Lochwinnoch
Lochwinnoch is a village in the council location and historic region of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Resting on the financial institutions of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is chiefly a household dorm room town serving neighboring metropolitan centres such as Glasgow and also Paisley. Its population in 2001 was 2628. The Community also lends its name to a civil church of some 50 sq mi (130 km2) of the surrounding countryside, including the neighboring town of Howwood. The parish borders seven others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston and Paisley. Today, Lochwinnoch chiefly acts as a property village, as well as a satellite to the significant city of Glasgow. In 1972, a number of buildings in the village were brought within a newly defined Lochwinnoch Conservation Area as an area of special architectural value for preparation and atmosphere functions administered by the regional authority. Lochwinnoch Primary School, the only college in the village, celebrated its centenary in 2005. In 2003 it was the centre of a remarkable unusual big cat sighting scare. Children were kept inside throughout break times, as well as a police helicopter was generated to look for the animal.
