Editing Portrush (section)

{{short description|Seaside resort in County Antrim, Northern Ireland}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Portrush
| irish_name = Port Rois<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.logainm.ie/62009.aspx|title=Port Rois/Portrush|website=Logainm.ie|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref>
| scots_name = Tha Port<ref>[http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/dunlucecastleus.pdf Dunluce Castle US] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903154513/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/dunlucecastleus.pdf |date=3 September 2012 }} NI Department of the Environment. Retrieved 21 September 2012.</ref>
| local_name =
| static_image_name = On the beach - geograph.org.uk - 53193.jpg
| static_image_caption = Planes on the beach during the yearly air show
| map_type = Northern Ireland
| coordinates = {{coord|55.20474|-6.65222|display=inline,title}}
| label_position = none
| belfast_distance = {{convert|50|mi|km}}
| population = 6,150
| population_ref = <small>([[2021 United Kingdom census|Census 2021]])</small>
| irish_grid_reference = C855409
| unitary_northern_ireland = [[Causeway Coast and Glens District Council|Causeway Coast and Glens]]
| country = Northern Ireland
| historic_county=
| post_town = PORTRUSH
| postcode_area = BT
| postcode_district = BT56
| dial_code = 028
| constituency_westminster = [[East Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)|East Londonderry]]
| lieutenancy_northern_ireland = [[County Antrim]]
| website =
| constituency_ni_assembly = [[East Londonderry (Assembly constituency)|East Londonderry]]
}}
'''Portrush''' ({{Irish derived place name|Port Rois|port of the [[promontory]]}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=19|title=Place Names NI – Home|website=placenamesni.org}}{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is a small [[seaside resort]] town on the north coast of [[County Antrim]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It neighbours the resort of [[Portstewart]] in [[County Londonderry]]. The main part of the old town, including the [[Portrush railway station|railway station]] as well as most hotels, restaurants and bars, is built on a {{convert|1|mi}}–long [[peninsula]], [[Ramore Head]]. It had a population of 6,150 people at the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]].<ref name="2021 pop"/>

The town is well known for its three sandy beaches, the West Strand, East Strand and White Rocks, as well as the [[Royal Portrush Golf Club]], the only golf club outside [[Great Britain]] which has hosted [[The Open Championship]] – in [[1951 Open Championship|1951]] and [[2019 Open Championship|2019]], and it returns on July 2025.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}