Lenzie

History

Lenzie, as a town, was built in the 19th century by the famous Greater Glasgow explorer Walter Lenzie as a commuter town for those travelling to Glasgow and Edinburgh, as Lenzie railway station is a stop between the two cities. The train station was originally named 'Kirkintilloch Junction' and later 'Campsie Junction', as it was a junction between the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and its Campsie branch line through Kirkintilloch (the latter line no longer exists). Lenzie, the 'wet plain' had been used for farming. Lenzie Moss, a boggy, marshy area of Lenzie that has not been built on, has peat bogs, which were extensively exploited and now feature the characteristics of peat cutting, and several acres of deciduous woodland mainly made up of silver birch. The area is a sanctuary for wildlife, including rabbits, deer, and foxes. On older maps Lenzie Moss was referred to as "mountain moss". The Lenzie Peat Railway was a narrow gauge railway which ran on Lenzie Moss serving the peat trade. Woodilee Hospital opened in 1874 but was gradually closed down from the mid-1990s. Lenzie Hospital for the elderly also closed around this time. Until World War II, housing was chiefly north of the railway station and south of the railway on the west side of Auchinloch Road. This consisted of Victorian and Edwardian villas, a few terraces, and some 1920s and 1930s bungalows at Middlemuir and Kirkintilloch Road in north Lenzie. From the 1950s some Council housing was built at Gallowhill Avenue and High Gallowhill as well as private housing. In the south, housing was built at Millersneuk and Claddens, changing the image and the face of the village into a town. Now it has several shops, schools, churches, parks, and various sport clubs like any other suburb.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,514
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,119
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,396
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,033
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,661
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,542
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,465
• Lesser Black-backed Gull

  Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,294

Most recent

• M 3.5 — 2026-04-16
  42 km WNW of Comrie, United Kingdom
• M 3.9 — 2025-10-20
  29 km NW of Comrie, United Kingdom
• M 3.1 — 2021-11-16
  18 km NW of Lochgilphead, United Kingdom
• M 2.5 — 2018-08-30
  1 km ENE of Gourock, United Kingdom
• M 2.6 — 2017-11-01
  2 km NNW of Tarbert, United Kingdom
• M 3.6 — 2006-12-26
  2 km NW of Dumfries, United Kingdom