Ards and North Down
Ards and North Down is a local government district in Northern Ireland. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: administrative territorial entity of Northern Ireland with 160,000 residents
- Description: one of the 11 local government districts of Northern Ireland established 2015
- Also known as: “North Down and Ards”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Stewart and Mahee Castle.
Mount Stewart
Photo: Ulsterbeef, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Stewart is a 19th-century house and garden in County Down, Northern Ireland, owned by the National Trust. Situated on the east shore of Strangford Lough, a few miles outside the town of Newtownards and near Greyabbey, it was the Irish seat of the Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry.
Mahee Castle
Ruins
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mahee Castle, also known as Nendrum Castle, is a small ruined tower house near Nendrum Monastery on Mahee Island in Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland. Mahee Castle is situated 2½ miles south of Ards and North Down.
Castle Espie
Nature reserve
Photo: SeamusSweeney, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castle Espie is a wetland reserve managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust on the banks of Strangford Lough, three miles south of Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland, in the townland of the same name. Castle Espie is situated 2½ miles west of Ards and North Down.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greyabbey and Whiterock.
Greyabbey
Village
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greyabbey or Grey Abbey is a small village, townland and civil parish located on the eastern shores of Strangford Lough, on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland. Greyabbey is situated 3 miles east of Ards and North Down.
Whiterock
Village
Whiterock is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Killinakin, in the civil parish of Killinchy and historic barony of Dufferin, on the western shore of Strangford Lough, near to the village of Killinchy. Whiterock is situated 3½ miles south of Ards and North Down.
Ards and North Down
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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”
- 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”
- Lithuanian: “Ardsas”
- Northern Frisian: “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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