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Oct 30, 2024
Filmed in Gracehill | New detective drama series Ellis hits screens this week!
Sharon D Clarke as DCI Ellis A brand new three-part detective drama series filmed in Gracehill and other locations around Northern...
Oct 18, 2024
Minister applauds the history, heritage and hard work that gained UNESCO status
Minister Gordon Lyons addresses the inscription ceremony in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to mark four Moravian Church settlements (including...
Sep 24, 2024
New pathway plans to provide link to Gracehill village - NI's latest UNESCO World Heritage Site
Gracehill village, Ballymena "Exciting plans" have been drawn up for an extensive new pathway that will provide a dedicated walk from...
Sep 23, 2024
Gracehill Scarecrow Festival returns this weekend!
The fantastic and ever-popular Gracehill Scarecrow Festival returns this upcoming weekend promising a great time of straw-filled fun for...
Sep 12, 2024
Discover the stories of Gracehill weaved through history this European Heritage Open Day
This Saturday, September 14, Gracehill village, now proudly recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site, invites the public to step back...
Aug 15, 2024
Communities Minister visits iconic Gracehill following UNESCO award
Dr David Johnson, Gracehill Trust, Rt Rev Sarah Groves with Mid and East Antrim Mayor Beth Adger MBE and Communities Minister Gordon...
Jul 26, 2024
Northern Ireland achieves first Cultural World Heritage Site listing in Gracehill
After many years of effort the small Moravian village of Grachill in Co Antrim, has been designated as a World Heritage Site at the...
Jul 21, 2024
Gracehill’s bid for World Heritage Site status to be decided this week in India
The bid to secure World Heritage Site status for Gracehill has entered its final phase as the 46th Session of the World Heritage...
Feb 13, 2024
Gracehill looks the part as ‘Hanmore’ as latest TV detective drama series begins shooting
Film crews on location in Gracehill village, Ballymena (Images: Jackie Neill) The beautiful Moravian village of Gracehill, Ballymena,...
Sep 21, 2023
Gracehill Scarecrow Festival returns this weekend!
Gracehill Moravian Church and the Gracehill Village Environmental Committee are delighted to announce that the Scarecrow Festival is...
Jun 5, 2023
Restoration of Dr James Lawson Drummond’s grave marked with ceremony at Ahoghill Old Graveyard
Councillor Beth Adger was delighted to be invited last week (Friday June 2nd) by Professor Alun Evans, President of the Belfast Natural...
May 31, 2023
Gracehill World Heritage bid enters new phase with submission delivery to UNESCO
(R-L) Manus Deery, Assistant Director, Department for Communities Historic Environment Division with Dr David Johnston, Chair of...
May 16, 2023
Council lorry driver charged following alleged hit and run at school gates in Ballymena
Police investigating a reported hit and run collision which occurred on Monday (15th May) outside the gates of a local primary school,...
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