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| Banbridge district | |
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| Geography | |
| Area: - Total - % Water | Ranked 15th 453 km² ? % |
| Admin HQ: | Banbridge |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-BNB |
| ONS code: | 95Q |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (April 29, 2001) - Density | Ranked 18th 41,392 91 / km² |
| Community: | Protestant: 66.0% Catholic: 31.5 |
| Politics | |
| Banbridge District Council http://www.banbridgedc.gov.uk | |
| MPs: | Jeffrey Donaldson Eddie McGrady David Trimble |
Banbridge is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Bann and the A1 road. It grew as a coaching stop and from linen manufacturing.
The town's best known feature is the underpass constructed in 1834 known as The Cut. Captain Crozier was born in Banbridge. Near the town lie the ancient Lisnagade Fort and Loughbrickland Crannog, constructed around the year 500.
In elections for the Westminster Parliament it is split between the Upper Bann constituency, the Lagan Valley constituency and the South Down constituency.
| United Kingdom | Ireland | Northern Ireland | Districts of Northern Ireland |
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Antrim | Ards | Armagh | Ballymena | Ballymoney | Banbridge | Belfast | Carrickfergus | Castlereagh | Coleraine | Cookstown | Craigavon | Derry | Down | Dungannon and South Tyrone | Fermanagh | Larne | Limavady | Lisburn | Magherafelt | Moyle | Newry and Mourne | Newtownabbey | North Down | Omagh | Strabane |
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