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Bishopton

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a new private development being built at Knights Close

Bishopton is a village in Renfrewshire, near Glasgow. It is home to around 8000 people. It is bordered to the west by Langbank, to the south by Houston, to the west by Erskine and to the north by the River Clyde.


Prior to World War 2, it was a mere farm village but city planners in Glasgow earmerked it to become one of the second generation New Towns along with Cumbernauld, Livingston and Houston inspired by the success of East Kilbride which was built in 1948.

Lots of low rise housing was built in the village but it never expanded beyond that and Bishopton remains a small village to this day despite several private ventures raising population slightly in the past decade.

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