19 May
Tree Surgery | Stump Grinding
Holywood - BT18
Enquiry from: Nikki D
Start Date: Immediate
tree felled and stump removed. extremely large tree
Holywood
Holywood is a town in the city area of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a civil parish and townland comprising 755 acres lying on the shore of Belfast Lough, in between Belfast and Bangor. Holywood Urban Area is categorised as a medium town within the Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area (BMUA) by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, with the 2001 Census recording a permanent population of 12037. Within this population, around 20 per cent are aged under 16 years of age and 21 per cent were aged 60 and over. 50.6 percent of the population is male and 49.4 per cent is female. The train line from Belfast to Holywood arrived in 1848, and this caused swift growth. This growth, in combination with that of nearby towns and villages along the seaside strip to Bangor, demanded the building of the Holywood Bypass in the early 1970s. The town is a popular house and is noted for its fashionable shops, boutiques, arts and crafts. Holywood is most popular for its maypole at the crossroads in the centre of town. Its origin stays rather vague, yet, according to regional folklore, it derives from 1700, when a Dutch ship is said to have actually run aground on the coast nearby, and the crew erected the broken mast to show their appreciation of the support used to them by the townsfolk. The maypole continues to be in regular use for dancing at the yearly May Day fair. The town also holds a yearly jazz and blues festival. There are a lot of sporting possibilities in Holywood, being the home of football clubs, golf clubs, cricket clubs and an athletics association. For all your home upgrades, make certain to make use of respected contractors in Holywood to make certain of quality.
