Inchinnan

Inchinnan (/ɪntʃˈɪnən/; Scottish Gaelic: Innis Fhionghain) is a small village in Renfrewshire, Scotland.

The village is located on the main A8 road between Renfrew and Greenock, just south east of the town of Erskine.

The name of Inchinnan village is derived from the Gaelic word 'Innis', which means an island or low-lying land near a river or stream.

Prior to its use as a tyre factory, the site was used by William Beardmore and Company to build airships in World War I.

Some of the companies associated with Inchinnan past and present include: Reekie Machine Tools, Scot Tubes, Gas Measurement Instruments, Bairdswear, Armour Park, Metecno, Aulds and Rolls-Royce.

There is a bus depot in Inchinnan which belonged to Arriva Scotland West and before that Western SMT (later Clydeside Scottish).

East of the village beside the A8 road is a spoil tip from a disused ironstone mine.

[9] Wilhelmina Alexander, famous as Robert Burns' 'The Bonnie Lass of Ballochmyle', is buried in the Old Inchinnan Cemetery near the Black Cart Water.

[10] The disused Park or Fulton's Quay stands on the River Clyde in the parish of Inchinnan.

For secondary education the village falls within the catchment area of Park Mains High School in Erskine.

Inchinnan is served by Glasgow International Airport, which is located 2 km south of the town.

The village borders a number of nearby settlements, some separated by a rural hinterland.