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An aerial view of Hardgate
Hardgate
OS grid reference	NS502725
Lieutenancy area	Dunbartonshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CLYDEBANK
Postcode district	G81
Dialling code	01389

Ambulance	Scottish

EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	West Dunbartonshire
Scottish Parliament	Clydebank and Milngavie
List of places UK Scotland 55°55′19″N 4°24′11″W / 55.922°N 4.403°W / 55.922; -4.403

Hardgate is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

Hardgate has probably been settled since neolithic times with a burial site at Knappers Farm, a cup and ring marked stone and a Burial chamber near Cochno Loch providing evidence of this.

Although it is a far older settlement, it is administratively part of nearby Clydebank along with the neighbouring village of Duntocher and now lies in the West Dunbartonshire local authority area. Along with Duntocher and Faifley, Hardgate falls within West Dunbartonshire's Kilpatrick ward with a combined population of 12,719 in 2011.

Dunn's Mills operated a cotton mill in the 19th century. It continued to produce thread and yarn until its destruction during the Clydebank Blitz in 1941.

The village expanded due to house building by Clydebank town council after World War II, and later by the Wimpey firm in the early 1970s on what had been green belt land.

The village has one non-denominational school, Goldenhill Primary School.

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