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Theme Week Ulster – Holywood

23 August 2014 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General Reading Time: 5 minutes

Olde Priory Bar © geograph.org.uk - Kenneth Allen/cc-by-sa-2.0

Holywood is a town and civil parish in County Down. It lies on the shore of Belfast Lough, between Belfast and Bangor. Holywood Exchange and Belfast City Airport are nearby. The town hosts an annual jazz and blues festival. The railway line from Belfast to Holywood opened in 1848, and this led to rapid development. The population of Holywood was approximately 3,500 in 1900 and had grown to 12,000 by 2001. This growth, coupled with that of other towns and villages along the coastal strip to Bangor, necessitated the construction of the Holywood Bypass in the early 1970s. Holywood today is a popular residential area and is well known for its fashionable shops, boutiques, arts and crafts. read more…