Lochwinnoch
Lochwinnoch is a town in the council location and also historical region of Renfrewshire in the west main Lowlands of Scotland. Pushing the financial institutions of Castle Semple Loch as well as the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is mainly a household dormitory village offering nearby metropolitan centres such as Glasgow and also Paisley. Its population in 2001 was 2628. The Town also provides its name to a civil church of some 50 sq mi (130 km2) of the surrounding countryside, consisting of the close-by village of Howwood. The church borders 7 others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston and Paisley. Today, Lochwinnoch mainly acts as a household village, along with a satellite to the significant city of Glasgow. In 1972, a variety of buildings in the town were brought within a newly specified Lochwinnoch Conservation Area as an area of special architectural significance for planning and also environment purposes provided by the neighborhood authority. Lochwinnoch Primary School, the only school in the town, celebrated its centenary in 2005. In 2003 it was the centre of a significant alien big cat sighting scare. Youngsters were kept inside during break times, and also a cops helicopter was brought in to search for the pet.