Lochwinnoch
Lochwinnoch is a village in the council area and also historical county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Pushing the banks of Castle Semple Loch and also the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is mainly a domestic dormitory town serving nearby city centres such as Glasgow and also Paisley. Its population in 2001 was 2628. The Town additionally lends its name to a civil parish of some 50 sq mi (130 km2) of the bordering countryside, including the nearby village of Howwood. The parish boundaries seven others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston as well as Paisley. Today, Lochwinnoch primarily serves as a domestic 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 recently defined Lochwinnoch Conservation Area as a location of unique building value for preparation and environment purposes administered by the regional authority. Lochwinnoch Primary School, the only school in the village, commemorated its centenary in 2005. In 2003 it was the centre of a notable alien big cat sighting scare. Youngsters were maintained inside throughout break times, as well as a cops helicopter was brought in to look for the animal.
