Howwood

#6062 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Howwood 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. It is served by Howwood railway station. ()

Alternative names: Population: 1.6 thous.Coordinates: 55°48'32"N, 4°33'29"W

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Howwood – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stanely Castle, Barr Castle, Castle Semple, Johnstone Castle.

4.3 miE
Forts and castles
Stanely Castle, Paisley
110 min walk • Stanely Castle is located in the waters of Stanely Reservoir, to the south of Paisley, Scotland, at the foot of the Gleniffer Braes. It was probably built in the early 15th century, on an island within a marsh. The castle is now a ruin. Since 1837 it has been partially submerged by the reservoir, and is completely inaccessible.
3.4 miSW
Forts and castles
Barr Castle, Lochwinnoch
88 min walk • Barr Castle is a late medieval tower house. It can be seen today as a ruin on a low ridge to the south of the village of Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
1.3 miW
Forts and castles
Castle Semple
33 min walk • Castle Semple is a former mansion house located in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is situated near the eastern end of Castle Semple Loch, within Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park.
2.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Johnstone Castle, Johnstone
60 min walk • Johnstone Castle is a structure and former mansion in the town of Johnstone in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It belonged to the Houstons of Milliken, who acquired the estate of Easter Cochrane in 1773.
3.2 miNE
Tree
Wallace Yew, Johnstone
83 min walk • The Wallace Yew is a tree in Elderslie, Renfrewshire in Scotland. It stands on grassland said to be near the home of medieval Scottish leader William Wallace.
4.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Blae Loch
111 min walk • The Blae Loch is a small freshwater loch situated in a hollow in a low-lying area beneath Blaelochhead Hill in the Parish of Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland.
3.9 miS
Forts and castles
Caldwell
100 min walk • Caldwell is a mansion and old estate with the remains of a castle nearby. These lands lie close to the Lugton Water and the villages of Uplawmoor in East Renfrewshire and Lugton in East Ayrshire.
2.7 miSW
55°47'19"N • 4°37'8"W
RSPB Lochwinnoch Nature Reserve, Lochwinnoch
71 min walk • Nature and wildlife, Park
2.4 miSW
Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Belltrees Peel, Lochwinnoch
62 min walk • Belltrees Peel is a medieval tower situated on a peninsula in Castle Semple Loch in Renfrewshire, Scotland, on which was once an island.
2.3 miS
Forts and castles
Auchenbathie Tower
60 min walk • Auchenbathie, Auchinbathie Tower or rarely Barcraigs Tower is a ruined fortification, a tower house, once held by the Wallace Clan of Elderslie, situated in Renfrewshire, Parish of Lochwinnoch, Scotland.
2.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Gleniffer Braes
75 min walk • Gleniffer Braes is a short range of hills and park area to the south of Paisley, Scotland which form the boundary of Renfrewshire and North Ayrshire.