Lochwinnoch
Lochwinnoch is a town in the council area and historical area of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Pushing the financial institutions of Castle Semple Loch as well as the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is chiefly a domestic dormitory town serving neighboring city centres such as Glasgow as well as Paisley. Its population in 2001 was 2628. The Community likewise offers its name to a civil church of some 50 sq mi (130 km2) of the surrounding countryside, including the nearby village of Howwood. The parish boundaries seven others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston and Paisley. Today, Lochwinnoch primarily functions as a domestic village, in addition to a satellite to the major city of Glasgow. In 1972, a number of structures in the town were brought within a newly specified Lochwinnoch Conservation Area as an area of unique building importance for planning as well as setting objectives provided by the neighborhood authority. Lochwinnoch Primary School, the only institution in the village, celebrated its centenary in 2005. In 2003 it was the centre of a noteworthy unusual big cat discovery scare. Kids were maintained inside during break times, and also a cops helicopter was brought in to look for the pet.
