Bishopton sits a couple of miles from the southern end of the Erskine Bridge, which spans the River Clyde between Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire. Part way along the B815 road is a computer factory; which was built in the late 1980s by Compaq Computers. Compaq merged with Hewlett-Packard in 2002. However, this factory is considered to be a part of larger town Erskine. A chain ferry transported vehicles across the River Clyde before the bridge was built. The former Ferry Master's house still survives on the south side of the Clyde.

Bridge of Weir is a small town in Renfrewshire, lying within the Gryffe Valley. It largely serves as a dormitory settlement for nearby Glasgow and Paisley, although maintains a commercial centre of its own.

Elderslie  is a village in Renfrewshire. The village is situated midway between Paisley and Johnstone. The village of Elderslie is old and has a rich history. It has been suggested that Elderslie is the birth place of Sir William Wallace. It was the home to the world famous Stoddard Carpets. The original primary school, Wallace Primary, was situated on the Main Road; the current building opened around 1974. The two Church of Scotland parishes, Elderslie West and Elderslie East, amalgamated around 1977. Worshippers now meet in the former West church, renamed Elderslie Kirk. The stream running through the village is known as the Brandy Burn. A children's home existed in Auchenlodment Road until recent years. The building is now a care home. There is also a golf club named Elderslie Golf club which will celebrate its centenary year in 2009.

Erskine  is a commuter town in Renfrewshire, located on the southern bank of the River Clyde at the western extent of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. It neighbours Renfrew, Bishopton, Inchinnan and Paisley and is located near Glasgow International Airport.

Houston is a village in Renfrewshire. It is separated between an old centre and a new, with both housing a number of small shops, restaurants and public houses. The village is mainly composed of housing developed at various times and chiefly serves as a dormitory village for nearby Glasgow and Paisley. Houston was originally and traditionally known as Kilpeter. The old village was designated a conservation area in 1968.
 

Johnstone is a town in Renfrewshire and located in the west-central lowlands of Scotland, three miles west of neighbouring Paisley and twelve miles west of Glasgow. Johnstone was built in 1782 to accommodate the thread and Cotton mills of landowner George Houstoun. The town centre was designed on a formal grid pattern with two civic squares, Houstoun Square and Ludovic Square, which have been extensively restored in recent years. Houstoun Square boasts one of the few bandstands to be found in Scotland.

Kilbarchan is a village to the west of Johnstone in Renfrewshire. The village's name means "cell (chapel) of St. Barchan". Kilbarchan is the home of Kilbarchan Amateur Athletics Club, and contains a Primary school, a Girl Guiding Centre, separate Scout Halls, and three churches, Kilbarchan West and Kilbarchan East. The main annual event is the celebration of Lilias Day, on the first Saturday of June.
 

Linwood, a small town in Renfrewshire, Scotland, 14 miles south-west of Glasgow, which saw an explosion in its population during the middle of the 20th century due to the mass exodus of people from the Glasgow slums. At that time the town's economy relied on the Rootes, later Chrysler then Peugeot Talbot, car plant and the Pressed Steel Company, both of which ceased production in 1981, leaving mass unemployment in its wake. It is estimated that 13000 workers were left jobless as both direct and indirect consequences of this closure. Today, Linwood is considered an 'area of multiple deprivation' by the Scottish Executive.

Lochwinnoch is a village in Renfrewshire, located on the banks of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder. It is a mainly residential dormitory village. The village also lends its name to a civil parish of some fifty square miles of the surrounding countryside, including the nearby village of Howwood. The parish borders seven others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston and Paisley.

Paisley is a town and former burgh in the west-Central Lowlands of Scotland. It is situated on the northern edge of the Gleniffer Braes, straddling the banks of the River Cart. Paisley is the administrative capital of the Renfrewshire council area, and forms a continuous urban area with Greater Glasgow, Glasgow City Centre being 6.9 miles (11.1 km) to the east. 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.

Renfrew is a town, located 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Glasgow on the west coast of Scotland. Traditionally, Renfrew is the county town of the Renfrewshire used for local government until the reorganisation of 1975, with its name surviving in the modern Renfrewshire local authority area in which Renfrew falls. The town is located at the confluence of the River Clyde and the River Cart. A passenger ferry crosses the Clyde to Yoker and a bascule bridge crosses the Cart to Inchinnan and Glasgow International Airport.