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Linwood

Linwood is a town in in the west central Lowlands of , 14 miles west of . It is about 1+1⁄2 miles northeast of and west of close to the Black Cart Water and the A737 road.
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  • Type: Town with 8,590 residents
  • Description: small town in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Linwood, Renfrewshire”
  • Postal code: PA3

Places of Interest

Highlights include Johnstone railway station and Linwood High School.

Railway station
Photo: Zackhally, CC BY-SA 4.0.
serves the town of , , . The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line 10+3⁄4 miles south west of .

School
is a non-denominational comprehensive secondary school in Linwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The original school building was constructed in 1965 and demolished in 2006 for a new school to be constructed on the same site.

School
St Benedict's High School is a Catholic high school in Linwood, Renfrewshire, in the west of Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elderslie and Johnstone.

Town
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the council area and historic county of in west central . It chiefly serves as a commuter village, situated midway between the towns of and , and lies 11 miles west of city centre.

Town
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in the administrative area of and larger historic county of the same name, in the west central Lowlands of . The town lies 3 miles west of neighbouring , 12 miles west of the centre of the city of and 12 miles north east of .

Village
Photo: JonnyDKeen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small dormitory village in west central , . It lies on the north of the A761 road, which runs through a number of towns and villages to join and the city of , via , and is roughly equidistant to the nearby settlements of , , , and Linwood. is situated 1½ miles west of Linwood.

Linwood

Latitude
55.84814° or 55° 50′ 53″ north
Longitude
-4.48865° or 4° 29′ 19″ west
Population
8,590
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB LIO
Open location code
9C7QRGX6+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 61903405
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
11551012
Wiki­data ID
Q643104
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Linwood” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لينوود”
  • Asturian: “Linwood”
  • Basque: “Linwood”
  • Dutch: “Linwood”
  • French: “Linwood”
  • German: “Linwood”
  • Irish: “Linwood”
  • Italian: “Linwood (Scozia)”
  • Italian: “Linwood”
  • Japanese: “リンウッド”
  • Polish: “Linwood (Szkocja)”
  • Polish: “Linwood”
  • Russian: “Линвуд”
  • Scots: “Linwuid”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Linwood”
  • Spanish: “Linwood”
  • Swedish: “Linwood, Skottland”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Linwood”. Photo: Chris Court, CC BY-SA 2.0.