River Bann
The River Bann is the longest river in Northern Ireland, its length, Upper and Lower Bann combined, being 129 km. The total length of the River Bann, including its path through the 30 km long Lough Neagh is 159 km.
- Type: Stream
- Description: the longest river in Northern Ireland
- Also known as: “Lower Bann” and “Αργίτας”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Castlerock railway station and Portstewart Strand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castlerock and Articlave.
Castlerock
Castlerock is a seaside village in County Londonderry, with a population of 1200 in 2021.
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Hamlet
River Bann
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.16524° or 55° 9′ 55″ north
Longitude
-6.76689° or 6° 46′ 1″ west
Open location code
9C7M568M+36
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“River Bann” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Bann”
- Basque: “Bann ibaia”
- Catalan: “riu Bann”
- Catalan: “Riu Bann”
- Cebuano: “River Bann”
- Chinese: “班恩河”
- Chuvash: “Банн”
- Czech: “Bann”
- Dutch: “Bann”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بان”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Bann”
- Estonian: “Banni jõgi”
- Finnish: “Bann”
- French: “Bann”
- French: “rivière Bann”
- Galician: “Río Bann”
- Georgian: “ბანი”
- German: “Bann”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Μπαν”
- Hebrew: “באן”
- Irish: “An Bhanna”
- Italian: “Bann”
- Japanese: “バン川”
- Korean: “반강”
- Latin: “Bannus (flumen)”
- Latin: “Bannus”
- Latvian: “Banna”
- Lithuanian: “Banas”
- Mingrelian: “ბანი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ბანი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bann”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bann”
- Norwegian: “Bann”
- Persian: “رود بان”
- Polish: “Bann”
- Russian: “Банн”
- Serbian: “Бан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bann”
- Slovenian: “Bann”
- Spanish: “Bann”
- Spanish: “Río Bann”
- Swahili: “Mto Bann”
- Swedish: “Bann”
- Turkish: “Bann Nehri”
- Venetian: “Fiume Bann”
- Welsh: “Afon Bann”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Portstewart and Coleraine.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Ballyaghran Point and Portstewart Bay.
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Worth a closer look: Belfast and Derry.
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