Where We Are

 

Paisley is situated in the West of Scotland just outside Glasgow and is very well placed for access to Glasgow International Airport and the road and rail network.

 

As well as the attractions of Paisley town the surrounding area offers easy access to Loch Lomond and other areas of outstanding natural beauty, Glasgow's city attractions and many cycling and walking tracks. We have secure facilities for locking up bicycles and other equipment.

 

Ardgowan House

Paisley

 

One of Scotland's most historic towns, Paisley has had an influence disproportionate to its small size. For its disproportionate size , Scotland's largest and most historic town has proved its influence.

 

Everyone has heard of the world famous Paisley Pattern fabric design but how many people know that Paisley has also given the world Marmalade or that a Paisley "buddie" (as locals are known), the Rev John Witherspoon, signed the American Declaration of Independence?

 

According to history, Paisley's first documented settlement is said to belong to an Irish monk called St. Mirin, who established a chapel close to a natural waterfall in the River Cart, way back in the sixth century.

 

Thread, having a huge demand, had been made in Paisley since the eighteenth century. So, during the Napoleonic War, when supplies of silk thread were scarce, the Clark brothers experimented with a cotton substitute which, in turn, proved highly successful. The Clarks were followed by the Coats, and there have been few seamstresses throughout the world in the last 150 years who have never used the products of one or the other of these two firms.

 

Coming by car and train


From Glasgow and Edinburgh:
Coming west along the M8:

  1. Exit at Junction 27 onto A741 (Renfrew Rd.)
  2. Turn left at the first roundabout
  3. Straight on at the next roundabout
  4. Ardgowan House is the fourth house on the left.

 

From the west coast and Glasgow International Airport:

Coming east along the M8:

  1. Exit at Junction 27
  2. Turn left at first roundabout onto A741 (Renfrew Rd.)
  3. Turn left at the second roundabout
  4. Straight on at the next roundabout
  5. Ardgowan House is fourth house on the left.

 

By Rail (west coast main line via Prestwick airport)

  1. Take the Sneddon Street exit from the station.
  2. Continue past IKON.
  3. Take the next right and continue until road forks at Halfords.
  4. Take the left fork, past the petrol station.
  5. Ardgowan House is situated on the right.

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