Ballywalter used to be called Whitchurch, and there is still
a church known as the White Church, believed to have been built during a period
starting from the 13th century, with transepts added later. Medieval coffin-lids can be found outside the
northeast corner of the church. The
beach is long and sandy, and there are rock pools for the kids to
investigate. During the winter the beach
is frequented by over-wintering birds such as Ring Plover, Golden Plover and Manx
Shearwater.
Ballywalter Park is a Georgian house built around 1730 and
altered signifcantly during the following century by Sir Charles Lanyon. The house is surrounded by 270 acres of
grounds including a lake and woodlands, and the flora include an extensive
rhododendron collection. Visits to the
house can be arranged for groups only.
The house has been used for filming a number of times, in one case
doubling as St Petersburg, and in another with the grounds representing the
World War I trenches in Flanders.
Productions have included The Wipers Times and Wodehouse in Exile.
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| Ballywalter from the Harbour - geograph.org.uk - 714586. Photo by Sue Adair, via Wikimedia Commons. |
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