some notoriety after Peter Manuel, the "beast of Birkenshaw", committed some murders there.

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Coordinates: 55°50′06″N 4°05′16″W / 55.83500°N 4.08778°W / 55.83500; -4.08778

Settlements in North Lanarkshire Principal Towns (Over 10,000) Airdrie Bellshill Coatbridge Cumbernauld Kilsyth Motherwell Wishaw Small towns, villages, and hamlets Allanton Auchinloch Annathill Banton Bargeddie Birkenshaw Bogside Bonkle Cardowan Calderbank Caldercruix Carfin Carnbroe Castlecary Chapelhall Chryston Cleland Croy Dullatur Forrestfield Garrion Bridge Garnkirk Gartcosh Gartness Glenboig Glenmavis Greengairs Harthill Holytown Kelvinhead Longriggend Millerston Mollinsburn Moodiesburn Morningside Mossend Muirhead Newarthill Newhouse Newmains New Stevenston Overtown Plains Queenzieburn Ravenscraig Riggend Salsburgh Shotts Stand Stepps Tannochside Viewpark Places of interest Airdrie Public Observatory Bedlay Castle Carfin Grotto Clyde Valley Colzium Dalzell House Dalziel Park Drumpellier Duncarron Greenlink Cycle Path M&D's Newhouse Research Site North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life Strathclyde Country Park Time Capsule