Groomsport
Groomsport is a suburb of Bangor in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the south shore of Belfast Lough and on the north coast of the Ards Peninsula.Photo: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Columbanus’ College and Bangor Bus and Rail Centre.
St Columbanus’ College
School
St. Columbanus' College is a Roman Catholic secondary school situated on the Ballymaconnell Road, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Bangor Bus and Rail Centre
Railway station
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bangor Bus and Rail Centre is a combined rail and bus interchange which serves the city of Bangor in County Down, Northern Ireland. The station in its current form was built in the year 2000 to celebrate the new millennium. Bangor Bus and Rail Centre is situated 2½ miles southwest of Groomsport.
Ward Park
Park
Photo: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ward Park is situated in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. The 37-acre park contains 10 tennis courts, a duck pond and a selection of wildfowl housed in breeding pens. Ward Park is situated 2 miles southwest of Groomsport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bangor and Kilcooley estate.
Bangor
Photo: P.khiao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bangor is a town on the south shore of Belfast Lough, in County Down. It was a holiday resort from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century but is now chiefly a commuter town for Belfast. In 2021 it had a population of 64,000.
Kilcooley estate
Suburb
Kilcooley estate is a housing estate owned by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive on the outskirts of Bangor, Northern Ireland. The residents of the area are predominantly Protestant, and the area has strong links with loyalism. Kilcooley estate is situated 3½ miles southwest of Groomsport.
Donaghadee
Town
Photo: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Donaghadee is a small town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the northeast coast of the Ards Peninsula, about 18 miles east of Belfast and about six miles south east of Bangor. Donaghadee is situated 4 miles southeast of Groomsport.
Groomsport
- Type: Village with 3,010 residents
- Description: village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
- Categories: townland and locality
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.67485° or 54° 40′ 30″ northLongitude
-5.61801° or 5° 37′ 5″ westPopulation
3,010Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB GROOpen location code
9C6PM9FJ+WQOpenStreetMap ID
node 267763047OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Groomsport” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Groomsport”
- Dutch: “Groomsport”
- French: “Groomsport”
- Irish: “Port an Ghiolla Ghruama”
- Irish: “Port An Ghiolla Ghruama”
- Italian: “Groomsport”
- Malay: “Groomsport”
- Pali: “ग्रूम्स्पोर्ट”
- Persian: “گرومسپورت”
- Spanish: “Groomsport”
- Turkish: “Groomsport”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Groomsport Post Office and Groomsport.
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