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Whiterock, County Down

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Whiterock is home to two yacht clubs: Strangford Lough Yacht Club and 1.5 km to the north, Down Cruising Club. The latter is based in a moored former lightship, the
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and since registered as a National Historic Ship UK.
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White Rock

Whiterock is located in County Down
County Down
2001 Census
District
Ards and North Down Borough
County
County Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Sovereign state
Postcode district
BT23
Dialling code
NI Assembly
Strangford
UK
Northern Ireland
Down
54°28′52″N 5°39′00″W / 54.481°N 5.650°W / 54.481; -5.650
village
County Down
Northern Ireland
townland
Killinakin
civil parish
Killinchy
barony
Dufferin

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