Newtownards

Newtownards is a town at the head of Strangford Lough, historically in , 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".
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  • Type: Town with 29,400 residents
  • Description: town in County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
  • Also known as: Newtown Ards

Places of Interest

Highlights include Newtownards Airport and Scrabo Tower.

Aerodrome
Newtownards Aerodrome is a local airfield in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, 8.5 NM east of . It offers light aircraft flights, helicopter flights, microlight flights and flight simulator training.

is a 135 feet high 19th-century lookout tower or folly that stands on Scrabo Hill near Newtownards in , Northern Ireland. It provides wide views and is a landmark that can be seen from afar.

Church
in Newtownards, , , is believed to have been one of 's and 's most important monasteries. Movilla should not be confused with Moville in County Donegal.

Newtownards

Latitude
54.5934° or 54° 35′ 36″ north
Longitude
-5.6961° or 5° 41′ 46″ west
Population
29,400
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB NTS
Open location code
9C6PH8V3+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 267762996
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2641519
Wiki­data ID
Q2192709
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Newtownards” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Newtownards
  • Asturian: Newtownards
  • Basque: Newtownards
  • Belarusian: Ньютаўнардс
  • Bulgarian: Нютаунардс
  • Catalan: Newtownards
  • Cebuano: Newtownards
  • Chinese: 紐敦納茲
  • Chinese: 纽敦纳兹
  • Dutch: Newtownards
  • Finnish: Newtownards
  • French: Newtownards
  • Galician: Newtownards
  • German: Newtownards
  • Hebrew: ניוטוונרדס
  • Irish: Baile Aird Uladh
  • Irish: Baile Nua na hArda
  • Italian: Newtownards
  • Japanese: ニュータウナーズ
  • Japanese: ニュートナーズ
  • Korean: 뉴타우나즈
  • Korean: 뉴튼아즈
  • Lithuanian: Niutonardsas
  • Macedonian: Њутонардс
  • Malay: Newtownards
  • Northern Frisian: Newtownards
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Newtownards
  • Norwegian: Newtownards
  • Persian: نیوتاوناردز
  • Polish: Newtownards
  • Portuguese: Newtownards
  • Russian: Ньютаунардс
  • Slovenian: Newtownards
  • Spanish: Newtownards
  • Swedish: Newtownards
  • Urdu: نیو ٹاؤنارڈز

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