Giffnock

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Giffnock
Giffnock shown within Scotland
Population	9,353 [1]
OS grid reference	NS565585
Council area	East Renfrewshire
Lieutenancy area	Renfrewshire
Constituent country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Giffnock
Postcode district	G46
Dialling code	0141
Police	Strathclyde
Fire	Strathclyde
Ambulance	Scottish
European Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	East Renfrewshire
Scottish Parliament	Eastwood
List of places: UK • Scotland

Coordinates: 55°47′54″N 4°17′27″W / 55.798415, -4.29069

Giffnock is an area within East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Giffnock's location within Greater Glasgow effectively makes it a suburb of the city, though it remains administratively separate. It has a population of about 9,300 people. It is located very close to where the A77 road from Glasgow to Kilmarnock crosses the A727 from Paisley to East Kilbride (at 55n48 x 04w19) and is served by Giffnock railway station on the Glasgow South Western Line branch to East Kilbride. It lies outside the City of Glasgow local authority area and houses the administrative offices of East Renfrewshire council.

Giffnock is a relatively wealthy area, with most houses made of sandstone, and is also home to Scotland's largest Jewish community research.^{[citation needed]}

Giffnock is the home to the 28th Glasgow (Giffnock) Scout Group, and the Scout Hall which has played a part in community. It is also home to St Ninian's High School, which, like East Renfrewshire's other schools, is one of Scotland's top-performing state schools. Also in Giffnock are two primary schools, Giffnock primary school and Braidbar primary school, both providing consistently good results from scholars attending.

Giffnock is also home to Rouken Glen and Huntly Park.

Giffnock is also the birthplace of present UK PM Gordon Brown.^[2]

Also, in an article by local paper The Extra, Giffnock was hailed as 'The Gateway to East Renfrewshire'.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

• East Renfrewshire

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Total from 2001 Census for Giffnock North and Giffnock South.
2. ^ Family detective. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.

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