East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It was formed in 1996, as a successor to the Eastwood district of the Strathclyde region. Clockwise, East Renfrewshire borders Glasgow to the northeast, South Lanarkshire to the southeast, East Ayrshire to the southwest, North Ayrshire to the west and Renfrewshire to the northwest.- Type: council area with 99,800 residents
- Description: council area in Scotland
- Also known as: “Aest Renfrewshire”, “Aust-Renfrewshire”, “Coontae Rinn Friu Hiar”, “GB-ERW”, “Renfrewshire dell’est”, “Rytų Renfruširas”, “이스트 렌프루셔”, “이스트 렌프루셔 주”, “이스트렌프루셔 주”, “イースト・レンフルーシャイア”, and “イーストレンフルーシャー”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mearns Castle and Glasgow Reform Synagogue.
Picketlaw Reservoir
Reservoir
Picketlaw Reservoir is situated 2½ miles southeast of East Renfrewshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eaglesham and Newton Mearns.
Newton Mearns
Town
Newton Mearns is a town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Clarkston
Town
Clarkston is a town in East Renfrewshire, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Clarkston is situated 3½ miles northeast of East Renfrewshire.
East Renfrewshire
Latitude
55.75° or 55° 45′ north
Longitude
-4.3333° or 4° 20′ west
Population
99,800
Elevation
505 feet (154 metres)
Abbreviation
“ERW”
Open location code
9C7QQM28+2M
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“East Renfrewshire” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ekialdeko Renfrewshire”
- Breton: “Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear”
- Bulgarian: “Източен Ренфрушър”
- Catalan: “East Renfrewshire”
- Cebuano: “East Renfrewshire”
- Chinese: “东伦弗鲁郡”
- Chinese: “東倫弗魯郡”
- Czech: “East Renfrewshire”
- Czech: “Východní Renfrewshire”
- Danish: “East Renfrewshire”
- Dutch: “East Renfrewshire”
- Esperanto: “East Renfrewshire”
- Estonian: “East Renfrewshire”
- Fiji Hindi: “East Renfrewshire”
- Finnish: “Itä-Renfrewshire”
- French: “East Renfrewshire”
- German: “East Renfrewshire”
- Icelandic: “Austur-Renfrewshire”
- Ido: “East Renfrewshire”
- Irish: “Comhairle Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear”
- Irish: “Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear”
- Italian: “Renfrewshire Orientale”
- Japanese: “イースト・レンフルーシャー”
- Korean: “이스트렌프루셔”
- Latvian: “Austrumrenfrūšīra”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų Renfrušyras”
- Manx: “Coontae Rinn Friù Hiar”
- Manx: “Sheer Rinn Friù Hiar”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tang Renfrewshire”
- Moksha: “Шиньстямаширень Рэнфрюшир”
- Northern Frisian: “East Renfrewshire”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “East Renfrewshire”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “East Renfrewshire”
- Norwegian: “East Renfrewshire”
- Persian: “رنفروشر شرقی”
- Polish: “East Renfrewshire”
- Portuguese: “East Renfrewshire”
- Romanian: “East Renfrewshire”
- Russian: “Восточный Ренфрушир”
- Russian: “Ист-Ренфрушир”
- Scots: “East Renfrewshire”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Comhairle Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Istočni Renfrewshire”
- Slovak: “Východný Renfrewshire”
- Slovenian: “East Renfrewshire”
- Spanish: “East Renfrewshire”
- Swedish: “East Renfrewshire”
- Turkish: “East Renfrewshire”
- Ukrainian: “Східний Ренфрюшир”
- Urdu: “ایسٹ رینفرو شائر”
- Welsh: “Dwyrain Swydd Renfrew”
- Western Panjabi: “ایسٹرنفریوشائر”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Mearns and Kirkhill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Byreside Hill and Mearns Law.
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