Photo of Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, a visitor attraction near Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, central Scotland.

Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park© wfmillar / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Howwood (Renfrewshire) StationHowwood

12 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park

Attraction near Lochwinnoch

Scotland's largest regional park spanning Renfrewshire's moors and coast, with a visitor centre at Castle Semple.

3.9 km W

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Paisley Abbey

Church near Paisley

Great medieval Cluniac abbey founded in 1163, burial place of Marjorie Bruce and the early Stewarts, still an active parish kirk.

9.7 km NE

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Castle Semple Collegiate Church

Ruined church near Lochwinnoch

A roofless late Gothic church of 1504, ending in an unusual three-sided apse.

1.9 km W

Kilbarchan

Village

Renfrewshire weaving village with a preserved 18th-century weaver's cottage and much of its old character intact.

2.9 km N · Renfrewshire

Castle Semple Loch

Loch near Lochwinnoch

Used for rowing and sailing in Clyde Muirshiel park, this Renfrewshire loch has a ruined collegiate church nearby.

3.1 km SW

Stanely Castle

Castle near Elderslie

A medieval castle in Renfrewshire.

7 km E

Glengarnock Castle

Castle near Lochwinnoch

A medieval castle in North Ayrshire.

9 km W

Everything else within 10 km (5) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Castle Semple LochCastle3.7 km SW
The Wee Wild Sauna, LochwinnochSauna3.8 km W
LochwinnochVillage4.6 km SW
Ranfurly CastleCastle4.9 km N
Cuff Hill PlantationChambered tomb5.4 km S

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.