Ballyhalbert
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thumb|Ballyhalbert Sunrise Ballyhalbert (formerly known as Talbotston and Halbertston) is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the east (Irish Sea) coast of the Ards Peninsula between Ballywalter and Portavogie. It is largely residential and has a small harbour and large caravan site which was formerly a Royal Air Force (RAF) airfield, RAF Ballyhalbert, during World War II. It is within the Ards and North Down Borough. It had a population of 1,266 people in the 2021 census, up from 1,026 people in the 2011 census.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Ballyhalbert
- UK place.irish_name
- Baile Thalbóid
- UK place.scots_name
- Talbotstoun
- UK place.static_image_name
- Ballyhalbert Pier - geograph.org.uk - 3856.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Ballyhalbert Pier, April 2005
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.label_position
- none
- UK place.population
- 1,266
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Ards and North Down
- UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland
- County Down
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Strangford
- UK place.constituency_ni_assembly
- Strangford
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- NEWTOWNARDS
- UK place.postcode_area
- BT
- UK place.postcode_district
- BT22
- UK place.dial_code
- 028
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thumb|Ballyhalbert Sunrise Ballyhalbert (formerly known as Talbotston and Halbertston) is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the east (Irish Sea) coast of the Ards Peninsula between Ballywalter and Portavogie. It is largely residential and has a small harbour and large caravan site which was formerly a Royal Air Force (RAF) airfield, RAF Ballyhalbert, during World War II. It is within the Ards and North Down Borough. It had a population of 1,266 people in the 2021 census, up from 1,026 people in the 2011 census.
The easternmost settlement of Ireland, Burr Point, is within Ballyhalbert's environs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ballyhalbert” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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