35 Facts About Paisley Renfrewshire

Paisley Renfrewshire is often cited as "Scotland's largest town" and is the fifth largest settlement in the country, although it does not have city status.

One of Scotland's major religious houses, Paisley Renfrewshire Abbey was much favoured by the Bruce and Stewart royal families.

Paisley Renfrewshire's tomb has not survived, but that of Princess Marjorie Bruce, ancestor of the Stewarts, is one of Scotland's few royal monuments to survive the Reformation.

Paisley Renfrewshire coalesced under James II's wish that the lands should become a single regality and, as a result, markets, trading and commerce began to flourish.

Paisley Renfrewshire secured additional funds for relief and sent his own representative to the town to supervise its distribution.

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Paisley Renfrewshire convinced Queen Victoria to wear Paisley products in order to popularise the products and stimulate demand.

Paisley Renfrewshire was the site of an incident that gave rise to a major legal precedent.

The Gleniffer Braes, on the southern outskirts of Paisley Renfrewshire, are home to a number of "decoy ponds" used by the RAF after the Battle of Britain as part of a project code-named "Starfish Decoy" designed to confuse German spies.

Paisley Renfrewshire was for many years a centre for the manufacture of cotton sewing thread.

Paisley Renfrewshire once had five shipyards including John Fullerton and Company, Bow, McLachlan and Company and Fleming and Ferguson.

Paisley Renfrewshire was taken over by Rank Hovis McDougall who closed its Stevenson Street factory and transferred production to England in the 1970s.

On 15 July 2017 Paisley Renfrewshire was announced as one of five shortlisted candidates, however on 7 December 2017 Paisley Renfrewshire lost its bid to Coventry.

Paisley Renfrewshire sits primarily on an expanse of low ground around 12 metres above sea level surrounding the White Cart Water, which runs through the town centre.

Paisley Renfrewshire expanded steadily, particularly in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, creating many suburbs.

Particularly following the Housing Act 1946, modern Paisley Renfrewshire grew into the surrounding countryside, and several large residential areas were created in the post-war period.

Ralston was outside the Paisley Renfrewshire burgh boundary when constructed in the 1930s, but as a result of local authority reorganisation in the 1990s, it is a suburb of Paisley Renfrewshire.

Public sector organisations in Paisley include the headquarters of Renfrewshire Council, the largest campus of the University of the West of Scotland, the Paisley campus of West College Scotland and the Royal Alexandra Hospital.

Glasgow Airport, located on the northern edge of Paisley Renfrewshire, is a significant employer and part of the area's transport infrastructure.

Textiles have a longer history in Paisley Renfrewshire, represented by the Sma' Shot cottages complex on Shuttle Street: a small public museum of weaving from its 18th-century origins as a cottage industry.

The stone was a meeting place of the Weavers Union in the south of Paisley Renfrewshire; it was used as a "soapbox" and was originally inscribed with its history.

Paisley Renfrewshire is the main site for the modern University of the West of Scotland, which was created from a merger between the University of Paisley Renfrewshire and Bell College in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.

The University of Paisley Renfrewshire was granted university status in 1992, having existed previously as a central institution known as Paisley Renfrewshire College of Technology.

Paisley Renfrewshire is home to a number of religious denominations and is an important historical centre for the Christian faith in Scotland.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley Renfrewshire, created in 1947, is centred upon the town's St Mirin's Cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of Paisley Renfrewshire.

Paisley Renfrewshire is home to a meetinghouse of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located on Glenburn Road.

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Historically, Paisley Renfrewshire was notable as the religious home of the Stewart family who descended from Walter FitzAlan, the first High Steward of Scotland and founder of Paisley Renfrewshire Abbey, eventually becoming the Scottish and British Royal Family.

Paisley Renfrewshire has one local daily newspaper, the Paisley Renfrewshire Daily Express, which is owned by the Trinity Mirror Group.

Previously, Paisley Renfrewshire BC were one of Scotland's strongest teams in the heyday of the 1970s and 1980s.

Paisley Renfrewshire Rugby Club is an amateur rugby union club based at the Anchor Recreation Grounds in Paisley Renfrewshire.

Paisley Renfrewshire is home to the Kelburne Hockey Club, who have dominated Scottish domestic hockey in the last 3 seasons.

Motorcycle speedway was staged at St Mirren Park in 1975 and 1976, when the Paisley Renfrewshire Lions raced in the second division of the British League.

Paisley Renfrewshire is connected to the motorway network and the National Rail network, and contains Glasgow Airport within its boundaries.

Paisley Renfrewshire is connected by road to the UK motorway network, with the M8 running along the northern edge of the town, providing access to Greenock to the west and Glasgow to the east.

Paisley Renfrewshire in represented in the Scottish Parliament by George Adam MSP, who holds the Paisley Renfrewshire seat.

Paisley Renfrewshire Council is responsible for the provision of waste management in the area.