Lochwinnoch
Lochwinnoch is a town in the council area as well as historic county of Renfrewshire in the west main Lowlands of Scotland. Pushing the financial institutions of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is mainly a residential dormitory village serving neighboring urban centres such as Glasgow and Paisley. Its population in 2001 was 2628. The Town also offers its name to a civil church of some 50 sq mi (130 km2) of the surrounding countryside, including the close-by town of Howwood. The parish borders 7 others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston and also Paisley. Today, Lochwinnoch mainly serves as a household village, as well as a satellite to the significant city of Glasgow. In 1972, a variety of structures in the village were brought within a freshly defined Lochwinnoch Conservation Area as an area of unique architectural relevance for preparation as well as atmosphere purposes carried out by the neighborhood authority. Lochwinnoch Primary School, the only institution in the village, commemorated 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 police helicopter was generated to look for the animal.