Whiterock, County Down
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Population | 351 (UK 2001 Census) |
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Country | Northern Ireland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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Dialling code | 028 |
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Whiterock is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of , in the civil parish of Killinchy and historic barony of Dufferin, on the western shore of Strangford Lough, near to the village of Killinchy.[1] It is in the Ards and North Down Borough. It had a population of 355 people (141 households) in the 2011 Census.[2] (2001 Census: 351 people)
Whiterock is home to two yacht clubs: Strangford Lough Yacht Club and 1.5 km to the north, Down Cruising Club.[3] The latter is based in a moored former lightship, the Petrel, acquired in 1968. The lightship had been built by the Dublin Dockyard Company in 1915 for the Commissioners of Irish Lights and since registered as a National Historic Ship UK.[4][5]
Between the two yacht clubs is Sketrick Castle, a 15th-century tower house on Sketrick Island, now in ruins. To the south of Whiterock is Ballymorran Bay.[3]
See also[]
- List of villages in Northern Ireland
References[]
- ^ Ordnance Survey Ireland: Online map viewer (choose "historic" to see townland boundaries)
- ^ "Whiterock". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ a b Sandford, Ernest (1976). Discover Northern Ireland. NI Tourist Board. p. 198. ISBN 0 9500222 7 6.
- ^ "Down Cruising Club". Down Cruising Club. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ "Light Ship Petrel". National Historic Ships UK. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
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