Bonhill (Scots: B'nill; Scottish Gaelic: Both an Uillt) is a town in the Vale of Leven area of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

[2] The area is mentioned in a charter of 1225 giving the monks from Paisley Abbey fishing rights on the east bank of the River Leven at the Linbrane pool.

[5] The village of Bonhill itself featured an early church, and a ford across the River Leven on the drovers' road to Glasgow.

Originally fairly prosperous (SSHA provided houses for workers in order to assist the economy), the industrial decline that hit the Alexandria area hard led to high levels of unemployment and the social ills that often follow that.

The new Bonhill estates were built quite high up on the hill providing magnificent views up the valley to Loch Lomond.

Bus routes were introduced but the houses felt remote from Alexandria centre (a town lacking basic amenities itself).