Gortalee
Ward in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland
| Coordinates: | 54.696, -5.876 |
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Gortalee is a small, predominantly rural electoral ward within the borough of Mid and East Antrim in Northern Ireland. It is characterised by rolling farmland, scattered housing and a quiet roadside character rather than a defined urban centre, with many residents linked economically to nearby towns and service centres.
The ward has a visible agricultural heritage - farmsteads, field boundaries and lanes - and a social life that often revolves around local churches, schools and community groups. Local history tends to be modest and vernacular rather than dominated by grand monuments, and residents typically value the rural setting and good road connections for commuting to places such as Ballymena and Larne.
Postcode districts covering Gortalee
Most populated places nearby
- Antrim Centre 14.1 miles
- Dundonald 6.9 miles
- Holywood 5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Rostulla Ward 0.7 miles
- Greenisland Ward 1.2 miles
- Jordanstown Ward 1.4 miles
- Abbey Ward 1.6 miles
- Monkstown Ward 1.6 miles
- Ballyduff Ward 2 miles
- Rathcoole Ward 2.4 miles
- Carnmoney Hill Ward 2.4 miles
- Whitehouse Ward 2.4 miles
- Fairview Ward 2.7 miles
- O'Neill Ward 2.8 miles
- Sunnylands Ward 2.9 miles
Example postcodes in Gortalee
BT38 8YA, BT38 8TG, BT38 8FR, BT38 8FU, BT38 8ST, BT38 8UE, BT38 8GE, BT38 8TB, BT38 8XQ … See all
Transport links
- George Best Belfast City Airport 5.4 miles
- Belfast International Airport 13.8 miles
- Greenisland Railway Station 0.3 miles
- Jordanstown Railway Station 1 mile
Hotels near Gortalee Ad
- The Culloden Estate and Spa 5 4.3 miles
- Corr's Corner Hotel 3 3.8 miles
- Wilton House 5 7.2 miles
- Altahammond House 4 7 miles
- Room2 Belfast Hometel 4 7.1 miles
- Titanic Hotel Belfast 4 6.2 miles
- The Old Inn Crawfordsburn 4 6.4 miles
- Clandeboye Lodge Hotel 4 7.5 miles
- AC Hotels by Marriott Belfast 4 6.6 miles
- The Fitzwilliam Hotel Belfast 5 7.3 miles
Schools in Gortalee
- Silverstream Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Glengormly House Estate 4.3 miles
- Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve Nature reserve 4.5 miles
- Orlands Estate 5.1 miles
- Craigavad House Estate 5.4 miles
- Castle Dobbs Estate 5.9 miles
- Titanic Studio Museum 6 miles
- Titanic Belfast Museum 6.3 miles
- Victoria Square Shopping centre 7 miles
- Clandeboye Estate 7.7 miles
- Carnalea House Estate 7.7 miles
- Red Hall Estate 7.9 miles
- Queen's University Belfast University 8 miles