Portaferry

Portaferry is a village in , , at the southern end of the Ards Peninsula, near the Narrows at the entrance to .
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  • Type: Village with 2,470 residents
  • Description: town in County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
  • Also known as: “Portaferry, County Down”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Exploris and Audley’s Castle.

Public aquarium
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a public aquarium situated in Portaferry, .

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Audley's Castle is a 15th-century castle located…

Castle
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is an 18th-century National Trust property…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strangford and Kilclief.

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is a village historically in …

Hamlet
is a civil parish in , . is situated 3 miles south of Portaferry.

Village
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also spelt Cloughy or Cloughey, is a small in , . is situated 4½ miles northeast of Portaferry.

Portaferry

Latitude
54.3807° or 54° 22′ 51″ north
Longitude
-5.54855° or 5° 32′ 55″ west
Population
2,470
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB PFY
Open location code
9C6P9FJ2+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 267762902
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2640084
Wiki­data ID
Q1959712
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Portaferry” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Portaferry”
  • Basque: “Portaferry”
  • Breton: “Port an Pheire”
  • Bulgarian: “Портаферй”
  • Cebuano: “Portaferry”
  • Cornish: “Port an Pheire”
  • Dutch: “Portaferry”
  • French: “Portaferry”
  • Irish: “Port an Pheire”
  • Italian: “Portaferry”
  • Japanese: “ポータフェリー”
  • Malay: “Portaferry”
  • Manx: “Port an Pheire”
  • Pali: “पोर्ताफेर्री”
  • Persian: “پورتافری”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Port an Pheire”
  • Spanish: “Portaferry”
  • Swedish: “Portaferry”
  • Urdu: “پورٹا فیری”
  • Welsh: “Port an Pheire”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ballyculter and Ballygalget.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Portaferry Methodist Church and Portaferry Castle.

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