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Renfrewshire

Houston

Houston is a in the council area of and the larger historic county of the same name in the west central Lowlands of . Houston lies within the Gryffe Valley on the banks of the River Gryffe 6 miles north-west of and is the…
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  • Type: Village with 6,420 residents
  • Description: village in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Houston, Renfrewshire” and “Kilpeter”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kilbarchan Steeple and St Fillan’s Kirk.

Town hall
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town hall, which is situated 2 miles south of Houston.

Place of worship
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Fillan's Kirk, Seat and Well are located in the hamlet of Kilallan, once the main religious centre of the ancient parish of Kilallan or Killellan, close to , , . is situated 2 miles northwest of Houston.

School
is a non-denominational comprehensive secondary school in , Scotland. The original school building was constructed in 1965 and demolished in 2006 for a new school to be constructed on the same site. is situated 2 miles southeast of Houston.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crosslee and Craigends.

Village
is a small lying on the bank of the River Gryffe in the civil parish of Houston and Killellan, , in Scotland. It lies around half a mile south of the old village centre of Houston and immediately west of , although residential development has removed any significant open space between the three.

Quarter
is a residential area in the civil parish of Houston and Killellan in , lying south of the River Gryffe and on the banks of the River Locher.

Village
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is a village within the council area and wider historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of . Lying within the Gryffe Valley, owes its name to the historic crossing point that it provided over the River Gryffe.

Houston

Latitude
55.86805° or 55° 52′ 5″ north
Longitude
-4.55033° or 4° 33′ 1″ west
Population
6,420
Elevation
135 feet (41 metres)
Open location code
9C7QVC9X+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31877666
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2646507
Wiki­data ID
Q31028
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Houston” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Houston”
  • Breton: “Houston”
  • Cebuano: “Houston”
  • Dutch: “Houston”
  • French: “Houston”
  • German: “Houston”
  • Irish: “Cille Pheadair”
  • Italian: “Houston”
  • Japanese: “ヒューストン”
  • Panjabi: “ਹਿਊਸਟਨ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਿਲਪੀਟਰ”
  • Persian: “هیوستون، رنفروشر”
  • Persian: “هیوستون”
  • Portuguese: “Houston, Renfrewshire”
  • Portuguese: “Houston”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cille Pheadair”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Houston”
  • Spanish: “Houston”
  • Swedish: “Houston, Skottland”
  • Swedish: “Houston”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Houston & Killellan Kirk and Carrick Centre.

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