Millisle Top Tourist Sights

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:

- The massive Church in Millisle - Abbey Villa Football Club stadium - The Windmill at Ballycopeland and the information kiosk with it

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

- The Presbyterian Religious building in the village - A building which houses a jail type college for the people in Northern Ireland - The First & Last local public house

- Millisle Borstal (former young offender's home)

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

- A place where they tried to build a runway but it was never finished

- The wee farm area on the Road by Woburn

- Eden Pottery Centre and Cafe

Population: 2, 300

Where to be based overnight:

- Millisle Caravan Park

- A big house in the country

- Seaspray

- Ballywhiskin Caravan Park

The 1st and Last is clearly the most super bar in the area

You can grab some decent fish and chips in Millisle

Our Favourite Cafe: Eden Pottery

A little bit of unusual information about Millisle:

- 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.

Moving from one place to another:

- You can use buses to get from places like Bangor, Newtownards and Belfast from Millisle. The Translink company has buses that are numbered 10C and 9 or even 9B and they can help you out.

Celebrities in this zone:

- Amy Carmichael, a Christian missionary

- William Kelly, a Writer and Scholar

This website will continue to provide spur of the moment and expert tips for any backpackers to the Millisle or Northern Ireland region. Stay online for more top tips.

Backpacking in Northern Ireland was hatched as a plan in 2013 and finally launched in 2014 by Bangor man Jonny Blair. Using the expert assistance of Colerainer Abbi Morrison and Bangorian Allan Wilson, this is the best information based website on the internet for travellers visiting Northern Ireland.




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