Category Archives: News items

Cumbernauld House Park now features a new wildflower area, thanks to the work of the staff and pupils of Kildrum Primary School and a grant from Keep Scotland Beautiful. A small area of the park, close to Cumbernauld Glen, has … Continue reading →

A recent donation to the University of Toronto’s Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library included sixty historical charters, documents which typically made a grant of land, a number of which contained information on the former Cumbernauld Castle, which once stood within … Continue reading →

Over the last few years, the Friends of Cumbernauld House Park have been working to develop a number of exciting projects and to give Cumbernauld House Park the facilities, amenities, and the quality of access, it deserves. Our planned projects currently … Continue reading →

The Friends of Cumbernauld House Park are delighted to announce the creation of a special Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Legacy wildflower area. In partnership with the Games’ Youth Legacy Ambassadors, a special event taking place this weekend will see over 300 … Continue reading →

The proposed new Cumbernauld Outdoor Gym has taken a further step towards completion recently with positive discussions with North Lanarkshire Council indicating the project could potentially be funded from the Council’s Local Development Programme. It is proposed that the gym … Continue reading →

The Friends of Cumbernauld House Park invite local people to come along to their Community Planting Event in the park on Sunday 27th October from 11am. The event is being held as part of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Wild About … Continue reading →

On Saturday 22nd June, the Friends of Cumbernauld Glen and the Friends of Cumbernauld House Park will be holding a Fun Day in the park from 12pm to 3pm. There will be pet activities, face painting, wood carving, nature and … Continue reading →

Frustrated community group, the Friends of Cumbernauld House Park, this week demanded action be taken to finalise a car park promised to the area two years ago. When North Lanarkshire Council granted planning permission for the conversion of, grade-A listed, … Continue reading →

A recent Cumbernauld News article stated that our plans for a Community Archaeology project wasn’t feasible. Unfortunately the Cumbernauld News didn’t approach ourselves for a comment on the article and the below letter was submitted to them for publication in … Continue reading →

Over the last year we have brought interpretive panels to the park to educate people on the wealth of history in the area. We have delivered community planting events and taken part in the Friends of Cumbernauld Glen fun day. … Continue reading →