Wise also built a new path Blackhead Path along the coast from Whitehead to the lighthouse at Blackhead, overlooking the town, in 1892. To reach the lighthouse he added several bridges and a tunnel. Wise soon had ambitious plans for a much more elaborate path built on sheer cliffs a few miles to the north: The Gobbins Path was about to be born. This free accessible path is a seaside walk past Sunshine House, around Blackhead Lighthouse and along the Irish Sea cliffs of Islandmagee. In 2018 Blackhead Path has been closed due to health & safety issues and a possibility of severe landslip. The Mid and East Antrim Council will start a full renovation of the whole path. Works are scheduled to be starting in April 2019 and last at least till 2020. One primary school exists within the town - Whitehead Primary School. Another school, Lourdes Primary School, operated until June 2011. Whitehead High School, an all-girls secondary school, was present until its closure in 1986. It is now the site of a nursing home. For more information see The Troubles in Whitehead, County Antrim, which includes a list of incidents in Whitehead during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities. The UDA South East Antrim Brigade lists Whitehead as a base of operations. Whitehead railway station is on the Larne Harbour to Belfast Central and Belfast Great Victoria Street line. Located on the Northern Ireland Railways network being part of the Belfast Suburban Rail as well as the home of the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland. Whitehead had a population of 3,802 people at the 2011 Census, an increase of 2.7% on the 2001 Census figure of 3,702. Of these: