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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Vinony's link graph records 172 inbound references to Lochwinnoch, and connects out to administrative territorial entity of Scotland, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Scotland.
It sits within the topics Royal Society for the Protection of Birds reserves in Scotland and Villages in Renfrewshire.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lochwinnoch
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,900
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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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
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS353586
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Renfrewshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Renfrewshire
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 2880
- Image
- Lochwinnoch.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lochwinnoch
- P8168
- smooth muscle tissue
- P12749
- Neuscharfeneck Castle
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lochwinnoch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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