Lochwinnoch's a village in Renfrewshire, Scotland, located on the banks of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder. It's a mainly residential dormitory village - Population at 2001 was 2628. The village also lends its name to a civil parish of some fifty square miles of the surrounding countryside, including the nearby village of Howwood. The parish borders seven others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston and Paisley. History Its name derives either from the Gaelic innis m… (More on Lochwinnoch)