page_title: Kilwinning
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Kilwinning / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: Kilwinning Bridge showing widening work and the Islet in the River Garnock, North Ayrshire, Scotland
context_page_description: Kilwinning is a town in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is on the River Garnock, north of Irvine, about 21 miles south of Glasgow. It is known as "The Crossroads of Ayrshire". Kilwinning was also a Civil Parish. The 2001 Census recorded the town as having a population of 15,908.
  At the 2011 Census, Kilwinning had a population of 21,456.
context_section_description: Kilwinning has many buildings and sites of Architectural significance. Among them was Abbot Adam's Bridge, which was sadly demolished in 1765 as recorded in the Glasgow Journal of 18-4-1765 to make way for the present bridge. This replacement bridge was reported in the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Heraald of 18-4-1857 as to be widened and strengthened, the work being completed in 1858.
caption: Kilwinning Bridge showing the widening work of 1858 and an Islet in the River Garnock that formed part of the old Bleaching Green
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