Annahilt

Annahilt/Anahilt
Church of the Ascension, Annahilt
Location within County Down
Population1,034 (2021)
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 2021 census, the village had a population of 1,034. Annahilt has a distinctive drumlin setting, with a small wooded estate on a ridge to the west.

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