Balnamore

Balnamore ("Baile án Monaidh" in Irish) is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Ballymoney is 3 kilometres to the east, and Coleraine is 10 kilometres to the north west. It had a population of 661 people in the 2001 Census. It is within the Ballymoney Borough Council area.cite web | title=Balnamore Settlement Designation | work=Planning Service - Draft Northern Area Plan 2016 | url=http://www.planningni.gov.uk/AreaPlans_Policy/Plans/Northern/draft_plan/Volume2/Part4/Villages/Balnamore.htm | accessdate=2008-07-15]

Features

Balnamore developed as a mill village during the 19th century. Following the closure of the mill in the 1950s, the village experienced very little development apart from the addition of a number of public authority housing developments. In the past decade Balnamore has expanded with the construction of both private and public housing. There are few facilities in the village apart from a modern primary school (Balnamore Primary School).

Transport

The village has good road links to Ballymoney and Coleraine and adequate public transport connections by bus to these two towns.

Education

*Balnamore Primary School

Demographics

Balnamore is classified as a Small Village by the [http://www.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)] (ie with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 661 people living in Balnamore. Of these [cite web | title=Area Profile of Balnamore - Based on 2001 Census | work=NI Neighbourhood Information Service | url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme_towns/report.asp?SettlementName=Balnamore&bandName=Small%20Village,%20Hamlet%20and%20Open%20Countryside | accessdate=2008-07-15] :
*22.4% were aged under 16 years and 16.5% were aged 60 and over
*51.9% of the population were male and 48.1% were female
*5.6% were from a Catholic background and 90.9% were from a Protestant background
*3.3% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed

ee also

*List of towns in Northern Ireland
*List of villages in Northern Ireland

References