| Comment | I've lived here for 10 years (in the Village). Only meant to stay 2 years but realised EK was perfect for my needs. 35mins into Glasgow in the train, 1 hr drive to Edinburgh. Just a few miles south and you have miles and miles of country roads/windfarm.
I cycle a lot (though I have a car too) and getting around isn't too bad, the council are currently increasing their cycling provision with some properly segregated cycle lanes. That said, I have never used the bus in EK (because I just cycle instead). You need to be pretty brave on certain roads and know how to cycle assertively.
All the shops you need, and good roads/rail out of the place. Houses all look the same but marginally cheaper than other places (though that's changing the last few months). Streets designed in the 50s are car-centric but the planners didn't provide for normal working people to have cars, so pavement parking is a nightmare.
It's a lot colder (and windy-er) than everywhere else due to the altitude (530 ft) which is another consideration... cycling home from Glasgow gets you fit! It has a theatre, arts centre, huge shopping centre (like everywhere thats suffering though). Parks (Calderglen is lovely), more takeaways than you can shake a kebab at and all the concrete you could ever wish for. |
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