Ashbury, Bangor

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Ashbury
Location
Location of Ashbury
centerMap highlighting Ashbury
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates:
54.700° N 5.667° W
Statistics
County: County Down
District: North Down Borough
UK Parliament: North Down
European Parliament: Northern Ireland
Dialling Code: 028, +44 28
Post Town: Bangor
Postal District(s): BT19, BT20
Population (2001) 12,000

Ashbury (Bexley, Ashbury, Silverbirch, Kilmaine, Ballycrochan) is a district on the south-east side of Bangor, County Down in Northern Ireland. It is an area of the south of the town, with a population of approximately 12,000, fifth largest district (population) in Bangor.

Ashbury has two primary schools:

Kilmaine Primary School, opened in 1975 but has recently been knocked down and completely rebuilt into a new state of the art Primary School and nursery. This £4 million project was completed and officially reopened in November 2005 by North Down MP Lady Sylvia Hermon.

Ballymagee Primary School was opened in 1994.