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Renfrewshire is one of 32 ___MASK48___ areas of Scotland . Located in the west central Lowlands , it is one of three ___MASK48___ areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfrewshire , the others being East Renfrewshire to the east and Inverclyde to the west . It also shares borders with Glasgow , North Ayrshire and West Dunbartonshire . The term Renfrewshire may also be used to refer to this historic county , also known as the County of Renfrew or Greater Renfrewshire , which remains in use as a registration county and lieutenancy area . Simshill is a ___MASK49___ in the Scottish city of Glasgow . It is situated south of the River Clyde . Former residents include Sir Alex Ferguson and Carol Smillie . It is next to Linn Park . Glasgow is the largest ___MASK64___ in Scotland , and third largest in the United Kingdom . Historically ___MASK7___ of Lanarkshire , it is now one of the 32 ___MASK48___ areas of Scotland . It is situated on the ___MASK91___ Clyde in the country ' s West Central Lowlands . Inhabitants of the ___MASK64___ are referred to as Glaswegians . A ___MASK1___ was , in Great Britain and Ireland , a statistical unit used for the registration of births , deaths and marriages and for the output of ___MASK23___ information . In Scotland registration counties are used for land registration purposes . Cambuslang ( from ) is a suburban ___MASK55___ on the south - eastern outskirts of Glasgow , Scotland . It is within the local authority area of South Lanarkshire and directly borders the ___MASK55___ of Rutherglen to the west . Historically , it was a large civil ___MASK62___ incorporating the nearby hamlets of Newton , Flemington and Halfway . Lieutenancy areas are the separate areas of the United Kingdom appointed a Lord Lieutenant - the ___MASK50___ of the British monarch . In many cases they have similar demarcation and naming to , but are not necessarily conterminate with , the counties of the United Kingdom . The Gorbals is an ___MASK10___ in ___MASK89___ of Glasgow , Scotland , on the south bank of the ___MASK91___ Clyde . By the late 19th century , it had become densely populated and adversely affected by local industrialisation . Many people lived here because their jobs provided worker housing and they could not afford their own . Poor sanitation and poverty contributed to problems . As industrial jobs declined during restructuring , this ___MASK10___ became widely known as a dangerous slum associated with drunkenness and crime . In the later 20th century , it was subject to efforts at redevelopment , but poorly designed and constructed tower blocks of social housing contributed to more problems . Since the late 20th century , much of the ___MASK10___ has been demolished and redeveloped with a mixture of market and social housing . Some buildings are being refurbished and restored to a higher standard . Lanarkshire , also called the ___MASK84___ of Lanark is a historic ___MASK84___ in the central Lowlands of Scotland . Rutherglen is a ___MASK55___ in South Lanarkshire , Scotland . Having existed as a Lanarkshire burgh in its own right for over 800 years , in ___MASK12___ it lost its own local council and administratively became a component of the City of Glasgow ___MASK49___ Council within the Strathclyde region ( along with neighbouring Cambuslang ). In 1996 Rutherglen was reallocated to the South Lanarkshire council area . Castlemilk (" Caisteal Mheilc " in Gaelic ) is a ___MASK49___ of Glasgow , Scotland . It lies to the south of the city adjacent to Rutherglen ( Spittal and Fernhill areas ), Croftfoot , Simshill and the separate village of Carmunnock . Castlemilk House , a stately old mansion built around Cassilton Tower , which was started in 1460 on the site of a 13th - century castle , was demolished by Glasgow Corporation in December 1969 . The area was developed by the Corporation as a peripheral housing scheme in the 1950s to accommodate 34 , 000 people from inner city slum areas such as the Gorbals . These people were provided with open spaces , a clean environment and indoor toilets and bathrooms . Carmunnock ( Cathair Mhanach in Gaelic ) is a ___MASK71___ ___MASK66___ within ___MASK89___ of Glasgow boundary , lying within three miles of East Kilbride and Rutherglen in South Lanarkshire and Busby , East Renfrewshire . This ancient settlement which is associated with the early Christian missionary Saint Cadoc , has a medieval street plan set within the lands of an estate held by variously the Morays of Bothwell , the Earls of Douglas and eventually to the Lords , Marquesses and Dukes of Hamilton until 1700 when it passed to the Stuarts of Castlemilk . The ___MASK66___ is a popular residential area . The ___MASK66___ has its own primary school ( Carmunnock Primary School ) with around 178 pupils . There is also a newsagent / ___MASK66___ shop , a petrol station , a teashop , a pharmacy and a restaurant . The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign ___MASK79___ in western Europe . ___MASK88___ off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the ___MASK46___ of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole ___MASK79___ ), the north - eastern part of the ___MASK46___ of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe ___MASK40___ of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North ___MASK69___ to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic ___MASK69___ to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish ___MASK69___ lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous ___MASK79___ , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated ___MASK79___ in the European Union . Inverclyde (, " mouth of the Clyde ") is one of 32 ___MASK48___ areas used for local ___MASK78___ in Scotland . Together with the East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire ___MASK48___ areas , Inverclyde forms part of the historic county of Renfrewshire , which currently exists as a registration county and lieutenancy area - located in the west central Lowlands . It borders the North Ayrshire and Renfrewshire ___MASK48___ areas , and is otherwise surrounded by the Firth of Clyde . Croftfoot is a residential ___MASK49___ on the southeastern side of the Scottish city of Glasgow . The ___MASK91___ Clyde is a ___MASK91___ , that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland . It is the eighth - longest ___MASK91___ in the United Kingdom , and the second - longest in Scotland . Flowing through the major city of Glasgow , it was an important ___MASK91___ for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire . In the early medieval Cumbric language it was known as " Clud " or " Clut ", and was central to the Kingdom of Strathclyde (" Teyrnas Ystrad Clut "). East Kilbride is the largest ___MASK55___ in South Lanarkshire in Scotland . It is also designated as Scotland ' s first new ___MASK55___ on 6 ___MASK6___ 1947 . The area lies on high ground on the south side of the Cathkin Braes , about southeast of Glasgow and close to the boundary with East Renfrewshire . Strathclyde (" Srath Chluaidh " in Gaelic , meaning " strath ( ___MASK31___ ) of the ___MASK91___ Clyde ") was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created by the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc ( Scotland ) Act 1994 . The Strathclyde region had 19 districts . Scotland ( Scots : ) is a ___MASK79___ that is ___MASK7___ of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the ___MASK46___ of Great Britain . It shares a border with ___MASK47___ to the south , and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North ___MASK69___ to the east and the North Channel and Irish ___MASK69___ to the south - west . In addition to the mainland , the ___MASK79___ is made up of more than 790 islands , including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides . East Renfrewshire is one of 32 ___MASK48___ areas of Scotland . Until ___MASK12___ it formed part of the county of Renfrewshire for local ___MASK78___ purposes along with the modern ___MASK48___ areas of Renfrewshire and Inverclyde . Although no longer a local authority area , Renfrewshire still remains the registration county and lieutenancy area of East Renfrewshire . South Lanarkshire is one of 32 unitary authorities of Scotland . It borders the south - east of ___MASK89___ of Glasgow and contains some of Greater Glasgow ' s suburbs . It also contains many towns and villages . It also shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway , East Ayrshire , East Renfrewshire , North Lanarkshire , the ___MASK20___ Borders and West Lothian . It includes part of the historic county of Lanarkshire .