Robroyston (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Raibeart Ruadh) is a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, located around three miles (five kilometres) northeast of the city centre.

To the north, it directly adjoins Auchinairn (part of Bishopbriggs) in the neighbouring East Dunbartonshire local authority area.

[1] Land to the east towards North Lanarkshire is open countryside, which has made the area a popular location for housing developments.

On the monument there is a plaque in Latin, which reads "Dico tibi verum, libertas optimum rerum, nunquam servili sub nexu, vivito fili", which translates to 'I tell you the truth, the best of all things is freedom, never son, live under the bonds of slavery' which was taught to William Wallace in his boyhood.

A small housing community of mainly miners' rows formed the village of Robroyston c. 1929 to the east of the Barmulloch estates.

[citation needed] As a result of the boom in population, the area became chronically deficient in infrastructure and provision of many local services, although this problem has been lessened somewhat by the construction of Asda, Lidl and Aldi superstores.

[11] Robroyston's proximity to the M80 motorway permits easy access to Glasgow city centre as well as direct commuter routes to Falkirk, Stirling and Edinburgh.