Whitehead
Whitehead is a small seaside town on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, lying almost midway between the towns of Carrickfergus and Larne.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 3,700 residents
- Description: seaside town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
- Also known as: “An Ceann Bán” and “Whitehead, County Antrim”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whitehead railway station and Blackhead Lighthouse.
Whitehead railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitehead railway station serves Whitehead in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The station has two platforms with a waiting room on each and the station is signalled in both directions and remains staffed during commuter hours by a Senior Porter, a fully trained signalman, capable of fixing points and signalling issues when they arise.
Blackhead Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackhead Lighthouse is a listed lighthouse built at the turn of the 20th century, near Whitehead in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It marks the very northern end of Belfast Lough where it opens out into the North Channel that separates Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Ballycarry railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballycarry railway station serves Ballycarry and Islandmagee in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, the station was opened on 1 October 1862. Today there is just a single platform, there is a stationmaster's old cottage on a disused platform, this is now privately owned. Ballycarry railway station is situated 1½ miles north of Whitehead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carrickfergus and Magheramorne.
Carrickfergus
Photo: Adam Bishop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carrickfergus is a town 12 miles northeast of Belfast, historically in County Antrim, with a population in 2021 of 28,000. Its main attraction is the sturdy 12th-century Norman castle.
Magheramorne
Locality
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Magheramorne is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is about 5 miles south of Larne on the shores of Larne Lough. It had a population of 228 people in the 2021 census. Magheramorne is situated 5 miles northwest of Whitehead.
Glenoe
Village
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glenoe or Gleno is a hamlet in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is halfway between Larne and Carrickfergus. In the 2001 census, it had a population of 87 people. Glenoe is in the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area. Glenoe is situated 6 miles northwest of Whitehead.
Whitehead
- Category: locality
- Location: Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.7537° or 54° 45′ 13″ northLongitude
-5.71162° or 5° 42′ 42″ westPopulation
3,700Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WHEOpen location code
9C6PQ73Q+F9OpenStreetMap ID
node 267763123OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Whitehead” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Whitehead”
- Catalan: “Whitehead”
- Cebuano: “Whitehead”
- Chinese: “怀特海德 (安特里姆郡)”
- Chinese: “怀特海德”
- Chinese: “怀特黑德”
- Chinese: “懷特海德 (安特里姆郡)”
- Dutch: “Whitehead”
- French: “Whitehead”
- German: “Whitehead”
- Irish: “an Ceann Bán”
- Irish: “An Cionn Bán”
- Irish: “Whitehead”
- Italian: “Whitehead”
- Japanese: “ホワイトヘッド”
- Malay: “Whitehead, Daerah Antrim”
- Pali: “व्हितेहेअद, काउन्टी अंतरिम”
- Persian: “وایتهد، شهرستان انتریم”
- Scottish Gaelic: “an Ceann Bán”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Cionn Bán”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Whitehead”
- Spanish: “Whitehead”
- Swedish: “Whitehead”
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