Once a separate village, Baillieston is now on the periphery of the Glasgow urban area, situated west of a major interchange between the M8, M74 and M73 motorways and the A8 trunk road, between the town of Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire, and the neighbouring Glasgow neighbourhoods of Sandyhills, Barlanark and Mount Vernon.

Suburban developments in the vicinity such as Barrachnie, Garrowhill, Springhill and Swinton are generally considered to fall within the larger modern Baillieston district.

The area is served by Baillieston railway station, with the Broomhouse neighbourhood on the opposite side of the tracks accessed via a rebuilt road bridge[3][4][5][6] and a pedestrian underpass.

The Mure Memorial Parish Church in Garrowhill was built as part of the garden suburb opened in 1940.

Baillieston Football Club (Baillieston Juniors) was founded in 1919[11] and played in their early years at a ground presently occupied by Martin Crescent but when Lanarkshire county council decided to build housing there in 1932 they had to move to a field nearby at Camp Road.

Its name is kept alive by the Scottish Amateur Football Association team Baillieston Thistle AFC.

Another amateur team, Red Star Baillieston AFC plays at Stepford Park, Edinburgh Road.