Head of the Town

Head of the Town is a suburb in Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland. Head of the Town is situated nearby to the suburb Springhill, as well as near Ballycolman.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Christ Church (C of I) and Alley Theatre.

The Alley Theatre is a theatre in Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The venue hosts an auditorium, art gallery, tourist information centre. A statue, Where Dreams Go by Martin Heron, is located in its piazza.

Holy Cross College

School

Holy Cross College, Strabane is a co-ed bilateral school in Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It contains over 1500 pupils and over 90 members of staff.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strabane and Lifford.

Strabane

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

Strabane is a town in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. It's an economically depressed market town with a population in 2021 of 13,500. It stands on the east bank of the River Foyle, which forms the border with the Republic of Ireland.

Lifford

Town

Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lifford is the county town in County Donegal. This means that it is the administrative centre for the County of Donegal, despite the fact that it is much smaller than Letterkenny. Lifford is situated 1½ miles northwest of Head of the Town.

Sion Mills

Village

Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sion Mills is a village to the south of Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on the River Mourne. In the 2021 census it had a population of 1,970 people. Sion Mills is situated 2½ miles south of Head of the Town.

Head of the Town

Type: Suburb
Category: locality
Location: Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.81973° or 54° 49′ 11″ north

Longitude

-7.45108° or 7° 27′ 4″ west

Open location code

9C6JRG9X+VH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12895682494

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

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Localities in the Area

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