Cheekpoint
Cheekpoint is a village and townland in County Waterford, Ireland, at the confluence of the River Suir and the River Barrow. Located beneath 150-metre-high Minaun Hill, the village has panoramic views of Waterford Harbour, the 650-metre-long Barrow Bridge and Great Island Power Station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Great Island Power Station and Ballyhack Castle.
Great Island Power Station
Power station
Photo: Paddy Mulvey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Great Island Power Station is a gas fired and former heavy fuel oil fired power station situated near Waterford Harbour in Great Island, County Wexford, Ireland, that supplies electricity to more than 500,000 Irish homes.
Ballyhack Castle
Photo: Alanna Milbourne, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ballyhack Castle is situated 3 km southeast of Cheekpoint.
Dunbrody Abbey
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunbrody Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in County Wexford, Ireland. The cross-shaped church was built in the 13th century, and the tower was added in the 15th century. Dunbrody Abbey is situated 3 km northeast of Cheekpoint.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballyhack and Passage East.
Ballyhack
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballyhack is a small village located in the south-west of County Wexford, in Ireland, on the eastern shore of the Waterford Harbour, which is the estuary of The Three Sisters… Ballyhack is situated 3 km southeast of Cheekpoint.
Passage East
Village
Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Passage East is a fishing village in County Waterford, Ireland, situated on the west bank of Waterford Harbour. It is 12 km from Waterford city 10 km from Dunmore East and 21 km from Tramore. Passage East is situated 3½ km southeast of Cheekpoint.
Arthurstown
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arthurstown is a small village in the townland of Coleman in southwest County Wexford, Ireland. It is located at the junction of the R733 and R770 regional roads on the eastern shore of the Waterford Harbour estuary, where The Three Sisters flow into the sea. Arthurstown is situated 4 km southeast of Cheekpoint.
Cheekpoint
- Type: Village with 334 residents
- Description: village in Munster, Ireland
- Category: locality
- Location: County Waterford, Munster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.26899° or 52° 16′ 8″ northLongitude
-6.99586° or 6° 59′ 45″ westPopulation
334Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)Open location code
9C4M7293+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 6303571664OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2965511Wikidata ID
Q5089280
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Cheekpoint” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Чекпоинт”
- Cebuano: “Cheekpoint”
- Dutch: “Cheekpoint”
- Irish: “Pointe na Síge”
- Russian: “Чикпойнт”
- Spanish: “Cheekpoint”
- Swedish: “Cheekpoint”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cheekpoint”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.