Gamblestown

{{Short description|Village in County Down, Northern Ireland}}

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File:Dromore Road, Gamblestown near the Junction with the Lisnasure Road - geograph.org.uk - 606850.jpg

Gamblestown is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland about a mile from Donaghcloney, on the Lurgan to Dromore road.{{cite web | title=Gamblestown | work=Craigavon Area Plan 2010 (Adopted) | url=http://www.planningni.gov.uk/index/policy/dev_plans/devplans_az/craigavon2010-adopted-plan.pdf | access-date=11 June 2011}} It is situated in the Parish of Magheralin and the townland of Clogher.{{cite web | title=Place names of County Down | work=NI Family History Research Site | url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/PLACENAMES/G.htm | access-date=11 June 2011}} In the 2021 census it had a population of 141 people.{{cite web |title=Gamlestown in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon (Northern Ireland) |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/northernireland/armagh_city_banbridge_an/N11000226__gamlestown/ |website=citypopulation.de |access-date=5 July 2025}} It is situated to the southeast of the Craigavon Borough Council area.

The village is largely composed of residential development, a church hall and some retail warehousing, but is without other facilities.

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{{Commons category|Gamblestown}}

{{County Down}}

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Category:Villages in County Down

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