Whitehead (Irish: An Cionn Bán) is a seaside village on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, lying almost midway between Carrickfergus and Larne. Located at the base of Muldersleigh Hill, at the entrance to Belfast Lough, it lies in a small bay between the limestone cliffs of Whitehead and the black volcanic cliff of Blackhead, with the Blackhead Lighthouse on top, marking the entrance to the Lough. It had a population of 3,702 people in the 2001 Census.

It is a Victorian Railway village with a well preserved Conservation area, including the Railway Station. It is home to the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland blank">http://www.rpsi-online.org/whitehead, County Antrim Yacht Club http://www.cayc.freeserve.co.uk and the Council owned Bentra Golf Course http://www.bentragolf.co.uk, as well as being the starting point for the popular Gobbins Path seaside walk past Sunshine House, around Blackhead Lighthouse and along the _Irish Sea cliffs of Islandmagee.

Whitehead is about 20 miles from Belfast. On the opposite coast of Belfast Lough, the Copeland Islands, Bangor and part of the County Down coastline, are clearly visible.

Whitehead received a silver at the Britain in Bloom awards in 2005 and 2006. The towns Brighter Whitehead http://www.brighterwhitehead.co.uk group planted many of the flowers.