Millisle Top Tourist Sights

By Jonny Blair


Millisle is a cool village near Bangor and Ards in Northern Ireland. It is situated on the Ards Peninsula and is in County Down. This town is just a really popular coastal resort and it also sits not too far away from Belfast, which is the Northern Irish capital city. There is a marvellous windmill in Millisle called Ballycopeland.

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

- Millisle Church of Ireland - Adams Park, home of Abbey Villa FC - Ballycopeland Windmill and Visitor's Centre

- Millisle Lagoon and Beach Park - Millisle Beach - St. Patrick's Church

- Millisle Presbyterian Church - Northern Ireland Prison Service College - The First and Last Pub (allegedly visited by King William III)

- Millisle Borstal (former young offender's home)

- The Orange Hall for Protestants in the village

- Unfinished Airfield

- Woburn Road Farm

- Eden Pottery Centre and Cafe

Population: 2, 300

Places to Stay:

- The caravan and camping park in Millisle

- Pinecroft Country House

- Seaspray

- Ballywhiskin Caravan Park

Our Favourite Pub: The First and Last

Our Favourite Restaurant: McClements Fish and Chips

A brilliant cafe remains as Eden Pottery

Our Millisle Secrets:

- 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.

Transport:

- Millisle bus services are operated by Translink and connect to larger settlements nearby such as Bangor, Newtownards and Belfast (7, 7B, 9, 9B, 10A, 10B, 10C all stop on Millisle Main Street, some stop on Woburn Road).

Celebrities in this zone:

- Amy Carmichael, a Christian missionary

- William Kelly, a Writer and Scholar

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