Crawfordsburn
Sign in to savethumb|right|250px|Crawfordsburn Country Park, 2007 Crawfordsburn () is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. The village, which is now effectively a commuter town, lies between Holywood and Bangor to the north of the A2 road, about 4 km west of Bangor city centre. Bounded to the north and north east by Crawfordsburn Country Park, the village attracts many visitors. It had a population of 632 people in the 2021 Census. the village is served by the nearby Helen's Bay railway station.
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Place details
- Locality
- Crawfordsburn
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Crawfordsburn
- UK place.irish_name
- Sruth Chráfard
- UK place.scots_name
- Crawford's burn
- UK place.static_image_name
- The Old Inn, Crawfordsburn (1) - geograph.org.uk - 524223.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Old Inn, Crawfordsburn
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.label_position
- none
- UK place.population
- 632
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Ards and North Down Borough
- UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland
- County Down
- UK place.constituency_ni_assembly
- North Down
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Ards and North Down
- Population
- +587
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- The Old Inn, Crawfordsburn (1) - geograph.org.uk - 524223.jpg
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- P7959
- County Down
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- Marek Hamšík
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Places of interest
- People
- Sport
- 2011 Census
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|right|250px|Crawfordsburn Country Park, 2007 Crawfordsburn () is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. The village, which is now effectively a commuter town, lies between Holywood and Bangor to the north of the A2 road, about 4 km west of Bangor city centre. Bounded to the north and north east by Crawfordsburn Country Park, the village attracts many visitors. It had a population of 632 people in the 2021 Census. the village is served by the nearby Helen's Bay railway station.
==History== Before the Plantation of Ulster, the area of Crawfordsburn was known as Ballymullan (). It was named after a stream which flows through the village.