Banbridge
Banbridge is a town historically in County Down in Northern Ireland, but nowadays part of Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District. It stands on the road between Belfast and Newry so it grew up as a rest stop for stagecoaches, and in the 19th century it was a major centre of the Irish linen industry.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Banbridge High School.
Banbridge High School
School
Banbridge High School is a controlled secondary school located in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the Southern Education and Library Board area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lawrencetown and Loughbrickland.
Lawrencetown
Village
Laurencetown or Lawrencetown is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits on the River Bann, along the main road between the towns of Banbridge and Portadown. Lawrencetown is situated 2½ miles northwest of Banbridge.
Loughbrickland
Village
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loughbrickland is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland, south of Banbridge on the A1 Belfast–Dublin road. In the 2011 census it had a population of 693. Loughbrickland is within the Banbridge District. Loughbrickland is situated 3 miles southwest of Banbridge.
Banbridge
- Type: Town with 16,700 residents
- Description: town in County Down, Northern Ireland
- Category: locality
- Location: Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.3514° or 54° 21′ 5″ northLongitude
-6.2715° or 6° 16′ 17″ westPopulation
16,700Elevation
308 feet (94 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BBGOpen location code
9C6M9P2H+HCOpenStreetMap ID
node 267762560OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Banbridge” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Banbridge”
- Basque: “Banbridge”
- Bulgarian: “Банбридж”
- Catalan: “Banbridge”
- Cebuano: “Banbridge (kapital sa distrito sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
- Cebuano: “Banbridge”
- Chinese: “班布里奇”
- Danish: “Banbridge”
- Dutch: “Banbridge”
- French: “Banbridge”
- German: “Banbridge”
- Hebrew: “בנברידג‘”
- Hungarian: “Banbridge”
- Irish: “Droichead na Banna”
- Italian: “Banbridge”
- Japanese: “バンブリッジ”
- Korean: “밴브리지”
- Malay: “Banbridge”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Banbridge”
- Norwegian: “Banbridge”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Banbridge”
- Persian: “بنبریج”
- Persian: “بنبریج”
- Polish: “Banbridge”
- Romanian: “Districtul Banbridge”
- Russian: “Банбридж”
- South Azerbaijani: “بنبریج”
- Spanish: “Banbridge”
- Swedish: “Banbridge”
- Ukrainian: “Банбридж”
- Urdu: “بینبریج”
- Welsh: “Banbridge”
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