Glenavy
Sign in to saveGlenavy () is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is approximately 11 miles west of Belfast and eight miles north-west of Lisburn, and sits on the banks of the Glenavy river. In the 2021 census the village had a population of 2,384 people. In early documents it was written as "Lenavy".
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- Locality
- Glenavy
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,089
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.postcode_area
- BT
- UK place.official_name
- Glenavy
- UK place.irish_name
- Lann Abhaigh
- UK place.static_image_name
- Glenavy RC Church - geograph.org.uk - 758228.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Glenavy Catholic church
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.belfast_distance_mi
- 13
- UK place.population
- 2,384
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.irish_grid_reference
- J154729
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Lisburn
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- CRUMLIN
- UK place.postcode_district
- BT29
- UK place.dial_code
- 028, +44 28
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Antrim
- UK place.constituency_ni_assembly
- South Antrim
- UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland
- County Antrim
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Glenavy () is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is approximately 11 miles west of Belfast and eight miles north-west of Lisburn, and sits on the banks of the Glenavy river. In the 2021 census the village had a population of 2,384 people. In early documents it was written as "Lenavy".
==Transport== Glenavy railway station was opened on 13 November 1871, and was part of the now closed Knockmore line. The station was closed in 2003
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glenavy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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