Cumbernauld is situated 15 miles north-east of Glasgow, with Kilsyth a smaller near neighbour ... prize for "the most dismal town in Scotland", which North Lanarkshire Council called "ridiculous ...

Cumbernauld won the 2001 and 2005 "Carbuncle Awards", a satirical architecture prize for "the most dismal town in Scotland", which ... of both Cumbernauld and Kilsyth is largely based on light ...