Jackton
Jackton is a smaw veelage leein juist ayont the wastren periphery o East Kilbride in Sooth Lanrikshire, on the B764road (itherwise kent as the 'Eaglesham Road') connectin it tae the veelage o The Lang Raw. It is adjacent tae Thorntonhall an aw, an the twa veelages share a newsletter, the Peel News, derivit frae the name o the road connectin the twa. The dounset haes recently been encroached upon bi new build hoosin on the ootskirts o East Kilbride. It lies approximately 150m abuin sea level.
It is the o the modren, recently built, central Training Centre for Strathclyde Police an aw. It wis ane o the twa ootdoor venues for the shuitin competeetions at the 20t Commonweel Gemmes held in Glesga in 2014. It hostit events in the shuitin disciplines o Air Gun, Pistol an Smaw Bore Rifle. The aurie is servit bi Thorntonhall railwey station (1.485 mile awa as crow flies) or Hairmyres Railway Station (1.288 mile awa as crow flies).
The Gill Burn runs throu the ootskirts o the dounset. There is anerly ane bus stop on each side o the road for the veelage. The anerly buses runnin throu are the 395/396 run bi Henderson Travel.
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http://members.lycos.co.uk/peelnews/ Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine - Peel News http://www.strathclyde.police.uk/about_us/force-overview/specialist_units/training/[deid airtin] - Jackton Police College