Newton Mearns is a suburban town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies 7 miles southwest of Glasgow City Ce…Newton Mearns is a suburban town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies 7 miles southwest of Glasgow City Centre on the main road to Ayrshire, 410 feet above sea level. It has a population of approximately 26,993, stretching from Whitecraigs and Kirkhill in the northeast to Maidenhill in the southeast, to Westacres and Greenlaw in the west and Capelrig/Patterton in the northwest.