Friday, November 27, 2015

Millisle Top Tourist Sights

By Jonny Blair


Millisle in Northern Ireland is worth a trip for any tourist. This is a pure fire village of deep intensity and deserves to be seen, it is close to the town of Donaghadee and just a bit further along the Ards peninsula than Bangor or Groomsport. Belfast is the Northern Irish capital city and you can fly into the airport there ready to explore Millisle. Here in Millisle while backpacking through it, you will get nice views and a classic windmill

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

- The cool lagoon and pool here in Millisle - The main beach in the village of Millisle - The Church representing the patron saint of Ireland

- 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

- Unfinished Airfield

- Woburn Road Farm

- A coffee shop which doubles up as a place selling pottery

The total population of this zone is around 2300 people

Best locations to sleep in:

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

- Pinecroft Country House

- Seaspray

- Another camping zone near the village or settlement of Ballywhiskin

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

You can grab some decent fish and chips in Millisle

For coffee, tea and handmake crafts - pottery, crockery etc. head to "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.

- Despite the political situation in Northern Ireland, Millisle is attracting less sectarian graffiti than other prominent towns and villages in the province.

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.

People that are well known from the Millisle region:

- 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.

The website of backpacking in Northern Ireland is run by Bangor folk Allan Wilson, Jonny Blair and Lyndsay Scott as well as Abbi Morrison from Coleraine. It is an expert guide to the six counties.




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