Waterfoot, County Antrim
Waterfoot or Glenariff is a small coastal village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is at the foot of Glenariff, one of the Glens of Antrim, within the historic barony of Glenarm Lower and the civil parishes of Ardclinis and Layd. The village is in the townland of Warren. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 504 inhabitants.
The village has a beach and is by Red Bay, named from the reddish sand that washes from the exposed sandstone on the cliffs down to the shore. Just outside Waterfoot on the coast road is the White Lady, a chalk figure carved by the sea washing against the cliffs. Each July Waterfoot hosts the annual Glens Of Antrim Féis.
The village was highlighted in the news in November 2010 when Peter Wilson, one of the "disappeared" of the Troubles was found buried on the beach on 2 November 2010.Places of interest
Waterfoot is classified as a small village or hamlet by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, i.e. with a population between 500 and 1,000 inhabitants.
On Census Day, 29 April 2001, 504 people were recorded as living in Waterfoot. Of these:
- 26.1% were aged under 16 years and 12.9% were aged 60 and over
- 49.8% of the population were male and 50.2% were female
- 98.0% were from a Catholic background and 2.0% were from a Protestant background
- 5.5% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed
In the 2011 census Waterfoot had a population of 520 people:
- 94.6% were from a Catholic background and 4.4% were from a Protestant background
