Annahilt

Annahilt/Anahilt
Church of the Ascension, Annahilt
Location within County Down
Population1,148 (2001)
Irish grid referenceJ296562
 Belfast14 mi (23 km)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHILLSBOROUGH
Postcode districtBT26
Dialling code028
UK Parliament
NI Assembly

Annahilt / Anahilt (from Irish Eanach Eilte) is a village and civil parish in north County Down, Northern Ireland. It is 7.5 miles (12 kilometres) south of Lisburn, and about 14 miles south-west of Belfast, on the main road between Ballynahinch and Hillsborough. In the 2001 Census the village had a population of 1,148. Annahilt has a distinctive drumlin setting, with a small wooded estate on a ridge to the west, and panoramic views on the approaches to the village.

Annahilt has a primary school, hair dressers, Scout Hall, an Orange Hall, a residential care home and a play park. There is also a business park to the north, on the Glebe Road. Annahilt also has a three-star caravan site, known as the 'Lakeside View Caravan Park', on the Magheraconluce Road.