Cloghan Point

Cloghan Point is a cape in , .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blackhead Lighthouse and Downshire railway station.

Lighthouse
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a listed lighthouse built at the turn of the 20th century, near in , Northern Ireland. It marks the very northern end of where it opens out into the that separates Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Railway station
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves eastern in , Northern Ireland. This station opened on 1 April 1925 and was known for most of its early life as Downshire Park.

Photo: ArchiveCarrickfergus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also known as the Andrew Jackson Cottage, is the ancestral home of Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the . It is located in the village of Boneybefore in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carrickfergus and Bangor.

Photo: Adam Bishop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town 12 miles northeast of Belfast, historically in , with a population in 2021 of 28,000. Its main attraction is the sturdy 12th-century Norman castle.

Photo: P.khiao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town on the south shore of Belfast Lough, in . 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.

Locality
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small in , . It is about 5 miles south of on the shores of . It had a population of 228 people in the 2021 census.

Cloghan Point

Latitude
54.739° or 54° 44′ 20″ north
Longitude
-5.7249° or 5° 43′ 30″ west
Open location code
9C6PP7QG+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 14173119030
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
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Satellite Map

Discover Cloghan Point from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bellahill and Whitehead.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Briggs and Cloghan Point Oil Terminal Jetty.

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