The Andrew Jackson Centre, also known as the Andrew Jackson Cottage, is the ancestral home of Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States. It is located in the village of Boneybefore in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Andrew Jackson Centre is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Kilroot Power Station.

Downshire railway station

Railway station

Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Downshire railway station serves eastern Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. This station opened on 1 April 1925 and was known for most of its early life as Downshire Park. Downshire railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Kilroot Power Station.

Carrickfergus railway station

Railway station

Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carrickfergus railway station serves the centre of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. In addition to this, Clipperstown serves the west of the town, and Downshire the east. Carrickfergus railway station is situated 2 miles west of Kilroot Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carrickfergus and Glenoe.

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.

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 Kilroot Power Station.

Bangor

Photo: P.khiao, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bangor is a town on the south shore of Belfast Lough, in County Down. It was a holiday resort from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century but is now chiefly a commuter town for Belfast. In 2021 it had a population of 64,000.

Kilroot Power Station

Categories: oil-fired power station, coal-fired power station, and industry
Location: Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.72707° or 54° 43′ 38″ north

Longitude

-5.76544° or 5° 45′ 56″ west

Elevation

69 feet (21 metres)

Operator

EP UK Investments

Open location code

9C6PP6GM+RR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 39951424

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

GeoNames ID

7284461

Wikidata ID

Q6408172

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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Norwegian Bokmål—“Kilroot Power Station” goes by many names.

Finnish: “Kilrootin voimalaitos”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Kilroot kraftverk”
Norwegian: “Kilroot kraftverk”

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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 “Kilroot Power Station”. Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.