Lochwinnoch (/lɒxˈwɪnəx/; Scots: Lochineuch, Scottish Gaelic: Loch Uinneach) is a village in the council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.

Lying on the banks of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is chiefly a residential dormitory village serving nearby urban centres such as Glasgow and Paisley.

The Town also lends its name to a civil parish of some 50 sq mi (130 km2) of the surrounding countryside, including the nearby village of Howwood.

[3] Lochwinnoch is first recorded in the 12th Century as a parish under the higher control of Paisley and Renfrew, but the area has been inhabited since the neolithic period.

Robert Semple, Steward of the barony of Renfrew during the reign of Alexander II, was recorded as living in Elliston Castle, whose ruins lie near Howwood.

The Semples of Elliston fought for Robert the Bruce, and steadily grew in power to become the Steward's hereditary Baillies of Renfrewshire.

William MacDowall was one of Glasgow's leading West Indies merchants who owned sugar plantations in the Caribbean.

In addition to buying the Shawfield Mansion in Glasgow as his town-house he instructed the rebuilding and expansion of Castle Semple in the grand Palladian style in 1735.

[5] As such, notwithstanding the older Johnshill settlement, the village in its modern form was a planned community, rather than one evolving over time.

Production ended in 1969; the remaining tracks and structures now form a feature near the Muirshiel Visitor Centre in the country park.

[10] Today, Lochwinnoch chiefly serves as a residential village, as well as a satellite to the major city of Glasgow.

[13] The loch plays host to a variety of watersports, being part of the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park and an RSPB bird sanctuary is nearby.

There are three public houses in Lochwinnoch; the Corner Bar, the Brown Bull and the Three Churches Inn (previously the Garthland Arms).

Lochwinnoch Angels Of Light Spiritualist Church is located in the community park "Annex" on Lochlip Road.