Lochwinnoch
Lochwinnoch is a town in the council location as well as historic area of Renfrewshire in the west main Lowlands of Scotland. Resting on the banks of Castle Semple Loch as well as the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is chiefly a household dorm room town offering close-by urban centres such as Glasgow and Paisley. Its population in 2001 was 2628. The Community also lends 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 parish borders seven others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston and Paisley. Today, Lochwinnoch mainly serves as a domestic town, as well as a satellite to the significant city of Glasgow. In 1972, a variety of buildings in the village were brought within a newly defined Lochwinnoch Conservation Area as a location of special architectural significance for preparation as well as atmosphere objectives provided by the local authority. Lochwinnoch Primary School, the only institution in the town, celebrated its centenary in 2005. In 2003 it was the centre of a remarkable unusual big cat sighting scare. Children were maintained inside during break times, and also a cops helicopter was generated to look for the animal.