Coleraine

Coleraine
Irish: *Cúil Raithin*
Scots: *Cowlrain or Cowlraine*
Coleraine Irish: Cúil Raithin; Scots: Cowlrain or Cowlraine;
	Coleraine Town Hall
	OpenStreetMap of Coleraine
	Location within Northern Ireland
Population	24,483 (2021 census)
Irish grid reference	C844328
District	Causeway Coast and Glens;
County	County Londonderry;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COLERAINE
Postcode district	BT51, BT52
Dialling code	028
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	East Londonderry;
NI Assembly	East Londonderry;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland County Londonderry 55°07′59″N 6°39′40″W / 55.133°N 6.661°W

Coleraine (/koʊlˈreɪn/ kohl-RAYN; from Irish: Cúil Raithin [ˌkuːlʲ ˈɾˠahənʲ], 'nook of the ferns'^[2]) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is 55 miles (89 km) north-west of Belfast and 30 miles (48 km) east of Derry, both of which are linked by major roads and railway connections. It is part of Causeway Coast and Glens district.

^ "Settlement 2015". NISRA. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
^ Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; Irish Place Names, page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ISBN 0-7171-3396-6