Portstewart
Portstewart is a small seaside town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 7,854 people in the 2021 United Kingdom census. It is a seaside resort, neighbouring both Coleraine in County Londonderry and Portrush in County Antrim. Its harbour and scenic coastal paths form an Atlantic promenade leading to a two-mile beach (Portstewart Strand), popular with holidaymakers in summer and surfers year-round. The town is located within the Barony of the North East Liberties of Coleraine.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Portstewart
- UK place.irish_name
- Port Stíobhaird
- UK place.static_image_name
- The Promenade at Portstewart - geograph.org.uk - 1322701.jpg
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.population
- 7,854
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland
- County Londonderry
- UK place.constituency_ni_assembly
- East Londonderry
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- East Londonderry
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
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Portstewart is a small seaside town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 7,854 people in the 2021 United Kingdom census. It is a seaside resort, neighbouring both Coleraine in County Londonderry and Portrush in County Antrim. Its harbour and scenic coastal paths form an Atlantic promenade leading to a two-mile beach (Portstewart Strand), popular with holidaymakers in summer and surfers year-round. The town is located within the Barony of the North East Liberties of Coleraine.
==Profile== Portstewart was a popular holiday destination for Victorian middle-class families. Its long, crescent-shaped seafront promenade is sheltered by rocky headlands. It is a reasonably prosperous town. Most of the town is contained in the Strand electoral ward and this is one of the most affluent areas in Northern Ireland. In a deprivation index of electoral wards in Northern Ireland the Strand Ward in the town was ranked 570th out of the 582 wards.