This article is about the town in Scotland. For the hamlet in Canada, see Kilwinning, Saskatchewan. For the community in the United States, see Kilwinning, Missouri.
Town and former civil parish in Scotland
Kilwinning
Scottish Gaelic: Cill D’Fhinnein[1]
Scots: Kilwinnin
Town and former civil parish
Aerial view over Kilwinning with Abbey Park (now abandoned) in the centre, 2018
Kilwinning (/kɪlˈwɪnɪŋ/, Scots: Kilwinnin; Scottish Gaelic: Cill D’Fhinnein) is a town in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is on the River Garnock, north of Irvine, about 21 miles (34 km) southwest of Glasgow. It is known as "The Crossroads of Ayrshire". Kilwinning was also a Civil Parish.[3] The 2001 Census[4] recorded the town as having a population of 15,908.
The estimated population in 2016 was 16,460.[citation needed]
^"Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland database". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^"Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^Rev. John Marius Wilson (1854). The Imperial gazetteer of Scotland. Vol. II. GORDON-ZETLAND. pp. 219–221.
^"SCROL - your source of information from the 2001 Census". scrol.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008.
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