Craigmarloch

Craigmarloch is a residential area of the town of Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was the last such area that the Cumbernauld Development Corporation (CDC) laid out and began construction of. The area is designed to be like a village, with features such as a village green, a main street, focal points, gateways, water features and recreational and community facilities. The responsibility for the development of the area passed from the CDC to North Lanarkshire Council in 1996.^{[citation needed]}

The area was known as Auchinbee, and was built on the lands of the Auchinbee Farm. The farm house has been developed into a nursery. The name Craigmarloch, was taken from an area to the north close to Kilsyth and adjacent to the Forth and Clyde Canal, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) away.

Around the main residential area is the Dullatur Golf Course with two main courses, which are praised for their design.^{[citation needed]}

The Area also has Roman links, with an ancient Roman Path running between the Joint Schools Campus and the Craighalbert Centre. The land now encorporated into the Cumbernauld Community Park, has a circular plateu and is said to have been the area where Robert the Bruce mustered his troops prior to the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.^{[citation needed]}

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