Warrenpoint
Warrenpoint is a small port town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits at the head of Carlingford Lough, south of Newry, and is separated from the Republic of Ireland by a narrow strait.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 7,640 residents
- Description: town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland
- Also known as: “Rinn Mhic Giolla Rua”, “The Point”, and “Warrenpoint, County Down”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Narrow Water Castle.
Narrow Water Castle
Castle
Photo: Wilson Adams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Narrow Water Castle is a 16th-century tower house and bawn near Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland. It is beside the A2 road and on the County Down bank of the Clanrye River, which enters Carlingford Lough 1-mile to the south. Narrow Water Castle is situated 1½ miles northwest of Warrenpoint.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rostrevor and Burren.
Rostrevor
Village
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rostrevor is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the foot of Slieve Martin on the coast of Carlingford Lough, near Warrenpoint. Rostrevor is situated 2 miles east of Warrenpoint.
Burren
Village
Burren is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is near Warrenpoint. It is not to be confused with the Burren area in County Clare. Burren is situated 2½ miles north of Warrenpoint.
Killowen
Hamlet
Photo: P Flannagan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Killowen is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is in the townland of Ballinran near Rostrevor and on the shore of Carlingford Lough. Ballinran is in the Electoral Division of Killowen, in Civil Parish of Kilbroney, in the barony of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half within the Newry and Mourne District Council area. Killowen is situated 3½ miles southeast of Warrenpoint.
Warrenpoint
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.09999° or 54° 6′ northLongitude
-6.25128° or 6° 15′ 5″ westPopulation
7,640Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WPTOpen location code
9C6M3PXX+XFOpenStreetMap ID
node 267763161OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Warrenpoint” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Warrenpoint”
- Asturian: “Warrenpoint”
- Basque: “Warrenpoint”
- Bulgarian: “Уорънпойнт”
- Catalan: “Warrenpoint”
- Cebuano: “Warrenpoint”
- Chinese: “沃倫波因特”
- Dutch: “Warrenpoint”
- French: “Warrenpoint¡”
- French: “Warrenpoint”
- German: “Warrenpoint”
- Irish: “An Phointe”
- Irish: “an Pointe”
- Irish: “An Pointe”
- Japanese: “ウォレンポイント”
- Lithuanian: “Vorenpointas”
- Malay: “Warrenpoint”
- Persian: “وارنپوینت”
- Polish: “Warrenpoint”
- Portuguese: “Warrenpoint”
- Russian: “Уорренпойнт”
- Spanish: “Warrenpoint”
- Swedish: “Warrenpoint”
- Turkish: “Warrenpoint”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Warrenpoint Parish Church and Warrenpoint Methodist Church.
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