17 novembre 2015

Best Sights To See In Millisle Northern Ireland

By Jonny Blair


Millisle is a cool village near Bangor and Ards in Northern Ireland. It is situated on the Ards Peninsula and is in County Down. This town is just a really popular coastal resort and it also sits not too far away from Belfast, which is the Northern Irish capital city. There is a marvellous windmill in Millisle called Ballycopeland.

You should try and get a trip out to Ballycopeland Windmill when backpacking in Millisle, Northern Ireland. Best Places to See:

- Millisle Church of Ireland - Adams Park, home of Abbey Villa FC - Ballycopeland Windmill and Visitor's Centre

- Millisle Lagoon and Beach Park - Millisle Beach - St. Patrick's Church

- The Presbyterian Religious building in the village - A building which houses a jail type college for the people in Northern Ireland - The First & Last local public house

- Millisle Young Offender's Residence

- The Orange Hall for Protestants in the village

- Unfinished Airfield

- Woburn Road Farm

- Eden Pottery Centre and Cafe

Two thousand and three hundred people live in Millisle

Best locations to sleep in:

- The caravan and camping park in Millisle

- Pinecroft Country House

- Seaspray

- Ballywhiskin Caravan Park

Head to the "First & Last" public house for a local beer and a bite

You can grab some decent fish and chips in Millisle

A brilliant cafe remains as Eden Pottery

Our Millisle Secrets:

- Many Jewish people from Eastern Europe were looked after in Millisle at a farm on the Woburn Road, owned by the Magill family, which took refugees from May 1938 until its closure in 1948.

- Millisle is one of few villages that doesn't have any political wall murals relating to the ongoing troubles in Northern Ireland.

Moving from one place to another:

- There are bus services to and from Belfast including the 10A and 7B. Most of these go to the main street in the village.

Celebrities in this zone:

- Amy Carmichael, a Christian missionary

- William Kelly, a Writer and Scholar

Backpacking in Northern Ireland is your number one resource for travelling in the 6 counties of Northern Ireland. It contains expert compact guides to cities, towns, villages and sights in Northern Ireland.

This idea for Backpacking in Northern Ireland was decided as a plan way back in 2013 and finally launched in 2014 by local Bangor lad Jonny Blair. Also on the project are Lyndsay Scott, Abbi Morrison and Allan Wilson, all true experts in the Northern Ireland field.




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