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 banks of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is primarily a domestic dorm room town serving close-by metropolitan centres such as Glasgow and Paisley. Its population in 2001 was 2628. The Community likewise lends its name to a civil parish of some 50 sq mi (130 km2) of the bordering countryside, including the nearby village of Howwood. The parish borders 7 others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston and also Paisley. Today, Lochwinnoch primarily works as a residential village, as well as a satellite to the major city of Glasgow. In 1972, a variety of buildings in the town were brought within a recently specified Lochwinnoch Conservation Area as an area of special building relevance for preparation as well as atmosphere functions carried out by the local authority. Lochwinnoch Primary School, the only institution in the village, celebrated its centenary in 2005. In 2003 it was the centre of a remarkable unusual big cat discovery scare. Youngsters were kept inside during break times, as well as a cops helicopter was generated to look for the animal.
