Kilwinning Abbey

Kilwinning Abbey is a ruined abbey located in the centre of the town of Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland.

Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Church
Description: monastery in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Address: Kilwinning

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kilwinning railway station and Eglinton Country Park.

Kilwinning railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kilwinning railway station is a railway station serving the town of Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line 26 miles south of Glasgow Central, as well as the Glasgow South Western Line 69 miles north of Stranraer. Kilwinning railway station is situated 2,500 feet northwest of Kilwinning Abbey.

Eglinton Country Park

Park

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Eglinton Country Park is located on the grounds of the old Eglinton Castle estate in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Eglinton Park is situated in the parish of Kilwinning, part of the former district of Cunninghame, and covers an area of 400 ha ( of which are woodland. Eglinton Country Park is situated 1½ miles southeast of Kilwinning Abbey.

Ayrshire Central Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Chris Court, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ayrshire Central Hospital, also known as Irvine Central Hospital, is an NHS hospital in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran. Ayrshire Central Hospital is situated 1½ miles southeast of Kilwinning Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilwinning and Stevenston.

Kilwinning

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Kilwinning is a town near the Ayrshire coast of Scotland, some 21 miles southwest of Glasgow. It's run-down and post-industrial, with a population in 2020 of 16,100.

Stevenston

Town

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Stevenston is a town and parish in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Along with Ardrossan and Saltcoats it is one of the "Three Towns", all of similar size, on the Firth of Clyde coast; the easternmost parts of Stevenston are about 1⁄2 mile from western parts of Kilwinning, the A78 trunk road runs between the settlements. Stevenston is situated 2½ miles west of Kilwinning Abbey.

Irvine

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Irvine is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 34,130 in 2020. It's post-industrial and is best-known as one of the postwar "New Towns" built across lowland Scotland.

Kilwinning Abbey

Categories: monastery, building, and religion
Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.65349° or 55° 39′ 13″ north

Longitude

-4.69812° or 4° 41′ 53″ west

Open location code

9C7QM832+9Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 264006871

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

Wikidata ID

Q2363506

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Italian—“Kilwinning Abbey” goes by many names.

Basque: “Kilwinningeko abadia”
Chinese: “基爾溫寧修道院”
Dutch: “Kilwinning Abbey”
German: “Kilwinning Abbey”
Italian: “abbazia di Kilwinning”
Italian: “Abbazia di Kilwinning”

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Highlights include Abbey Park and St Winin’s RC Church.

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