Ballywalter

Ballywalter
Irish: *Baile Bháltair^[1]*
Scots: *Whitkirk^[2]*
Ballywalter Irish: Baile Bháltair; Scots: Whitkirk;
	Location within County Down
Population	2,027 (2011 census)
District	Ards and North Down Borough;
County	County Down;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWTOWNARDS
Postcode district	BT22
Dialling code	028
UK Parliament	Strangford;
NI Assembly	Strangford;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°32′N 5°29′W / 54.53°N 5.48°W

Ballywalter (from Irish Baile 'homestead' and Walter) is a village or townland (of 437 acres or 177 hectares) and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the east (Irish Sea) coast of the Ards Peninsula between Donaghadee and Ballyhalbert. Ballywalter was formerly known as Whitkirk as far back as the 12th century.^[2] It had a population of 2,027 people in the 2011 census.^[3]

^ Placenames Database of Ireland
^ ^a ^b Ulster Scots Agency, page 20.
^ "Ballywalter". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 22 April 2015.