page_title: Nerston
section_title: Nerston Residential School
hierarchical_section_title: Nerston / Facilities / Nerston Residential School
caption_attribution_description: English: J Sainsbury at Kingsgate Retail Park, East Kilbride
context_page_description: Nerston is a village situated on the northern green-belt boundary of the new town of East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
context_section_description: Nerston Residential School was established in 1940 by Glasgow Corporation as the Nerston Residential Child Guidance Clinic, using houses previously purchased by the Glasgow United Evangelist Association in 1898 for use of the Glasgow Fresh Air Fortnight Committee holiday camps for Glasgow children. The school eventually closed in 2010 as a result of a cost-cutting excerise, the remaining primary children being merged with pupils at Greenwood School and relocated to the former Hampden School premises in Glasgow. The abandoned school buildings were completely demolished in March 2014 to make way for a collection of nineteen 4- and 5-bedroom houses to be built on the site for Cala Homes. Building commenced late in the Summer of 2016 with expected completion early in 2017.
caption: Modern development now encroaches the village: J Sainsbury at Kingsgate Retail Park, constructed on the former lands of West Nerston Farm during the 1990s.
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