Bearsden (New Kilpatrick)
East Dunbartonshire

Primarily a fashionable residential suburb of Glasgow, which lies 5 miles (8 km) to the southeast, Bearsden is situated on the line of the Antonine Wall west of the River Kelvin and north of the Forth and Clyde Canal. Designated a Parliamentary Burgh in 1958, it was originally a small Kirkton. During the 20th century Bearsden expanded as a residential suburb with rail links to Central Glasgow. Buildings of interest include Kilmardinny House (c.1800), Bearsden Academy, Boclair Academy, the former Canniesburn Hospital and the Schaw Home (now the Lynedoch Nursing Home) which was built in 1895 as a convalescent home for patients from Glasgow Royal Infirmary. The former Notre Dame Roman Catholic Teaching College was renamed St. Andrew's College in 1891 and absorbed into the University of Glasgow.

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