Huntershill Village is located opposite Huntershill House

Huntershill House

Huntershill House is an 18th-century building in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It was built around 1765, designed by an unknown architect. From the 1780s it was the family home of the political reformer Thomas Muir, Younger of Huntershill...

 at the top of Crowhill Road in Bishopbriggs

Bishopbriggs

Bishopbriggs is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The area was once part of the historic parish of Cadder - originally lands granted by King William the Lion to the Bishop of Glasgow, Jocelin, in 1180. It was later part of the county of Lanarkshire and subsequently an independent burgh from...

, East Dunbartonshire

East Dunbartonshire

This article is about the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. See also East Dunbartonshire .East Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the north-west of the City of Glasgow. It contains many of the suburbs of Glasgow as well as containing many of...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. Over forty local businesses operate from the location. It was historically part of the Huntershill Estate, former residence of the political reformer Thomas Muir

Thomas Muir (radical)

Thomas Muir was a Scottish political reformer.Muir was the son of James Muir, a hop merchant, and was educated at Glasgow Grammar School, before attending the University of Glasgow to study divinity...

. Its also the former site of the Huntershill mining and freestone quarry.

A Cairn and Martyrs Gate dedicated to Thomas Muir and the Scottish Political Martyrs

The Political Martyrs monument, Edinburgh

The Political Martyrs Monument is a Category A listed memorial to the Scottish Martyrs to Liberty and stands in the Old Calton Cemetery on Calton Hill, Edinburgh...

 were erected at Huntershill Village by John SL Watson, and partly funded by the East Dunbartonshire

East Dunbartonshire

This article is about the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. See also East Dunbartonshire .East Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the north-west of the City of Glasgow. It contains many of the suburbs of Glasgow as well as containing many of...

 Council.

Visitor facilities includes the Thomas Muir Coffee Shop, art gallery & classes, picture framer, pet and aquatic and garden/gift centre. On the 3rd September 2009 at 10am, East Dunbartonshires Provost Eric Gotts formally opened the Bishopbriggs Farmers Market

Farmers' market

A farmers' market consists of individual vendors—mostly farmers—who set up booths, tables or stands, outdoors or indoors, to sell produce, meat products, fruits and sometimes prepared foods and beverages...

which is held on the first Saturday of every month.