Portrush

Portrush
Planes on the beach during the yearly air show
Portrush is located in Northern Ireland
Portrush
Location within Northern Ireland
Population6,150 (Census 2021)
Irish grid referenceC855409
• Belfast50 miles (80 km)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPORTRUSH
Postcode districtBT56
Dialling code028
PoliceNorthern Ireland
FireNorthern Ireland
AmbulanceNorthern Ireland
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55°12′17″N 6°39′08″W / 55.20474°N 6.65222°W / 55.20474; -6.65222

Portrush (from Irish Port Rois, meaning 'port of the promontory')[3] is a small seaside resort town on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It neighbours the resort of Portstewart. The main part of the old town, including the railway station as well as most hotels, restaurants and bars, is built on a 1 mile (1.6 km)–long peninsula, Ramore Head. It had a population of 6,150 people at the 2021 Census.[4]

The town is well known for its three sandy beaches, the West Strand, East Strand and White Rocks, as well as the Royal Portrush Golf Club, the only golf club outside Great Britain which has hosted The Open Championship in 1951 and 2019.

  1. ^ "Port Rois/Portrush". Logainm.ie. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ^ Dunluce Castle US Archived 3 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine NI Department of the Environment. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Place Names NI – Home". www.placenamesni.org.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2021 pop was invoked but never defined (see the help page).