Abbey Tower News Today

Thousands of visitors helped turn Pershore purple for the town’s annual plum festival.

Summer is almost in full swing and many of North Ayrshire’s tourist attractions are gearing up for what they hope will continue to be a busy…

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If you are interested in volunteering at Kilwinning Abbey Tower for the 2022 Summer season, an online form has been created for you to declare your…

Bessie the witch honoured with street name in Kilwinning KILWINNING witch Bessie Grahame is to be honoured with a street named after her. Bessie Grahame Court will be one of the streets at the new Taylor Wimpey site, Willow Gardens, just off Dalry Road in the town. In August 1649, her crime was to use some threatening words to a neighbour. Ten days later the neighbour took ill and died. Bessie found herself imprisoned in the Abbey Tower for 13 weeks. The Kilwinning Heritage Group has pr...

Urgent improvement works are planned to spruce up Kilwinning’s famous Abbey clocktower. Work on landmark, run by volunteers from Kilwinning Heritage, will include stone repairs, replacement of heavily eroded mullions, structural repairs, reinstatement of pinnacle stones and refurbishment of clock faces and the timber doors. They would also replace the ground floor and first floor windows, install mesh grilles behind louvres in bell loft, replace the lead roof and modify the stair tower ...