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11 December 2015

Best Sights To See In Millisle Northern Ireland

By Jonny Blair


Millisle is a village on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Donaghadee. Millisle is situated in the townlands of Ballymacruise and Ballycopeland, the civil parish of Donaghadee and the historic barony of Ards Lower. It is a popular coastal town with a load of beaches and caravan sites, and a windmill. Ballycopeland Windmill, Millisle, Northern Ireland.

The Windmill is definitely one to get on your list as it looks amazing. The best recommendations here:

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

- The cool lagoon and pool here in Millisle - The main beach in the village of Millisle - The Church representing the patron saint of Ireland

- The Protestant Church - A study centre for the old Northern Irish prison people - A local bar which is called "The 1st and Last"

- Millisle Borstal (former young offender's home)

- The Orange Hall for Protestants in the village

- An Airfield strip but no airport and this one is incomplete

- That farming community area of the village on Woburn Road

- A coffee shop which doubles up as a place selling pottery

Two thousand and three hundred people live in Millisle

Best locations to sleep in:

- The caravan and camping park in Millisle

- A massive house known locally as the "Pinecroft"

- Waves splashing on the shore

- Summer time camping location near Millisle, but houses in the village area by Ballywhiskin

Our Favourite Pub: The First and Last

Our Favourite Restaurant: McClements Fish and Chips

For coffee, tea and handmake crafts - pottery, crockery etc. head to "Eden Pottery"

Our Millisle Secrets:

- It has been known that families of Jewish tradition and heritage were looked after here at a farm in Millisle. The location was the Woburn Road.

- There are less references to wall murals and political messages here in Millisle.

Getting Around:

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

People that are well known from the Millisle region:

- James Antiseptic

- Nidge

The website for backpackers in Northern Ireland acts as an absolutely outstanding resource for anyone wishing to visit this ice cool zone on planet earth.

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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