Economy
The town's Bridgewater complex provides a range of tertiary sector business, chiefly retail and leisure facilities. This includes two supermarkets, a newsagent, a bakery, a butcher, a chip shop, a Subway restaurant, a pub with a dining area, a Chinese takeaway, an optician, a chemist, a doctor's surgery, hardware store, bookmakers, salon, an estate agency, a dry-cleaner and key cutting service, a swimming pool, funeral parlour, bank and a public library. There is also a smaller retail area in the Bargarran and Mains Hill areas, where there are a few shops and restaurants as well as a community centre.
On the riverside, there are several recently built office blocks. Erskine has one hotel on the banks of the Clyde, the Erskine Bridge (formerly Crest) hotel. There is also a private golf club, Erskine Golf Club, located on the borders between Bishopton.
In addition to a number of local playing fields, the area has two recently constructed sporting facilities: the Erskine Community Sports Centre and the astroturf at Park Mains High School. The community centre hosts the local karate club, a group for new mothers and various dance clubs and youth projects.
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