Museum · Metropolitan Newtownabbey · Antrim and Newtownabbey

The White House

The White House is a history museum. Head into Metropolitan Newtownabbey’s settlement to find it. This is a site of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council.

Where

In Metropolitan Newtownabbey

inside the settlement

Run by

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

the operator on record

Warmest months

Jul–Aug

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Museum in Metropolitan Newtownabbey

Inside Metropolitan Newtownabbey

The White House is inside Metropolitan Newtownabbey’s settlement, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NISRA’s settlement limits and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The weather, month by month

Afternoons in Metropolitan Newtownabbey are warmest in July and August, at 18–19°C.

Jan7° / 2°106 mm

Feb8° / 2°82 mm

Mar9° / 3°84 mm

Apr12° / 4°68 mm

May15° / 7°70 mm

Jun17° / 9°80 mm

Jul19° / 11°92 mm

Aug18° / 11°97 mm

Sep16° / 9°82 mm

Oct13° / 7°110 mm

Nov10° / 4°116 mm

Dec8° / 2°112 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Metropolitan Newtownabbey, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Metropolitan Newtownabbey. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Metropolitan Newtownabbey’s full climate →

About

The White House

There are 58 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Belfast Castle (2.8 km).

Type: Museum
Run by: Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Town: in Metropolitan Newtownabbey
Official site: visitbelfast.com/partners/white-house

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where The White House is

The orange dot is The White House; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Bases near The White House

Belfast, with 293,298 people, is the largest of the 4. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Metropolitan Newtownabbey

67,599 people · 20 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km south of it

Belfast

293,298 people · 51 places to visit

3 · 3.8 km northeast of it

Greenisland

5,383 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 4.3 km east of it

Holywood

10,757 people · 18 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where The White House is	People	Places to visit
Metropolitan Newtownabbey	It’s in town	67,599	20
Belfast	1.1 km south of it	293,298	51
Greenisland	3.8 km northeast of it	5,383	8
Holywood	4.3 km east of it	10,757	18

Make a day of it

Beyond The White House

Also close at hand are 2 historic houses, 2 historic ships and 2 cathedrals, among 58 within 15 km.

Historic houseBelfast Castle2.8 km away 2

Historic shipSS Nomadic5.7 km away 3

ZooBelfast Zoo2.3 km away 4

CathedralSt Anne's Cathedral, Belfast6.2 km away 5

Historic shipHMS Caroline4.9 km away 6

Historic houseStormont Castle7.9 km away 7CathedralCathedralSt Peter's Cathedral6.9 km away 8

CastleCarrickfergus Castle9 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions people have about The White House

Where is The White House?

The White House is in Metropolitan Newtownabbey, Antrim and Newtownabbey, inside the town’s settlement.

What is The White House?

Museum: history.

Who runs The White House?

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council.

When is the best time to visit The White House?

July and August are the warmest months in Metropolitan Newtownabbey, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near The White House?

Within 15 km: Belfast Castle (2.8 km), SS Nomadic (5.7 km), Belfast Zoo (2.3 km) and St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast (6.2 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (7)

Belfast Castle: Portwilliamborn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
SS Nomadic: Irid Escent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Belfast Zoo: Quichot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast: The original uploader was Stuart at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Caroline: Surgeon Oscar Parkes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Stormont Castle: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Carrickfergus Castle: Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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