Hillhouse, Hamilton

Hillhouse is a council-built housing estate on the western side of the town of Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

2018 Aerial view of Hamilton's Burnbank (top), Udston (centre) and Hillhouse (bottom) neighbourhoods

Information

Hillhouse is a large housing estate with a population of 10,000, one of several housing estates in Hamilton. Originally a farm leading to East Kilbride, Hillhouse was supposed to be assigned to neighbouring Blantyre at its first days of establishment, but council director Aaron Cowden signed a deal with the council to give the neighbourhood a Hamilton postcode to have more money to build houses in the area.

Local amenities include a community centre,[1] library,[2] a church hosting various clubs and groups,[3] and the Jock Stein Sports Centre and playing fields.[4]

There is an adjoining industrial estate of the same name, which includes a Philips lighting factory;[5] in the 1960s this was a large facility employing 2300,[6] one of the area's primary sources of work, but by 2015 this figure had shrunk to less than 100.[7][6]

Also in Hillhouse is the Burnbank Bowling Club, where Jock Stein (raised in nearby Burnbank) was the club's second champion in 1953;[8] more recently it is the home club of Margaret Letham, a gold medal winner in the sport at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[8]

The most "famous son" of the estate is the Rangers, and Scottish international football player Davie Cooper who hailed from Brankholm Brae.[9]

The Reverend Scott J Brown CBE, formerly The Chaplain of the Fleet, Royal Navy, was brought up in Fleming Way. He attended Udston Primary School.

Transport

The nearest railway station is Hamilton West which provides quick transport to Glasgow to the west and Motherwell to the east. The area is served by the 226 and X1 bus services, which go around the estate on the "Hillhouse Loop".

Education

Hillhouse has two non-denominational primary schools, Townhill Primary School & Udston Primary School, and one denominational school, St Ninian's Primary School. Hillhouse has no high school of its own, instead pupils wishing to go to a non-denominational school attend Calderside Academy in Blantyre (formed in a merger between Earnock High School and Blantyre High School), while others of the Catholic faith attend John Ogilvie High School.

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References
  1. Hillhouse and Earnock Community Centre at South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture
  2. Hillhouse Library at South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture
  3. Hillhouse Parish Church
  4. Jock Stein Centre at South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture
  5. Philips Factory – 1962 at Old Hamilton
  6. Hamilton's Philips factory jobs blow - another 30 staff to go at iconic factory at Daily Record, 29 May 2015
  7. Philips to shed jobs at Hamilton factory at BBC News, 28 August 2013
  8. About Us, Burnbank Hamilton Bowling Club (archive version)
  9. [COOP: The Life of Davie Cooper - Scottish Football Hero], Neil Drysdale ISBN 9781845027223

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