Carrickfergus Grammar School
Carrickfergus Grammar School is a controlled grammar school situated in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Since opening in 1962 with 60 pupils and 4 teachers, its pupil numbers have increased to just over 800 pupils from ages 11 to 18 in Years 8 to 14.- Type: School
- Description: controlled grammar school in Carrickfergus, Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Postal code: BT38 7RA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carrickfergus College and Clipperstown railway station.
Carrickfergus College
College building
Carrickfergus College was a secondary school in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The college was opened in 1959 and has over 750 students and 52 teachers. It is within the North Eastern Education and Library Board. Carrickfergus College is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Carrickfergus Grammar School.
Clipperstown railway station
Railway station
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clipperstown railway station serves the west of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Clipperstown station is within walking distance of the larger Carrickfergus station, however road connections between the two are much more complicated. Clipperstown railway station is situated 1 mile south of Carrickfergus Grammar School.
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 1¼ miles southeast of Carrickfergus Grammar School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carrickfergus and Jordanstown.
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.
Jordanstown
Suburb
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Jordanstown is a townland and electoral ward in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is within the urban area of Newtownabbey and the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area. Jordanstown is situated 4½ miles southwest of Carrickfergus Grammar School.
Straid
Village
Straid is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, about three miles east of Ballyclare, and about six miles inland from Carrickfergus. It lies at the centre of the townland of Straidlands, in the Civil Parish of Ballynure within the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area, and in the former barony of Belfast Lower. Straid is situated 4½ miles northwest of Carrickfergus Grammar School.
Carrickfergus Grammar School
- Categories: grammar school and education
- Location: Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.72924° or 54° 43′ 45″ northLongitude
-5.81706° or 5° 49′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C6PP5HM+M5OpenStreetMap ID
way 324053996OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata ID
Q5046164
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In Other Languages
“Carrickfergus Grammar School” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Scoil Ghramadaí Charraig Fhearghais”
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