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Netherplace

Netherplace is a hamlet in East Renfrewshire. It is to the west of Newton Mearns, and adjacent to the M77 motorway. The settlement is almost entirely along the Netherplace Road. It contains a farm, as well as some houses, and a reservoir. It also used to be home to the Netherplace Dye Works, which was demolished in 2016, after a fly infestation across Newton Mearns which also spread to nearby Giffnock and Clarkston.

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Netherplace is a hamlet in East Renfrewshire. It is to the west of Newton Mearns, and adjacent to the M77 motorway. The settlement is almost entirely along the Netherplace Road. It contains a farm, as well as some houses, and a reservoir. It also used to be home to the Netherplace Dye Works,1 which was demolished in 2016, after a fly infestation2 across Newton Mearns which also spread to nearby Giffnock and Clarkston.

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  1. "Netherplace". Mearns History Group. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  2. "Fly-infested dump in Newton Mearns cleared of tonnes of waste". BBC News. BBC. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2020.