Duntocher

Duntocher (Dùn Tòchair in Gaelic) is a village in Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

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Main St Duntocher

Although it is a far older settlement and still considered a village in its own right, it is administratively part of nearby Clydebank along with the neighbouring village of Hardgate and is now part of the West Dunbartonshire local authority area. The village expanded due to housebuilding by Clydebank town council after the Second World War, and later by the Wimpey firm in the late 1960s and early 1970s on what had been greenbelt land.

At one time this was the most north westerly point on the Glasgow Corporation Transport tram system, trams operating from here via Hardgate to Clydebank, and at times, on to Partick depot.

Duntocher historically had several cotton and corn mills, driven by the Duntocher Burn. The Duntocher burn is the traditional boundary between Duntocher and neighbouring Hardgate

The Antonine Wall also runs through the village, and ancient Roman fortifications are still visible in the local Goldenhill Park.

Duntocher has a Roman Catholic church - St. Mary's, a United Presbyterian Church and a Church of Scotland - Duntocher Trinity. The village also has one Roman Catholic primary school - St Mary's and one non-denominational, Carleith Primary School.

The village has a main street (Dumbarton Road) which acts as the main focal point for village activity. The majority of the villages shops and pubs, the cafe and the local churches and village halls are located along or very close to a small stretch of this road

External links

• Clydebank Through A Lens — a documentary about Clydebank, Scotland from the 1960s to '80s
• Post-Blitz Clydebank — a documentary about Clydebank, Scotland from 1947 to 1952