Editing Castlemilk (section)

{{Short description|District of Glasgow, Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                          = Scotland
| official_name                    = Castlemilk
| gaelic_name                      = Caisteal Mheilc
| scots_name                       =
| population                       = 
| static_image_name                = Dougrie Road, Castlemilk - geograph.org.uk - 1300657.jpg
| static_image_caption             = Dougrie Road looking east (2009)
| os_grid_reference                = NS601591
| coordinates                      = {{coord|55.803033|-4.235114|display=inline,title}}
| unitary_scotland                 = [[Politics of Glasgow|Glasgow City Council]]
| lieutenancy_scotland             = Glasgow
| constituency_westminster         = [[Glasgow South (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow South]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Glasgow Cathcart (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Cathcart]]
| post_town                        = GLASGOW
| postcode_district                = G45
| postcode_area                    = G
| dial_code                        = 0141 
}}
'''Castlemilk''' ({{langx|gd|Caisteal Mheilc}}) is a district of [[Glasgow]], Scotland.  It lies to the far south of the city centre, adjacent to the [[Croftfoot]] and [[Simshill]] residential areas within the city  to the north-west, the town of [[Rutherglen]] - neighbourhoods of [[Rutherglen#Spittal|Spittal]] to the north-east and [[Fernhill, South Lanarkshire|Fernhill]] to the east, [[Linn Park, Glasgow|Linn Park]] and its golf course to the west, and the separate village of [[Carmunnock]] further south across countryside.

The area was developed by the [[Politics of Glasgow|Glasgow Corporation]] as a peripheral [[Housing estate#Britain and Ireland|housing scheme]] in the 1950s<ref name=wellbeing/> to accommodate 34,000 people from inner-city slum areas such as the [[Gorbals]].<ref name=southside>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotcities.com/cathcart/castlemilk.htm|title=Castlemilk, Glasgow - origins & history|publisher=Glasgow's South Side|access-date=13 February 2018|archive-date=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204013355/http://www.scotcities.com/cathcart/castlemilk.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The new residents were provided with open spaces, a clean environment and indoor toilets and bathrooms. The modern development grew around [[Castlemilk House]], a stately old mansion built around Cassilton Tower, which was started in 1460 on the site of a 13th-century castle, and was demolished in 1972.<ref>{{cite web |title=Castlemilk from Cathkin Braes |url=https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA00793&t=2 |website=theglasgowstory.com |access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>

The population had dropped from 37,000 in 1971 to roughly half that number in 1991. However, despite the social problems associated with poverty and unemployment, the area has seen the benefits of a regeneration strategy implemented in the 1980s which has focused on improved housing and the development of local arts. Community groups and Cooperative housing associations have done a lot to regenerate the housing and improve the amenities for local people. A swimming pool, sports centre, shopping arcade and community centres have been developed.<ref name=gshousing/>