Ballyhalbert

Ballyhalbert
Irish: *Baile Thalbóid*
Scots: *Talbotstoun^[1]*
Ballyhalbert Irish: Baile Thalbóid; Scots: Talbotstoun;
	Ballyhalbert Pier, April 2005
	Location within County Down
Population	1,026 (2011 Census)
District	Ards and North Down;
County	County Down;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWTOWNARDS
Postcode district	BT22
Dialling code	028
UK Parliament	Strangford;
NI Assembly	Strangford;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°29′42″N 5°27′32″W / 54.495°N 5.459°W

Ballyhalbert (formerly known as Talbotston and Halbertston)^[1] is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the east (Irish Sea) coast of the Ards Peninsula between Ballywalter and Portavogie. It is largely residential and has a small harbour and large caravan site which was formerly a Royal Air Force (RAF) airfield, RAF Ballyhalbert, during World War II. It is within the Ards and North Down Borough. It had a population of 1,026 people (407 households) in the 2011 Census,^[2] up from 447 people in the 2001 Census.^{[citation needed]}

The easternmost settlement of Ireland, Burr Point, is within Ballyhalbert's environs.

^ ^a ^b Ulster Scots Agency Archived 20 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine, page 19.
^ "Ballyhalbert". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.