Strangford
Strangford is a village historically in County Down in Northern Ireland, now governed as part of Newry, Mourne and Down District. It's on the west bank of the narrow outlet of Strangford Lough, where the tides rip back and forth, hence to the Vikings it was Strangr-fjǫrðr, the strong fjord.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 561 residents
- Description: village in County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Strangford, County Down”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Ward and Audley’s Castle.
Castle Ward
Castle
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castle Ward is an 18th-century National Trust property located near the village of Strangford, in County Down, Northern Ireland, in the townland of the same name.
Audley’s Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Audley's Castle is a 15th-century castle located 1 mile north-east of Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland, on a rocky height overlooking Strangford Lough.
Exploris
Public aquarium
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Exploris is a public aquarium situated in Portaferry, Northern Ireland. The facility is the only public aquarium in Northern Ireland and it is located on the shores of the Marine Nature reserve of Strangford Lough, which is an important winter migration destination for many wading and sea birds.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portaferry and Kilclief.
Portaferry
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Portaferry is a small town in County Down, Northern Ireland, at the southern end of the Ards Peninsula, near the Narrows at the entrance to Strangford Lough.
Kilclief
Hamlet
Kilclief is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic baronies of Lecale Lower and Lecale Upper. It is also a townland of 623 acres. Kilclief is situated 2½ miles south of Strangford.
Strangford
- Category: locality
- Location: Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.3706° or 54° 22′ 14″ northLongitude
-5.5561° or 5° 33′ 22″ westPopulation
561Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SJLOpen location code
9C6P9CCV+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 267763030OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Swedish—“Strangford” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Strangford”
- Basque: “Strangford”
- Bulgarian: “Странгфорд”
- Cebuano: “Strangford”
- Chinese: “斯特兰福德”
- Czech: “Strangford”
- Dutch: “Strangford”
- French: “Strangford”
- Irish: “Baile Loch Cuan”
- Italian: “Strangford”
- Japanese: “ストラングフォード”
- Malay: “Strangford”
- Pali: “स्त्रन्ग्फोर्ड”
- Persian: “استرانگفورد”
- Russian: “Странгфорд”
- Spanish: “Strangford”
- Swedish: “Strangford”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Strangford”. Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.