Lochwinnoch
Lochwinnoch is a village in the council location as well as historic county of Renfrewshire in the west main Lowlands of Scotland. Pushing the financial institutions of Castle Semple Loch as well as the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is primarily a residential dorm town serving nearby urban centres such as Glasgow and also Paisley. Its population in 2001 was 2628. The Community likewise provides its name to a civil parish of some 50 sq mi (130 km2) of the bordering countryside, consisting of the nearby town of Howwood. The church borders seven others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston and Paisley. Today, Lochwinnoch primarily acts as a residential village, along with a satellite to the major city of Glasgow. In 1972, a number of buildings in the village were brought within a freshly defined Lochwinnoch Conservation Area as an area of unique building significance for preparation and environment purposes administered by the regional authority. Lochwinnoch Primary School, the only school in the village, commemorated its centenary in 2005. In 2003 it was the centre of a notable unusual big cat sighting scare. Youngsters were maintained inside throughout break times, as well as a cops helicopter was brought in to search for the pet.
