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Clydebank is a town in west central Scotland, lying on the north bank of the river Clyde. The town was created in the late 19th century to house workers for the ship building yards and in 1886 was made a Royal Burgh (Borough).

Clydebank is currently the largest town in the 'county' of West Dunbartonshire (officially a Local Authority Area); with a population of around 46,000 it is home to roughly half the county's people.

Although not part of the Local Authority Area of the City of Glasgow, Clydebank is part of the city's conurbation and many neighbouring houses and streets fall within the limits of the 2 counties. The town is part of a single urban area which is commonly known to most people as Greater Glasgow and includes areas that fall within the limits of the following counties: West Dunbartonshire, East Dunbartonshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and all of the City Glasgow. While the rest of the county is part of the Argyle & Clyde National Health Service area, Clydebank is part of the Glasgow NHS area. Residents of the town (nicknamed Bankies) usually claim to be Glaswegians and most give their address as Clydebank, Glasgow rather than the technically accurate Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire. A 2003 poll conducted by the Scottish National Party suggested that Clydebank residents were unhappy with the town's status as part of West Dunbartonshire and would prefer the restoration of the town's own council, which was scrapped in the 1994 restructuring of Scottish local government. The poll found a common irritation at the location of the 'county' government in DumbartonDumbarton District 1975-96 Dumbarton is a town in Scotland, lying on the north bank of the River Clyde. Dumbarton Castle, founded by the Romans and rebuilt several times since, dominates the area. Dumbarton functioned as the capital of the ancient kingdom, the second largest town (20,000 population) and a view that despite 11 of the total 22 'county' councillors being elected to represent wards within Clydebank, the town residents were distant from their representatives. Also of concern was that Clydebank will no longer share an MP (Member of Parliament) with MilngavieMilngavie pronounced Mill-Guy or Mull-Guy , is a middle-class town on the outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland. It lies approximately seven miles northwest of Glasgow city centre in East Dunbartonshire and marks the start of the West Highland Way. Milngavie is (a neighbouring town in East Dunbartonshire) but from the next election will be represented in the British Parliament by a single MP for all West Dunbartonshire. The same change may yet take place regarding representation in the Scottish Parliament.

Clydebank has two semi-professional football (soccer)Football is the most widely played and watched team sport in the world. The game is often known as soccer or occasionally association football to differentiate it from other codes of football. Football is a ball game played between two teams of 11 players teams, Clydebank F.C. and Yoker Athletic F.C. . Both are members of the Scottish Junior Football AssociationThe Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA) is the organising body for the 'junior' grade of football (soccer) in Scotland. This grade of football is commonly mistaken for a level at which boys football is played, but the term 'junior' refers not to t and play in the Central League Division 1. Clydebank FC formerly held status as a senior leagueThe Scottish Football League is a league of football (soccer) teams in Scotland. Single-Division Period The league was formed in the 1890s to provide the growing number of football clubs in the country with a more consistent fixture list. In its initial s club but went out of business in 2002. The vast majority of football fans in the town support either Glasgow Celtic or RangersRangers Football Club is Scotland's most successful football club, but in recent years they have been suffering at the hands of their arch-rivals Glasgow Celtic. Founded in 1872, Rangers play at the 50,411 seat Ibrox Stadium in southwestern Glasgow. Range.

The town has a large shopping centre which is uniquely divided in two by the forth and Clyde canal which runs through the town. There are four high schools in the town, called Clydebank High, Saint Andrew's Clydebank High, Saint Columbus High and Braidfield High. There are numerous primary schools. The town has many bars and pubs, and three nightclubs.

During World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough Clydebank's production of ships and munitions for the allies made the town a target for the German Luftwaffe: 439 bombers dropped over 1000 bombs on 13th and 14th of March 1941. Of 12,000 homes in the town less than a dozen were undamaged and over 35,000 people were made homeless. The raid, known as the Clydebank Blitz, was the worst suffered by Scotland during the war and resulted in 578 civilian deaths. A memorial exists opposite the Town Hall (as of July 2004 this memorial is a building site, due to it being renovated) to the "Defenders of Clydebank", the officers and sailors of the Free Polish ship, ORP Piorun, which was docked in the town and fired its guns, shooting down two bombers.