Lochwinnoch
Lochwinnoch is a village in the council area and also historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Resting on the financial institutions of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is primarily a property dorm room village serving neighboring metropolitan centres such as Glasgow and also Paisley. Its population in 2001 was 2628. The Town additionally lends its name to a civil church of some 50 sq mi (130 km2) of the surrounding countryside, including the close-by village of Howwood. The church boundaries seven others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston and Paisley. Today, Lochwinnoch mainly serves as a domestic village, as well as a satellite to the major city of Glasgow. In 1972, a number of buildings in the town were brought within a freshly specified Lochwinnoch Conservation Area as a location of unique building relevance for planning and also atmosphere functions administered by the regional authority. Lochwinnoch Primary School, the only institution in the town, commemorated its centenary in 2005. In 2003 it was the centre of a remarkable alien big cat discovery scare. Children were kept inside throughout break times, and a cops helicopter was brought in to look for the pet.
