Neilston
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![Crofthead Mill, a local landmark, was one of seven large cotton mills on the banks of the River Levern.](/Images/godic/202501/29/Crofthead_Mills,_Neilston1737.jpg")
![Neilston Pad is a high point in Neilston, characterised by a craggy face on its eastern side](/Images/godic/202501/29/Neilston_Pad1737.jpg")
Neilston (Scots:Neilstoun, Scottish Gaelic:Baile Nèill, pronounced [paləˈnɛːʎ]) is a village and parish in East Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is in the Levern Valley, 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Barrhead, 3.8 miles (6.1 km) south of Paisley, and 5.7 miles (9.2 km) south-southwest of Renfrew, at the southwestern fringe of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. Neilston is a dormitory village with a resident population of just over 5,000 people.