title: Cultra
text: # Cultra
  
  Cultra (/kʌlˈtrɔː/ kul-TRAW - from Irish: Cúl Trá, meaning 'back of the strand') is an affluent residential neighbourhood near Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is part of Greater Belfast. It is in the Ards and North Down Borough Council area.
  
  Cultra is home to the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club, the club is home to Ross Kearney, the double Mirror Class world champion.
  
  ## Places of interest
  
  * Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
  * Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club
  
  ## People
  
  * Sir Arthur Kennedy (1809–1883), a British colonial administrator who served as governor of a number of British colonies, was born in Cultra.
  * Desmond Titterington (1928–2002), a racing driver
  
  ## Transport
  
  * Cultra railway station was opened on 1 May 1865. Trains run by Northern Ireland Railways on the Belfast-Bangor railway line serve the station.
  