Auchinstarry

Auchinstarry
Forth and Clyde Canal near Auchinstarry
OS grid reference	NS7276
Council area	North Lanarkshire
Lieutenancy area	Dunbartonshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Scottish Parliament	Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

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

• Environment Advisory Service case Study on Auchinstarry Basin

It is also home to Auchinstarry Quarry which is a very popular rock-climbing destination, boasting a very wide range of climbing.

See also

• List of places in North Lanarkshire