Facilities
Glenavy has a petrol station, Ballymacrickett Primary School, a garden centre, a youth club, Lily Johnston's public house and restaurant, a fish and chip shop, a Chinese take-away, a pharmacy, Little Cricketts Nursery, and a local produce shop, as well as a kitchen shop There is also an Orange Hall, a Methodist Hall and a Church of Ireland hall.
St Joseph's Gaelic Athletic Club provides Gaelic football teams at u8, u10, u12, u14, u16, u18, u21, reserve and senior level. The senior team currently plays in division 2 with the reserves playing in division 4 of the Antrim ACFL.The club also fields hurling and camogie teams up to senior level- Glenavy is also home to an intermediate-standard football team. Crewe United is a member of the Mid-Ulster Football League.
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