Hillhouse, Hamilton
Hillhouse is a council-built housing estate on the western side of the town of Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
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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, library, a church hosting various clubs and groups, and the Jock Stein Sports Centre and playing fields. There is also a local Catholic parish church dedicated to Saint Ninian.
There was an adjoining industrial estate of the same name, which included a Philips lighting factory; in the 1960s this was a large facility employing 2300, one of the area's primary sources of work, but by 2015 this figure had shrunk to less than 100. the philips factory has since closed and the ground is being used for housing.
Also in Hillhouse is the Burnbank Bowling Club, where Jock Stein was the club's second champion in 1953; more recently it is the home club of Margaret Letham, a gold medal winner in the sport at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
The most "famous son" of the estate is the Rangers, and Scottish international football player Davie Cooper who hailed from Brankholm Brae.
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.