Island Hill
Island Hill is a scenic viewpoint in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. Island Hill is situated nearby to the islet Rough Island, as well as near the island McCaigs Rocks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castle Espie and Newtownards Airport.
Castle Espie
Nature reserve
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.
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. Newtownards Airport is situated 2½ miles north of Island Hill.
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. Scrabo Tower is situated 2½ miles north of Island Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comber and Newtownards.
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 2 miles west of Island Hill.
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".
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 5 miles southeast of Island Hill.
Island Hill
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Category: tourism
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.54684° or 54° 32′ 49″ northLongitude
-5.69688° or 5° 41′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C6PG8W3+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 8497909717OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpoint
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