Ballywalter

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Ballywalter Irish: Baile Bháltair[1] Scots: Whitkirk[2]
Location within County Down
Population	2,027 (2011 census)
District	Ards and North Down Borough
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°32′N 5°29′W / 54.53°N 5.48°W / 54.53; -5.48

Ballywalter (from Irish Baile 'homestead' and Walter) is a village or townland (of 437 acres or 177 hectares) and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the east (Irish Sea) coast of the Ards Peninsula between Donaghadee and Ballyhalbert. Ballywalter was formerly known as Whitkirk as far back as the 12th century.^[2] It had a population of 2,027 people in the 2011 census.^[3]