Uplawmoor

Uplawmoor
Loch Libo and Uplawmoor from the air
Uplawmoor is located in East Renfrewshire
Uplawmoor
Uplawmoor
Uplawmoor is located in Scotland
Uplawmoor
Uplawmoor
Location within Scotland
Population690 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNS434552
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLASGOW
Postcode districtG78
Dialling code01505
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55°45′54″N 4°29′46″W / 55.765°N 4.496°W / 55.765; -4.496

Uplawmoor is a village in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Its population was 700 as of 2016.

Historic Uplawmoor,[2] associated for centuries with the Barony of Caldwell and the Mure family, is still a vibrant community today, although bereft of the shops once to be found there. It has a primary school, hotel (Uplawmoor Hotel), village hall (Mure Hall), sports ground for tennis and football (including a playpark) and a golf club (Caldwell Golf Club). Nearby is the extensive Caldwell Estate with the roofless 18th century Caldwell House, which was designed by Robert Adam. The separate Caldwell Tower, of probable 16th century origin, is visible from the village. Several farms surround the village, as agriculture has always been of importance locally.

Historically the village was served by two railway lines - Lanarkshire and Ayrshire and Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway

Uplawmoor has a rural setting, with farmland on one side and mainly beech woodland (Pollick Glen and Shillford Woods, with numerous paths) on the other. Below lies the valley where are the A736 and Loch Libo, a Scottish Wildlife Trust Site Of Special Scientific Interest, the winter home of flocks of whooper swans. At the end of the loch is an area of large tussock sedges and on the far side is a striking waterfall among more woodland. The old hamlet of Shillford lies towards Neilston on the A736.

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ Local Studies Group, Uplawmoor (2003). Old Uplawmoor. Catrine, Ayrshire: Stenlake Publishing.