B767
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From: | Cathcart, Glasgow (NS580601) | |||||||||
To: | Eaglesham (NS574519) | |||||||||
Distance: | 5.5 miles (8.9 km) | |||||||||
Meets: | B762, A727, A726, B764 | |||||||||
Former Number(s): | A727 | |||||||||
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The B767 is a semi-urban B-road running south through the Glasgow urban area.
The route starts to the south of Cathcart, at traffic lights where the westbound B762 TOTSOs right, and heads south along Clarkston Road, which was originally the A727. This road is typically suburban, with a mixture of businesses below and between flats and houses, although it becomes more residential the further it goes. The route continues south, curving gently along the winding Clarkston Road through Muirend before entering into East Renfrewshire's Netherlee area. It is generally a wide road, with parking along one or both sides for the houses that stand close along either side. There is a single signalised junction near Muirend Station, and a short section of central reservation preventing right turns at the junction with Netherless Road which lies on a tight bend. There is a small group of shops near Netherlee School, beyond which terraced housing gives way to larger detached and semi detached properties, although roadside parking persists.
As the route enters Clarkston itself, the Clarkston Road becomes Stamperland Crescent and passes a golf course on the right before going over a railway line to reach an important but notoriously confusing roundabout on the A727, at Clarkston Toll. There is then a short multiplex east along the A727, past Clarkston station and the main part of Clarkston Town Centre, before the B767 regains its number as the A727 turns left at Sheddens Roundabout. This, incidentally, is the route's original northern end, as it heads south along Eaglesham Road through the south of the town centre. Beyond the shops, the route passes through a large area of bungalow development, and then into trees, with a small roundabout at the entrance to Williamwood High School before it enters open country. There are a few roadside houses before the route reaches the next village of Waterfoot, where the road runs adjacent to the White Cart Water for a short distance.
Waterfoot spreads for some distance along the road so it is not wholly urban or rural. The B767 passes through on Glasgow Road, which is unusually straight as it heads almost due south, climbing gently past the last houses just before it crosses Belle Craig Roundabout on the A726. The route then climbs further into Eaglesham, continuing its straight course to the edge of the village. It then curves to the south east along Gilmour Street into the town centre, before ending at a signalised crossroads on the B764. From here you can take the aforementioned B764 to Jackton and East Kilbride or across the (now unclassified) Eaglesham Moor Road towards Fenwick and Kilmarnock. The road ahead is signposted to Strathaven – but this follows a criss-cross S1 route around the hills so is not recommended to drivers who do not know the area. The road ahead also can be used to reach Auldhouse, Chapelton and Darvel from this area.
History
As noted above, the northern part of what is now the B767 was originally the southern end of the A727, which followed Clarkston Road down to meet the A726 (now the A727) at Clarkston Toll. The B767 therefore originally started at Sheddens Roundabout and ran south to Eaglesham. The northern extension was added in the later 1970s or 1980s when there was a wholesale review of road numbering in south Glasgow.