Paisley travel guide

Paisley (Pàislig) is a town and former burgh located in the west central lowlands of Scotland, approximately eight miles west-south-west of Glasgow. It is the largest town and administrative centre of the Renfrewshire council area. Straddling the White Cart Water which merges with the Black Cart Water to form the River Cart to the north of the town the settlement occupies the lowland to the north of the Gleniffer Braes.
Paisley was once reckoned to have been the site of the Roman fortification of Vanduara (or Vandogara) chronicled by Ptolemy. The identification of the site of modern Paisley with this fort is based principally on the similarity of the name of the station to the Brythonic Gwen-dwr ('white water') which was inferred to have been the name at that time of the White Cart Water.
In the 12th century a priory was founded at Paisley around which a settlement soon grew. Within a hundred years of its foundation the priory had achieved the status of an Abbey. The town became famous during the 18th and 19th centuries for the production of cloth, especially cotton with the distinctive Paisley Pattern.
Paisley is the second largest town in Scotland, after East Kilbride with a population of 72,970. Whilst smaller than Scotland's major cities, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Dundee, it forms the sixth-largest settlement in the country, having a greater population than Inverness or Stirling, which both have city status. Paisley forms much of the south-western part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. (...) more....

travel guide by edit this text

Latest Reviews for Paisley

Have you been here? Write a quick review:

 You are currently not logged in. Login or register to write a review.