Saintfield

Saintfield
Main Street, Saintfield
Saintfield is located in County Down
Saintfield
Location within County Down
Population3,588 (2021 Census)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBALLYNAHINCH
Postcode districtBT24
Dialling code028
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Down
54°28′N 5°50′W / 54.46°N 5.83°W / 54.46; -5.83

Saintfield (from Irish Tamhnaigh Naomh, meaning 'Field of Saints')[3] is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about halfway between Belfast and Downpatrick on the A7 road. It had a population of 3,588 in the 2021 Census,[4] made up mostly of commuters working in both south and central Belfast, which is about 18 km away. The population of the surrounding countryside is mostly involved in farming.

Running east to west across the A7 is the B6 road, and to the west of this crossroads is Main Street, which takes one towards Lisburn and Ballynahinch, and to the east is Station Road which takes one towards Killyleagh.

  1. ^ Saintfield Archived 29 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Placenames Database of Ireland.
  2. ^ McDonald, Fiona. "Fae Cowie's Craig". Ulster-Scots Language Society. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Place Names NI". Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Saintfield – Flexible Table Builder". 2021 Census. Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Retrieved 9 December 2023.