Stepps

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Stepps
Location
OS grid reference:	NS655685
Statistics
Population:	4,802

Administration
Council area:	North Lanarkshire
Constituent country:	Scotland
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Police force:	Strathclyde Police
Lieutenancy area:	Lanarkshire
Former county:	Lanarkshire
Post office and telephone
Post town:	GLASGOW
Postal district:	G33
Dialling code:	0141
Politics
Scottish Parliament:	Coatbridge and Chryston
UK Parliament:	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
European Parliament:	Scotland
Image:Flag of Scotland.svg

Stepps is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the north-eastern outskirts of Glasgow. It had a population of 4,802 according to the 2001 census.

[edit] History

Originally part of the Garnkirk estate, the name for the settlement appears to post-date that of the main road through its centre, Steps Road, which was named in the 19th century and appended with a Steps Road railway station in the 1850s. The name and spelling Stepps only became accepted when the name of the station formally changed to Stepps in 1924.

[edit] Transport

Stepps has served as a commuter town for Glasgow, which is a short journey from its centre by train on SPT's Cumbernauld Line, or by the A80 road. The town was bypassed by the southern section of the M80 motorway in 1992; that section of motorway is still referred to locally as the Stepps Bypass.