Paisley.is are here to provide you with a whole host of immensely fun and cost-effective adventures in Renfrewshire Whether you want to get outdoors for a mindful escape – or are looking to enjoy a bit of leisure time with family and friends – we’ve got something for you as the weather – hopefully...
Read MoreAward-winning photographer and regular Mill Magazine contributor Gary Chittick showcases incredible landscape images taken in our beautiful region A. The Bascule Bridge in Renfrew is the only remaining rolling lift bridge in the country. B. Early starts but it’s not Morocco, it’s the Mile End Mill in Paisley at sunrise. One of the many legacy...
Read MoreRenfrewshire Photos: Photography Students from West College Scotland take to the streets to find and capture photos of their favourite buildings in Renfrewshire. Renfrew Town Hall: This Category A-listed building was designed by James Jamieson Lamb and Baillie James Barr Lamb in the French Gothic style and cost £7,500. It was officially opened by...
Read MoreA resident for four decades, Houston-based writer Denny Macgee takes us on a tour of his adopted home. It’s late 1981. My wife Mary and I are heading along the Georgetown Road towards Houston in a van full of furniture and six or seven kids (only three of them ours) – and I’m crying...
Read MoreA resident of Renfrewshire for most of her life, the BBC’s Annie McGuire gave us the lowdown on Elderslie, the village that helped mould her into who she is today and where she’s now settled with her family. I spent the first 26 years of my life in Elderslie, before brief spells in Glasgow, London...
Read MoreLocal author Diarmid MacArthur gives us a whistle-stop tour of his beloved village. For many people, Lochwinnoch is just a scattering of houses and an indoor-football venue, teamed with a nice old, two-arch railway bridge spanning both the road and the River Calder. Between these attractions and the somewhat remote railway station lie two...
Read MoreAfter embarking on a life in the town and never looking back, writer Cathie Devitt takes us on a whistle-stop tour of Erskine. Back in 1992, my move to Erskine was regarded with contempt by my Glaswegian family. In fact, it was as if I was emigrating to New Zealand. “There is nothing there,...
Read MoreSteeped in its rich heritage but with no shortage of hope for a glistening future, Lawren Matthews takes us through a guided tour of her hometown. Royal borough and “Cradle Of The Stewarts”, Renfrew has a storied history and innovative nature that not only shines throughout its past but permeates through to the present...
Read MoreThe journalist and broadcaster Paul English revisits his idyllic childhood home. I didn’t properly appreciate it until long after I’d left. The discovery of R.J. Price’s 2002 short story collection, A Boy In Summer, and its references to a Renfrewshire coming of age, helped me realise. Now when I return to Kilmacolm, which I do...
Read MoreWriter Kirsteen Paterson is your field guide to a little village with lots to offer. Accessible, friendly and safe, it’s not hard to see why more and more people are choosing to live in Bishopton. That’s thanks in no small part to the Dargavel Village development, which is still under construction and promises to...
Read More