Lochwinnoch
Lochwinnoch is a town in the council location as well as historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Resting on the banks of Castle Semple Loch and also the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is mainly a property dorm town serving close-by urban centres such as Glasgow and 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 bordering countryside, consisting of the nearby town of Howwood. The church borders seven others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston and Paisley. Today, Lochwinnoch chiefly works 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 freshly defined Lochwinnoch Conservation Area as a location of unique architectural value for planning as well as environment objectives provided by the regional authority. Lochwinnoch Primary School, the only institution in the village, commemorated its centenary in 2005. In 2003 it was the centre of a noteworthy alien big cat sighting scare. Children were kept inside throughout break times, and a cops helicopter was generated to look for the pet.