Craigshill was the first part of Livingston to be constructed after it was designated to be a New Town, starting in 1966.

[1] Prior to this, the oldest surviving building in the area is Craigsfarm, located just next to Riverside Primary School and nowadays used as a community centre.

Almondbank Library is next to Craigshill Shopping Mall[3] and The Co-operative Food (Formerly Somerfield, Kwik Save).

To the north of the area, the Livingston Squadron of the Air Training Corps (2535) meet in Maple Grove.

The nearest station to Craigshill is Uphall which is on the North Clyde Line.