Howwood (Scots: The Howewuid,[2] Scottish Gaelic: Coille an Dail)[3] 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.

[7] Overlooking the village on Kenmure Hill is the Temple, a circular folly built around 1760 and whose purpose is unknown.

[8] In the hills above Howwood also lie the remains of Elliston Castle, a tower house once home to the Semple family.

[7] A battle took place between Government forces and Covenanters at Muirdykes on the 18 June 1685, led by the Cochrane family of Johnstone[8] The Iron Age hillfort of Walls Hill lies on Whittliemuir with the Walls Loch lying to the west of it.