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Riverside Museum
Glasgow's Zaha Hadid-designed transport museum on the Clyde, packed with classic cars, a recreated cobbled street of vintage vehicles, and the tall ship Glenlee moored outside.
15 km · about 30 min drive
Scotland, United Kingdom · Europe
Houston is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Kilbarchan, 25km from Loch Lomond.
Houston is a town located in Scotland, United Kingdom. With a population of 6,420, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Houston sits in United Kingdom, where you drive on the left. It's in the Europe/London time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Houston to your route.
Houston ( HOO-stən; Scots: Houstoun; Scottish Gaelic: Cille Pheadair) is a village in the council area of Renfrewshire and the larger historic county of the same name in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.
Houston lies within the Gryffe Valley on the banks of the River Gryffe 6 miles (10 km) north-west of PaisleyRead more
and is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Houston and Killellan, which covers the neighbouring village of Crosslee and a number of smaller settlements in the villages' rural hinterland.
The village grew around a 16th-century castle and parish church dedicated to Saint Peter, which gave the area its former name of Kilpeter (Cille Pheadair in Scottish Gaelic). The present-day old village dates mainly back to the 18th century and was a planned community, replacing earlier buildings. Historically, the economy was based around agriculture and, in common with a number of other Renfrewshire villages, cotton weaving. The old village was designated as a conservation area in 1968.
From the middle of the 20th century, a larger area of residential settlement expanded the village into nearby areas such as the more upmarket Craigends, removing the open country between Houston and Crosslee. These additions to the village have expanded its population considerably, changing its character chiefly to a dormitory settlement for nearby Glasgow and Paisley with a largely service-based economy.
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Houston is located in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 55.8686 latitude, -4.5520 longitude.
Houston has a population of approximately 6,420 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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museum
Glasgow's Zaha Hadid-designed transport museum on the Clyde, packed with classic cars, a recreated cobbled street of vintage vehicles, and the tall ship Glenlee moored outside.
15 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Britain's largest freshwater lake by surface area, where Highland mountains meet Lowland shores in a landscape immortalised in song.
25 km · about 30 min drive
cafe
A popular stopping point on the A82 beside Loch Lomond, where road trippers heading to the Scottish Highlands pause to take in one of Scotland's most beautiful lochs.
32 km · about 35 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A famous viewpoint at the top of Glen Croe where 18th-century soldiers carved the name into a stone after completing the military road.
45 km · about 50 min drive
castle
One of Scotland's largest and most important castles, sitting atop Castle Hill and closely associated with Scottish independence.
47 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Two 30-metre steel horse-head sculptures towering over the canal at Falkirk, a striking modern landmark off the M9.
52 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
An outrageous 14m stone pineapple crowns this 1761 walled-garden folly, built for the Earl of Dunmore and rated among Britain's most eccentric buildings. Free to visit, hidden down a lane near Airth.
53 km · about 60 min drive
famous road
Famous optical-illusion stretch of the A719 on the Ayrshire coast where cars appear to roll uphill. Drivers have pulled over to test the gravity-defying slope since the 1930s.
55 km · about 65 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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