Auchinairn
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Auchinairn | |
Auchinairn shown within Scotland |
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Shire county | East Dunbartonshire |
Constituent country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GLASGOW |
Dialling code | 0141 |
Police | |
Fire | |
Ambulance | Scottish |
European Parliament | Scotland |
List of places: UK • Scotland |
Auchinairn is an area within East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, and shares its southern boundary with the City of Glasgow. Although viewed today as an integral part of the town of Bishopbriggs, its Victorian-era influence as a village centred on mining and freestone quarrying was greater until the arrival of the North British Railway aided to the latter's prosperity and expansion.