Glenavy

Glenavy () is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is approximately 11 miles west of Belfast and eight miles north-west of Lisburn, and sits on the banks of the Glenavy river. In the 2021 census the village had a population of 2,384 people. In early documents it was written as "Lenavy".

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Vinony's link graph records 277 inbound references to Glenavy, and connects out to list of sovereign states, Northern Ireland and Irish.

It is catalogued under topics including Civil parishes of County Antrim, Use Hiberno-English from November 2023 and Villages in County Antrim.

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Place details

Locality: Glenavy
Region: Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 1,089
Timezone: Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.postcode_area: BT
UK place.official_name: Glenavy
UK place.irish_name: Lann Abhaigh
UK place.static_image_name: Glenavy RC Church - geograph.org.uk - 758228.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Glenavy Catholic church
UK place.map_type: Northern Ireland
UK place.belfast_distance_mi: 13
UK place.population: 2,384
UK place.population_ref: (2021 census)
UK place.irish_grid_reference: J154729
UK place.unitary_northern_ireland: Lisburn
UK place.country: Northern Ireland
UK place.post_town: CRUMLIN
UK place.postcode_district: BT29
UK place.dial_code: 028, +44 28
UK place.constituency_westminster: South Antrim
UK place.constituency_ni_assembly: South Antrim
UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland: County Antrim