Lochwinnoch
Sign in to saveLochwinnoch (; , ) is a village in the council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Lying on the banks of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is chiefly a residential dormitory village serving nearby urban centres such as Glasgow and Paisley. Its population in 2001 was 2628 and in 2022 was 2769.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lochwinnoch
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,900
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Key facts
- UK place.post_town
- LOCHWINNOCH
- UK place.postcode_district
- PA12
- UK place.postcode_area
- PA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01505
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Paisley and Renfrewshire South
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Renfrewshire South
- UK place.static_image_name
- Lochwinnoch.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- East end of the High Street with the façade of "Auld Simon" in the centre.
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Lochwinnoch
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Loch Uinneach
- UK place.scots_name
- Lochineuch
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +2880
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Lochwinnoch.jpg
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- P7959
- Renfrewshire
- P8168
- smooth muscle tissue
- P12749
- Neuscharfeneck Castle
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- History of the lochs
- Places of interest
- Notable people
- Transport
- Schools
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Lochwinnoch (; , ) is a village in the council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Lying on the banks of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is chiefly a residential dormitory village serving nearby urban centres such as Glasgow and Paisley. Its population in 2001 was 2628 and in 2022 was 2769.
The Town also lends its name to a civil parish of some of the surrounding countryside, including the nearby village of Howwood. The parish borders seven others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston and Paisley.