Lochwinnoch

Lochwinnoch (Loch Eanach en gaélique (gd), Lochineuch en scots (sco)) est un village d'Écosse, situé dans le council area et région de lieutenance du Renfrewshire. Situé sur les bords du Castle Semple Loch (en) et de la Calder (en), Lochwinnoch est un village-dortoir pour les villes de Paisley et Glasgow. Le village possède une gare (en) depuis le 12 août 1840, située sur le réseau de l'Ayrshire Coast Line (en). Du 1er juin 1905 au 27 juin 1966, le village a même possédé une deuxième gare (en) sur le réseau de la Glasgow and South Western Railway (en). Les ruines du château de Barr Castle (en) sont situées sur le territoire du village.

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Lochwinnoch (; Scots: Lochineuch, Scottish Gaelic: Loch Uinneach) 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 50 sq mi (130 km2) of the surrounding countryside, including the nearby village of Howwood. The parish borders seven others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston and Paisley.

Lochwinnoch railway station (1905–1966)

Lochwinnoch railway station was a railway station serving the village of Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Dalry and North Johnstone Line on the Glasgow and South Western Railway.

St John's Kirk, Lochwinnoch

St John's Kirk, also known as St Winnock's Church and, colloquially, Auld Simon (Old Simon), is a ruined church in Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The church's lintel dates to 1729. Only the southwest gable and a single bay of the original structure remain; the rest was likely demolished around the time the new church was built in 1808. The church and surrounding walled cemetery was Category B listed in 1971.

River Calder, Renfrewshire

The River Calder (Scottish Gaelic: Caladar) is a river mainly within Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park

Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park is the collective name for areas of countryside set aside for conservation and recreation on the South Clyde estuary in Scotland. The park covers an area of 280 km2 (110 sq mi) of Inverclyde, North Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, stretching from Greenock in the north, down the coast to Largs and West Kilbride and inland to Dalry and Lochwinnoch. There are three visitor centres within the Park Castle Semple Loch, Muirshiel Country Park and the Greenock Cut (formerly Cornalees Bridge). Muirshiel, a Scots language name, translates to "moorhut" in English.