Backpacking In Millisle

By Jonny Blair


Millisle is a village on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Donaghadee. Millisle is situated in the townlands of Ballymacruise and Ballycopeland, the civil parish of Donaghadee and the historic barony of Ards Lower. It is a popular coastal town with a load of beaches and caravan sites, and a windmill. Ballycopeland Windmill, Millisle, Northern Ireland.

You should try and get a trip out to Ballycopeland Windmill when backpacking in Millisle, Northern Ireland. Best Places to See:

- Irish Church (Church of Ireland) in Millisle - The real football ground here is Adams Park for Abbey Villa F.C. - Ballycopeland Windmill and the area around it including the information centre

- The park by the beach and the reservoir - Harbour and down to the beach - The Marvellous Church of Saint Patrick, the famous dude

- The Protestant Church - A study centre for the old Northern Irish prison people - A local bar which is called "The 1st and Last"

- Millisle Young Offender's Residence

- 12th July Lodges go from the main Orange Hall in Millisle

- An Airfield strip but no airport and this one is incomplete

- That farming community area of the village on Woburn Road

- A centre which makes handmade goods such as pottery and also serves tea, coffee and snacks

Two thousand and three hundred people live in Millisle

Places to Stay:

- A really awesome park where you can put up a tent, campervan or even a caravan

- A massive house known locally as the "Pinecroft"

- Ocean water drifting in

- Ballywhiskin Caravan Park

Our Favourite Pub: The First and Last

You can grab some decent fish and chips in Millisle

Our Favourite Cafe: Eden Pottery

Some of the villages unknown facts:

- Many Jewish people from Eastern Europe were looked after in Millisle at a farm on the Woburn Road, owned by the Magill family, which took refugees from May 1938 until its closure in 1948.

- Millisle is one of few villages that doesn't have any political wall murals relating to the ongoing troubles in Northern Ireland.

Getting Around:

- There are bus services to and from Belfast including the 10A and 7B. Most of these go to the main street in the village.

Famous People from Millisle:

- Gordon Budget

- William Kelly, a Writer and Scholar

Backpacking in Northern Ireland is your number one resource for travelling in the 6 counties of Northern Ireland. It contains expert compact guides to cities, towns, villages and sights in Northern Ireland.

This idea for Backpacking in Northern Ireland was decided as a plan way back in 2013 and finally launched in 2014 by local Bangor lad Jonny Blair. Also on the project are Lyndsay Scott, Abbi Morrison and Allan Wilson, all true experts in the Northern Ireland field.




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