Howwood

11°COvercast

• Today: 14° / 10° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:43

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

56US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Renfrewshire Johnston, United Kingdom

137 reported road collisions (2024)

67 killed or seriously injured · 193 casualties · 7.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

54 food businesses within 2 miles

• 46 passed
• 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Howwood (0.3 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£162,655 average▲ 2.4% YoY

Across Renfrewshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Morrisons (8.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (6.8 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Arran Drive, Johnstone (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

189,270 residents in Renfrewshire

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

More deprived than the average in Scotland

15% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 25% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Johanna Baxter

Labour

Paisley and Renfrewshire South

Source: UK Parliament

SNP (minority)

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,095 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Howwood – Flexible Schedule, Online Primary school Tutor - Part Time, Become a Primary school Tutor in Howwood – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£797 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,200 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

100% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 52% · Wind 48%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Paisley and Renfrewshire South:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s389 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership312 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office237 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth188 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test184 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Howwood · 0.1 km

  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 s…

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  Howwood railway station · 0.3 km

  Howwood railway station is a railway station serving the village of Howwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 13 miles (21 km) south west of Glasgow Central.

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  Lands of Elliston · 0.8 km

  The lands of Elliston, previously Elliotston or Eliotstoun or Elliestoun in the Parish of Lochwinnoch were part of the holdings of the Barony of Elliston, later a part of the Castle Semple barony and estates. The ruin…

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  Castle Semple railway station · 1.1 km

  Castle Semple railway station was intended to be a railway station that would have served the village of Howwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland, as part of the Dalry and North Johnstone Line on the Glasgow and South Western…

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  Walls Loch · 1.9 km

  Walls Loch is situated at a height of 560 feet, below the Walls Hill Iron Age fort and to the east of Broadfield Hill on the lands of North Castlewalls Farm, Whittliemuir, Howwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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  Castle Semple · 2.1 km

  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.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)