Mallusk, County Antrim

Grange of Mallusk Irish: Maigh Bhloisce Mallusk
Village
Welcome signage at Mallusk
Grange of Mallusk Location within Northern Ireland
District	Newtownabbey
County	County Antrim
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWTOWNABBEY
Postcode district	BT36
Dialling code	028
UK Parliament	south Antrim
NI Assembly	South Antrim
List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim 54°40′47″N 6°00′15″W / 54.679778°N 6.004058°W / 54.679778; -6.004058

Mallusk, or Grange of Mallusk, is a large village and townland (of 933 acres (378 ha)) in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Mallusk is within the urban area of Newtownabbey, and it is also within the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area. It is situated in the civil parish of Templepatrick and the historic barony of Belfast Lower.

Amenities

Churches in the area include Hydepark Presbyterian Church and The People's Church, Newtownabbey.^{[citation needed]}

The local primary school, Mallusk Integrated Primary School, is located on Mallusk Road.

The City of Belfast Playing Fields are located in Mallusk.

Economy

Diageo bottles Bailey's Irish Cream at a £41m plant, built in Mallusk around 2004.^{[citation needed]}

Transport

Despite being outside of Belfast, Mallusk is served by bus routes 1E and 1F of Translink Metro and Translink Ulsterbus route 120.^{[citation needed]} These buses run from Roughfort via Belfast City Centre.^{[citation needed]}

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