Renfrew
Renfrew is a town and royal burgh in Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Renfrew is a town and royal burgh in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is located 6 miles (10 km) west of Glasgow in the west central Lowlands of Scotland, and is the historic county town of Renfrewshire. The town had a population of 23,809 in 2022.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
A historic downtown and many small parks, including Stewart Park behind the Presbyterian Church on Smith's Creek, and O'Brien Park, featuring the Swinging Bridge and a beautiful view of the museum and dam.
- 01McDougall Mill Museum
A former grist/flour mill that was run by John Lorne McDougall on property brought from Sir Francis Hincks.
- 02Birthplace NHA/NHL Museum
1 Ma Te Way Park Dr, nhabirthplacemuseum@cogeco.net.
- 03O'Brien Theatre
The theatre offers popular current films, and a series of art, independent and foreign films in a restored 1930 theatre.
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Things to do
- 01Logos Land Resort
Water park with 3 large slides, a zipline course, and golfing.
- 02Renfrew Fair
Midway rides, exhibits, demolition derby, musical acts and livestock showcase.
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Where to eat
- 01Blackbird Cafe
1694 Burnstown Rd,.
- 02Bonnechere Bakery and Bistro Fine Food
A family-owned bakery, bistro and fine food emporium.
- 03Rocky Mountain House
409 Stewart St, toll-free: +1-866-372-2210.
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Getting to Renfrew
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 3 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 43 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 64 km
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Renfrew44 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · £5–7
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Renfrew65 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · £7–9
- Belfast → Renfrew172 km · quickest by road, 14h 11m · £70–95
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Renfrew
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Renfrew. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere's a range of long-stay parks off-site, with transfer minibuses.
- Get in(The airport is in "Local" zone, so the "City" zone fare isn't enough.) McGill's Bus 757 trundles every 30 min to Paisley Gilmour Street railway station, which has very frequent trains to Glasgow Central, and outbound to Gourock (for Dunoon ferry), Wemyss Bay (for Bute ferry), Ardrossan (for Arran ferry) and Ayr.
- Get inThe fare is the same by any route: in 2024 a day trip is £15 and an open return is £20.
- Get inFor a day trip, park up at one of the outlying railway stations, if you can find a space among all the commuter vehicles.
- Get inThe crossing takes 2 hr 30 min, with almost a dozen car ferries a day.
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Next door to Renfrew
Renfrew is 8 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.