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OS grid reference
  
NS7276

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Fire
  
Scottish

Local time
  
Wednesday 9:54 AM

Scottish parliament
  
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

Country
  
Scotland

Police
  
Scottish

Ambulance
  
Scottish

Council area
  
North Lanarkshire

Auchinstarry

Weather
  
2°C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 95% Humidity

UK parliament constituency
  
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East

Lieutenancy areas
  
North Lanarkshire, Dunbartonshire

Auchinstarry is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK, near to Dullatur, Kilsyth and Queenzieburn. It is the site of a Roman fort.

Auchinstarry Basin is on the Forth and Clyde Canal, and a £1.2m regeneration project has created a mooring basin for boats with 56 pontoon berths, a hard standing area for 40 boats, and a customer facilities block, partly funded by British Waterways Scotland. The basin was officially opened in September 2005.

The Environment Advisory Service (EAS), a government agency, has implemented a number of sustainability features at Auchinstarry Basin:

  • Deploying recycled materials in all parts of the construction process
  • An innovative pump which draws heat from the canal; it is believed that this is the first such use of canal water in the UK
  • Plans for installing wind turbines, and a new pub which is self-sufficient in its energy needs
  • References

    Auchinstarry Wikipedia