What is Holywood?
{{Distinguish|Hollywood}} {{Infobox UK place |official_name= Holywood |irish_name= Ard Mhic Nasca |scots_name= Halywid<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scots-online.org/dictionary/read_dictionary.asp?letter=H&CurPage=7 |title=The Online Scots Dictionary |publisher=Scots Online |access-date=26 September 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |local_name= |static_image= St Colmcille's church, Holywood, County Down.jpg |static_image_caption=St Colmcille's church on High Street |latitude= 54.636 |longitude= -5.845 |irish_grid_reference= | population = 12,131 | population_ref = <small>([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]])</small> |unitary_northern_ireland=[[Ards and North Down]] |lieutenancy_northern_ireland=[[County Down]] |constituency_westminster=[[North Down (UK Parliament constituency)|North Down]] |constituency_ni_assembly=[[North Down (Assembly constituency)|North Down]] |country= Northern Ireland |post_town= HOLYWOOD |postcode_area= BT |postcode_district= BT18 |dial_code= 028 }} '''Holywood''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ɒ|l|i|w|ʊ|d}} {{respell|HOL|ee-wuud}}) is a town in the metropolitan area of [[Belfast]] in [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is a [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] and [[townland]] of 755 acres lying on the shore of [[Belfast Lough]], between Belfast and [[Bangor, County Down|Bangor]]. [[Holywood Exchange]] and [[Belfast City Airport]] are nearby. The town hosts an annual [[jazz]] and [[blues]] festival. == References == {{reflist}} {{europe-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Towns in County Down]]