Monday, November 16, 2015

Millisle Top Tourist Sights

Millisle Top Tourist Sights

By Jonny Blair


Millisle is a village on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Donaghadee. Millisle is situated in the townlands of Ballymacruise and Ballycopeland, the civil parish of Donaghadee and the historic barony of Ards Lower. It is a popular coastal town with a load of beaches and caravan sites, and a windmill. Ballycopeland Windmill, Millisle, Northern Ireland.

The Windmill is definitely one to get on your list as it looks amazing. The best recommendations here:

- Irish Church (Church of Ireland) in Millisle - The real football ground here is Adams Park for Abbey Villa F.C. - Ballycopeland Windmill and the area around it including the information centre

- Millisle Lagoon and Beach Park - Millisle Beach - St. Patrick's Church

- The Protestant Church - A study centre for the old Northern Irish prison people - A local bar which is called "The 1st and Last"

- The home for bad boys

- Millisle Orange hall

- A place where they tried to build a runway but it was never finished

- That farming community area of the village on Woburn Road

- Eden Pottery Centre and Cafe

The total population of this zone is around 2300 people

Where to be based overnight:

- Millisle Caravan Park

- A massive house known locally as the "Pinecroft"

- Waves splashing on the shore

- Ballywhiskin Caravan Park

The 1st and Last is clearly the most super bar in the area

The fish and chip shop called McClements is recommended

Our Favourite Cafe: Eden Pottery

A little bit of unusual information about Millisle:

- It has been known that families of Jewish tradition and heritage were looked after here at a farm in Millisle. The location was the Woburn Road.

- Millisle is one of few villages that doesn't have any political wall murals relating to the ongoing troubles in Northern Ireland.

Getting Around:

- You can use buses to get from places like Bangor, Newtownards and Belfast from Millisle. The Translink company has buses that are numbered 10C and 9 or even 9B and they can help you out.

Famous People from Millisle:

- Gordon Budget

- Nidge

Backpacking in Northern Ireland is your number one resource for travelling in the 6 counties of Northern Ireland. It contains expert compact guides to cities, towns, villages and sights in Northern Ireland.

The website of backpacking in Northern Ireland is run by Bangor folk Allan Wilson, Jonny Blair and Lyndsay Scott as well as Abbi Morrison from Coleraine. It is an expert guide to the six counties.




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