Whiterock, County Down

"Whiterock" redirects here. For White Rock(s), see White Rock.
Whiterock

Whiterock
Whiterock
 Whiterock shown within Northern Ireland
Population 351 (UK 2001 Census)
DistrictArds
CountyCounty Down
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district BT23
Dialling code 028
EU Parliament Northern Ireland
NI AssemblyStrangford
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Down

Coordinates: 54°28′52″N 5°39′00″W / 54.481°N 5.650°W / 54.481; -5.650

Whiterock is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Killinakin, 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 Borough of Ards. 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 1.5km 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

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey Ireland: Online map viewer (choose "historic" to see townland boundaries)
  2. ↑ "Whiterock". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 Sandford, Ernest (1976). Discover Northern Ireland. NI Tourist Board. p. 198. ISBN 0 9500222 7 6.
  4. ↑ "Down Cruising Club". Down Cruising Club. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Light Ship Petrel". National Historic Ships UK. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
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