Lochwinnoch
Lochwinnoch is a village in the council area and also historical region of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Resting on the financial institutions of Castle Semple Loch and also the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is primarily a residential dorm town offering nearby city centres such as Glasgow and also Paisley. Its population in 2001 was 2628. The Community additionally lends its name to a civil parish of some 50 sq mi (130 km2) of the surrounding countryside, consisting of the neighboring town of Howwood. The church boundaries seven others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston and Paisley. Today, Lochwinnoch chiefly works as a household town, as well as a satellite to the major city of Glasgow. In 1972, a variety of structures in the town were brought within a recently specified Lochwinnoch Conservation Area as a location of special building value for preparation and setting purposes administered by the local authority. Lochwinnoch Primary School, the only school in the village, commemorated its centenary in 2005. In 2003 it was the centre of a significant alien big cat discovery scare. Youngsters were kept inside during break times, and a police helicopter was brought in to look for the animal.
