Bearsden and Milngavie (Scottish Gaelic: Cille Phàdraig Ùr agus Muileann Dhaibhidh) was, from 1975 to 1996, one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland, covering an area north of the City of Glasgow.
[1] The district was created in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across mainland Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts.
(Scotland) Act 1994 which replaced regions and districts with unitary council areas.
On the abolition of Bearsden and Milngavie District Council in 1996 the building passed to the new East Dunbartonshire Council, which initially used the building as additional office space, but established its headquarters in Kirkintilloch.
East Dunbartonshire Council subsequently sold Boclair, which has since been converted into a hotel.