Whitehead Promenade, viewed from the sea

Whitehead County Antrim Northern Ireland

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The new web site is being uploaded bit by bit, starting with this basic format. The previous Whitehead web site is still available and you can reach it from here. It will remain available until all necessary information has been transferred over.

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The weekly Community Centre Programme can be found under the Community Centre navigation link above.

Upcoming events can now be found on their own page under the Community Centre link

Swine Flu information

Victorian Street Fair 28 November 2009

Get your Christmas Presents at the wide range of stalls already booked

Searching for lost friends or ancestors? New pages added on how to find them.

Trouble? New page started.

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“Glam Slam” will play Whitehead Community Centre for the annual New Years Eve concert. Tickets are £15 from the usual sources from Monday 23 November.

Eden Allotment Gardens is a finalist for this year's The People's Millions. Voting will commence on 25 November.

It lies almost midway between the bustling town of Carrickfergus with its mediaeval castle and historic harbour and the busy port of Larne. Located at the base of Muldersleigh Hill, at the entrance to Belfast Lough, on the Irish Sea, it lies in a small bay between the limestone cliffs of Whitehead and the black volcanic cliff of Blackhead, with the Blackhead lighthouse on top, marking the entrance to Belfast Lough.

 

A Victorian Railway village with a well preserved Conservation area, including the Railway Station, Whitehead contains about 1800 households with over 4,000 people and is home to RPSI and CAYC (Railway Preservation Society of Ireland and the County Antrim Yacht Club), as well as being the starting point for the popular seaside walk past Sunshine House and around Blackhead Lighthouse.

 

Whitehead is about 20 miles from Belfast. On the opposite coast of Belfast Lough, to Whitehead, the Copeland Islands, Bangor and part of the County Down coastline, are clearly visible. On a clear day, it is possible to see the Isle of Man and Scotland.

Blackhead Lighthouse seen from the Blackhead path, Whitehead, County Antrim

Whitehead is a pretty seaside village on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland and is fairly self sufficient in terms of businesses and services for daily needs, including shops, schools churches and recreation.