Milngavie & Bearsden Life

Home ground

For everyone who knows it’s pronounced Mull-guy.

Milngavie and Bearsden have independent bakers and sandstone villas, a castle in the country park, a Roman bath house tucked among the flats on Roman Road, and the start of the West Highland Way at the end of the precinct. What they have never had is one handsome place that gathers it all together.

Milngavie & Bearsden Life will be that place: a magazine worth reading, a directory worth trusting and a noticeboard that actually gets read. It is made for the people who live here, and for everyone who wishes they did.

A Victorian album photograph of Mugdock Reservoir, with railings and a footbridge in the foreground and still water stretching towards Glasgow — From the archiveMugdock Reservoir, looking towards Glasgow, about 1880. Rijksmuseum, public domain

On our doorstep

Four places you’ll know, and plenty more you’ll read about.

The stone tower and curtain wall of Mugdock Castle under a blue sky — **Mugdock Castle, Mugdock Country Park**Photograph: Patrick Oter, public domain

The granite obelisk marking the start of the West Highland Way in Milngavie’s pedestrian precinct — **Start of the West Highland Way, Milngavie**Photograph: Peter S, CC BY-SA 2.0

The stone foundations of the Roman bath house in Bearsden, with flats behind — **The Roman Bath House, Bearsden**Photograph: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tannoch Loch in Milngavie, with houses and trees along the far shore — **Tannoch Loch, Milngavie**Photograph: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0

Every Friday

The week in Milngavie and Bearsden, in one good email.

Local news arrives in a jumble of Facebook posts, leaflets and word of mouth. We’ll gather what matters, check it, and send it to you once a week, properly written and free.

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From: Milngavie & Bearsden Life
Subject: Your weekend, sorted

The Friday Letter

No. 1 · Friday morning

Good morning, Milngavie and Bearsden.

The WeekendEverything worth leaving the house for, from Mugdock to Kilmardinny.
Open & ShutWho’s new on Station Road and Drymen Road, and who’s moving on.
The Planning FileThis week’s applications on your doorstep, in plain English.
The TableAn honest review of somewhere to eat, and a coffee worth the detour.
Homes & GardensA villa, a flat and a garden worth a look.

Plus the noticeboard, lost and found, and one photograph of the week.

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An illustration of the format. The first real letter arrives at launch.

Yellow flag irises in front of Kilmardinny Loch, with woodland beyond — Kilmardinny Loch, Bearsden. Photograph: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0

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