Howwood
Howwood is a village in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is between Johnstone and Lochwinnoch, just off the A737 dual carriageway between the nearby town of Paisley and the Ayrshire border. It is served by Howwood railway station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,580 residents
- Description: village in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Howwood, Renfrewshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Howwood railway station and Milliken Park railway station.
Howwood railway station
Railway station
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Howwood railway station is a railway station serving the village of Howwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 13 miles south west of Glasgow Central.
Milliken Park railway station
Railway station
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Milliken Park railway station serves the west end of Johnstone and the south west of the village of Kilbarchan in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.
Kilbarchan Steeple
Town hall
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Kilbarchan Steeple is a town hall, which is situated 2 miles north of Howwood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilbarchan and Johnstone.
Kilbarchan
Village
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Kilbarchan is a village and civil parish in central Renfrewshire, in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is almost contiguous with Johnstone, about 5 miles or 8 km west of the centre of Paisley. Kilbarchan is situated 2 miles north of Howwood.
Johnstone
Town
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Johnstone is a town in the administrative area of Renfrewshire and larger historic county of the same name, in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The town lies 3 miles west of neighbouring Paisley, 12 miles west of the centre of the city of Glasgow and 12 miles north east of Kilwinning. Johnstone is situated 2½ miles northeast of Howwood.
Brookfield
Village
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Brookfield is a small dormitory village in west central Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies on the north of the A761 road, which runs through a number of towns and villages to join Port Glasgow and the city of Glasgow, via Paisley, and is roughly equidistant to the nearby settlements of Houston, Bridge of Weir, Kilbarchan, Johnstone and Linwood. Brookfield is situated 3 miles northeast of Howwood.
Howwood
- Category: locality
- Location: Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.80993° or 55° 48′ 36″ northLongitude
-4.55807° or 4° 33′ 29″ westPopulation
1,580Elevation
125 feet (38 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB HWVOpen location code
9C7QRC5R+XQOpenStreetMap ID
node 3896784261OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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