Cumbernauld (; ; ) is a
Scottish new town in
North Lanarkshire, historically in
Dunbartonshire. It was created in 1956 as a population overspill for the city of
Glasgow. It is the eighth most populous settlement in Scotland and the largest in North Lanarkshire. The name comes from the
Gaelic comar nan allt, meaning "meeting of the waters" as, geographically, from its high point in the
Central Belt streams flow west to the
River Clyde and east to the
River Forth. A two-time winner of the
Carbuncle Awards, the town has since received the award of 'Best Town' at the Scottish Design Awards 2012.