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Lough Shark

Lough Shark is a lake in , . Lough Shark is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the locality .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Scarva railway station and Poyntzpass railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Milepost98, CC BY-SA 4.0.
serves the small village of in , . Despite serving the County Down village, the station itself is in , the nearby being the boundary.

Railway stop
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the village of in , . Poyntzpass is the least-used railway station in Northern Ireland, with just 1,730 passengers boarding or alighting at the station in the 2024/25 financial year.

Archaeological site
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large multivallate earthen ringfort, three miles west of , , , , just off the road.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Poyntzpass and Loughbrickland.

Village
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village on the border between southern and in . It is situated in the civil parish of Ballymore and the historic barony of Orior Lower within the area.

Village
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small in , , south of on the A1 Belfast–Dublin road. In the 2011 census it had a population of 693. is within the Banbridge District.

Village
Photo: HENRY CLARK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in , Northern Ireland. It is on a hillside above the , and is overlooked by Castle. The town is in the civil parish of Ballymore and the historic barony of Orior Lower.

Lough Shark

Latitude
54.30958° or 54° 18′ 35″ north
Longitude
-6.36298° or 6° 21′ 47″ west
Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)
Open location code
9C6M8J5P+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23499527
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
2638125
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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Acton Lake Visitor Centre and Island Hill.

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