Welcome to Easterhouse in Glasgow.

Easterhouse is a post-war suburb to the north-east of the Scottish city of Glasgow. It was partially built on land gained from the county of Lanarkshire as part of a boundary expansion of Glasgow before the Second World War.

 Easterhouse construction began in mid 1950's when building by the then local authority, Glasgow Corporation, commenced. The aim was to provide better housing for the people of the east end living in sub-standard conditions. The area is situated on a high elevation north of the River Clyde and south of the River Kelvin and Campsie Fells. The current population (based on the 2001 census) was 26,495, of which 96.85% were born in Scotland. 172 people or 0.63% of this population were born outside Scotland, making it the lowest number of people born outside of Scotland in the whole of Scotland.

The remains of Iron Age Crannogs were found in Bishop Loch, dating from around 700 BC by an archaeological dig in 1898. The Bishops of Glasgow were granted the land on which much of modern Easterhouse was built when the church of Glasgow was elevated into a bishopric in the 1100s. The remains of the bishop of Glasgow's country palace have been revealed by archaeologists from the West of Scotland Archaeology Service next to Bishops Loch (an SSI) at Lochwood. Local oral history talks of the Bishops of Glasgow sailing in a Venetian gondola from Glasgow Cathedral to his palace at Bishops Loch. Hogganfield Loch is the source of the Molindinar Burn next to the Cathedral, so some truth may lie in this claim.

The Forestry Commission administers land around Easterhouse under the name 'Bishops Estate',[4] thus maintaining a link to the medieval bishops.

The far western and far northern part of modern day Easterhouse are believed to have been administered by the prebends of Barlanark, called the 'Lands of Provan' but the boundaries of this has never been accurately defined. The fifteenth century mansion house, Provan Hall is a reminder of this ecclesiastical Pre-Reformation Papal administration.

The southern and eastern parts of the area, Bartiebeith, Blairtummock, Dungeonhill, Easterhouse, Hallhill, Netherhouse and Commonhead were also part of the Bishopric although granted by Malcolm IV to the Monks of Newbattle a little after 1162 in an un-named charter by permission of Bishop Herbert of the See of Glasgow. The lands remained under the monks until 1268 when Bishop John de Cheyan redeemed the 'lands along the Clud' (Clyde) called Kermyl (Carmyle) - most of the area now comprising modern Easterhouse were included in this grant - to sustain three chaplains to 'minister for the salvation of the Bishop's soul and also for the souls of all the faithful deceased'.

Easterhouse the village was built from the mid 1800's to the south of a farm of that name, in the immediate area around where Easterhouse railway station stands. The village was bounded to the north by the Monkland canal and to the south, almost continuously with, the village of Swinton. Easterhouse farm was opposite (to the east) to the farm called Westerhouse. Easterhouse farm was located on what is now Ervie Street, off Easterhouse Road. The small group of remaining trees still present lead to the site.

 Easterhouse in Timothy Pont's map and manuscript of 1596 the area where the nineteenth century village of Easterhouse later developed was called Conflat. Variations of this name are contained in the rental book of the Baronie de Glasgow (1513-1570) when it is recorded that one 'Johannes Woyd (John Wood) was rentaller of the 18s 8d land of Conflattis. The William Forrest map of 1816 calls the area Wamnat, while also showing the surrounding farms and estates, whose names are easily recognised today.

 Easterhouse cottages and other buildings (now a public house) can still be found on Easterhouse Road that were part of the nineteenth century village of Easterhouse. A modern corruption of the ancient Conflats name can be seen at Whamflet Avenue in Easterhouse village.

Easterhouse shopping areas include the Glasgow Fort, which is a high street style retail park. It has many well-known high street stores, including Morrisons Scottish flagship supermarket, several restaurants including Pizza Hut and Frankie and Bennys. The Fort has excellent transport links, being built at junction 10 of the M8. There is a smaller shopping centre, Shandwick Square, which contains an attached McDonalds Restaurant. Several small, village style shopping areas are scattered throughout the suburb.

There are two Business Parks, Glasgow and Westwood. Glasgow Business Park was built to the west of the nineteenth century village. A local and M8 landmark is the sculpture of a Clydesdale horse (Andy Scott, 1997), is located in this business park. Business's located in the park include Lovell Partnership Scotland, Real Radio and Miller Homes amongst others such as MFI Distribution and Iveko Ford. Queenslie has a large Industrial Park.

Easterhouse since the early 1980s Glasgow City council and more recently Glasgow Housing Association began a program of renovation, demolition and refurbishment of the housing stock. This has attracted significant amount of privately owned property and investment into the area, including the provision of better transport links and amenities.