Retirement Properties Spotlight in Newton Mearns

Newton Mearns  is about six miles southwest of Glasgow and is really part of Greater Glasgow though close to the Whitelee Forest. Before the 20th century it was very much a farming community but with improved communications soon became a part of Scotland's largest city. Mearns Castle was built in the 15th century probably on the site of a previous castle on a rocky hillside about a mile southeast of Newton. For many years the castle was a stronghold of the Maxwell family.