Lochwinnoch
Lochwinnoch is a town in the council area and also historical region of Renfrewshire in the west main Lowlands of Scotland. Pushing the banks of Castle Semple Loch and also the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is mainly a household dorm room village serving neighboring metropolitan centres such as Glasgow as well as Paisley. Its population in 2001 was 2628. The Community likewise lends its name to a civil church of some 50 sq mi (130 km2) of the surrounding countryside, consisting of the neighboring village of Howwood. The church boundaries 7 others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston and also Paisley. Today, Lochwinnoch chiefly acts as a residential village, in addition to a satellite to the significant city of Glasgow. In 1972, a variety of structures in the town were brought within a newly specified Lochwinnoch Conservation Area as a location of unique building value for planning and also environment functions carried out 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 noteworthy alien big cat sighting scare. Children were maintained inside during break times, and a police helicopter was generated to look for the pet.
