Lochwinnoch
Lochwinnoch is a town in the council area and also historical region of Renfrewshire in the west main Lowlands of Scotland. Resting on the financial institutions of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is mainly a domestic dormitory town offering close-by city centres such as Glasgow and Paisley. Its population in 2001 was 2628. The Town likewise provides its name to a civil church of some 50 sq mi (130 km2) of the bordering countryside, including the neighboring town of Howwood. The church borders seven others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston as well as Paisley. Today, Lochwinnoch primarily functions as a household village, along with a satellite to the major city of Glasgow. In 1972, a variety of buildings in the town were brought within a freshly specified Lochwinnoch Conservation Area as a location of special building value for planning and also atmosphere purposes provided by the neighborhood authority. Lochwinnoch Primary School, the only school in the village, commemorated its centenary in 2005. In 2003 it was the centre of a noteworthy alien big cat discovery scare. Children were kept inside during break times, as well as a police helicopter was brought in to look for the animal.
