Ards and North Down

Ards and North Down is a local government district in . It was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the Borough of Ards and the Borough of North Down. The local authority is Ards and North Down Borough Council.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Stewart and Mahee Castle.

Photo: Ulsterbeef, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 19th-century house and garden in , , owned by the National Trust. Situated on the east shore of , a few miles outside the town of and near , it was the Irish seat of the Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry.

Ruins
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Nendrum Castle, is a small ruined tower house near on in , , Northern Ireland. is situated 2½ miles south of Ards and North Down.

Archaeological site
Nendrum Monastery was a Christian monastery on Mahee Island in , , . Medieval records say it was founded in the 5th century, but this is uncertain. is situated 2½ miles south of Ards and North Down.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greyabbey and Whiterock.

Village
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Grey Abbey is a small , townland and civil parish located on the eastern shores of , on the Ards Peninsula in , . is situated 3 miles east of Ards and North Down.

Village
is a small in , . It is within the townland of Killinakin, in the civil parish of Killinchy and historic barony of Dufferin, on the western shore of , near to the village of . is situated 3½ miles south of Ards and North Down.

Ards and North Down

Latitude
54.5344° or 54° 32′ 4″ north
Longitude
-5.6295° or 5° 37′ 46″ west
Population
165,000
Abbreviation
“AND”
Open location code
9C6PG9MC+Q6
Geo­Names ID
11353074
Wiki­data ID
Q7055155
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Urdu—“Ards and North Down” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Ards və Norf-Daun”
  • Bengali: “আর্ডস”
  • Chinese: “阿兹-北唐区”
  • Chinese: “阿德和北道恩”
  • Chinese: “阿茲和北唐區”
  • Dutch: “Ards and North Down”
  • French: “Ards and North Down”
  • French: “Borough d’Ards and North Down”
  • Galician: “Ards and North Down”
  • German: “Ards and North Down”
  • German: “Ards und North Down”
  • Gujarati: “આર્ડ્સ અને ઉત્તર ડાઉન”
  • Ido: “Ards and North Down”
  • Irish: “An Aird agus Tuaisceart an Dúin”
  • Italian: “Ards e North Down”
  • Italian: “distretto di Ards e North Down”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Ards e North Down”
  • Japanese: “アーズ・アンド・ノース・ダウン”
  • Japanese: “アーズ”
  • Kannada: “ಆರ್ಡ್ಸ್ ಮತ್ತು ನಾರ್ತ್ ಡೌನ್”
  • Korean: “아르즈”
  • Latvian: “Ārdsa un Ziemeļdauna”
  • Lithuanian: “Ardsas”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ards and North Down”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ards and North Down”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ards and North Down”
  • Norwegian: “Ards and North Down”
  • Persian: “آردس و نورث داون”
  • Portuguese: “Ards and North Down”
  • Russian: “Ардс и Норф-Даун”
  • Spanish: “Ards and North Down”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Ards y Down Norte”
  • Swedish: “Ards and North Down”
  • Tamil: “ஆர்ட்ஸ் அண்ட் வடக்கு டௌன்”
  • Telugu: “ఆర్డ్స్ అండ్ నార్త్ డౌన్”
  • Turkish: “Ards and North Down”
  • Urdu: “آرڈز اور نارتھ ڈاؤن”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cunningburn and Ballydrain.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mount Stewart and Reagh Island.

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