Scrabo Hill
Scrabo Hill is a scenic viewpoint in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. Scrabo Hill is situated nearby to Scrabo Tower, as well as near the archaeological site South Quarry.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Scrabo Tower and Newtownards Airport.
Scrabo Tower
Photo: Elkay62, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scrabo Tower is a 135 feet high 19th-century lookout tower or folly that stands on Scrabo Hill near Newtownards in County Down, Northern Ireland. It provides wide views and is a landmark that can be seen from afar.
Newtownards Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Dennis Reynolds, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtownards Aerodrome is a local airfield in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, 8.5 NM east of Belfast. It offers light aircraft flights, helicopter flights, microlight flights and flight simulator training.
Regent House School
School
Regent House School is a co-educational, controlled grammar school in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. The school comprises two parts: the grammar school and the preparatory department. Regent House School is situated 1 mile northeast of Scrabo Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newtownards and Comber.
Newtownards
Photo: Guliolopez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newtownards is a town at the head of Strangford Lough, historically in County Down, with a population in 2021 of 29,600. The counties of Northern Ireland are no longer units of governance so since 2015 the town has been part of Ards and North Down "super-district".
Comber
Town
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Comber is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies 5 miles south of Newtownards, at the northern end of Strangford Lough. It is situated in the townland of Town Parks, the civil parish of Comber and the historic barony of Castlereagh Lower. Comber is situated 2½ miles southwest of Scrabo Hill.
Ballybeen
Suburb
Photo: Dean Molyneaux, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballybeen, also known as Ballybeen Housing Estate, is the second-biggest housing estate in Northern Ireland. It is in the village of Dundonald, on the outskirts of east Belfast. Ballybeen is situated 3 miles west of Scrabo Hill.
Scrabo Hill
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Categories: hill, tourism, and peak
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.58014° or 54° 34′ 49″ northLongitude
-5.71546° or 5° 42′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C6PH7JM+3ROpenStreetMap ID
node 545285382OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointWikidata ID
Q24638484
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Scrabo Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Scrabo Hill”
- Dutch: “Scrabo Hill”
- Swedish: “Scrabo Hill”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include South Quarry and Scrabo Golf Club.
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