Annahilt

Annahilt/Anahilt
Church of the Ascension, Annahilt
Annahilt/Anahilt is located in County Down
Annahilt/Anahilt
Location within County Down
Population1,148 (2001)
Irish grid referenceJ296562
• Belfast14 mi (23 km)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHILLSBOROUGH
Postcode districtBT26
Dialling code028
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Down
54°26′15″N 6°00′07″W / 54.43763°N 6.00197°W / 54.43763; -6.00197

Annahilt / Anahilt (from Irish Eanach Eilte)[1] is a village and civil parish in north County Down, Northern Ireland. It is 7.5 miles (12 kilometres) south of Lisburn, and about 14 miles south-west of Belfast, on the main road between Ballynahinch and Hillsborough. In the 2001 Census the village had a population of 1,148. Annahilt has a distinctive drumlin setting, with a small wooded estate on a ridge to the west, and panoramic views on the approaches to the village.

Annahilt has a primary school, hair dressers, Scout Hall, an Orange Hall, a residential care home and a play park. There is also a business park to the north, on the Glebe Road. Annahilt also has a three-star caravan site, known as the 'Lakeside View Caravan Park', on the Magheraconluce Road.[2]

  1. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
  2. ^ "Lakeside View Caravan Park". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2010.