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Rutherglen. The ancient Royal Burgh of Rutherglen has been a thriving hub for nearly 1000 years and today retains an almost village-like atmosphere, despite being South Lanarkshire's third largest town. Rutherglen Town Hall is now a premier location for arts and cultural activities, exhibitions, conferencing, banqueting and weddings.
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Researched by Bill MacLennan. The Royal Burgh of Rutherglen has a long heritage of historic episodes and developments. This series presents photographs and texts which relate current features in Rutherglen, to people, episodes and developments in the recent and not so recent past.
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Rutherglen (/ ˈ r ʌ ð ər ɡ l ɪ n /; Scots: Ruglen, Scottish Gaelic: An Ruadh-Ghleann) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, three miles (five kilometres) from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde.
- 30,950 (mid-2020 est.)
- Scotland
- GLASGOW
- Lanarkshire
Apr 2, 2024 · TODAY, for the first time in this series, I am having to write a second column about an ancient town, Rutherglen, because as I researched the history of this royal burgh that is now in South Lanarkshire, I discovered that it has such an interesting story to tell. While I consider my general knowledge of Scotland to be adequate, I research and ...
- Hamish Macpherson
Ruthreglen - ancient royal burgh which played centre stage to much of Scotland's military and trade history.
- Stephen Terry
- 2010
With its hot, dry climate, Rutherglen is still renowned for its impressive red table wines, and it enjoys great success with the classic varietals including Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Durif is an iconic Rutherglen red, and something of an oddity on the Australian wine scene. It can be described as Shiraz on steroids thanks to its ...
Rutherglen gained rail links to Glasgow and Motherwell in 1849 and it later became part of Glasgow's tram network. More industries arrived during the 1900s, while coal, steel and chromium departed. Today's Rutherglen is well worth visiting, and has plenty to remind the visitor of its history.
