| Cumbernauld was designated as a new town in 1955, the third to be designated in Scotland. |
| As the hero of Gregory's Girl, the big galoot chased the elusive butterfly of love across the ash football pitches and grassy knolls of Cumbernauld. |
| Cumbernauld lies 13 miles north from Glasgow, and was developed from 1956 to accommodate Glasgow's overspill. |
| Royalty often visited the town to hunt the rare Scottish ox, or white cattle, which roamed in the woods around Cumbernauld. |
| Cumbernauld may have been created a Burgh of barony in 1649, although there is some dispute from Hugo Millar. |
| Around 1371, the family built a second castle where the Cumbernauld House now stands. |
