Balloo Wetland Nature Reserve
Balloo Wetland Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. Balloo Wetland Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the village Conlig, as well as near the locality Balloo Retail Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bangor Bus and Rail Centre and Bangor Abbey.
Bangor Bus and Rail Centre
Railway station
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bangor Bus and Rail Centre is a combined rail and bus interchange which serves the city of Bangor in County Down, Northern Ireland. The station in its current form was built in the year 2000 to celebrate the new millennium.
Bangor Abbey
Church
Photo: Andrew Muir, CC BY 2.0.
Bangor Abbey was established by Saint Comgall in 558 in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland and was famous for its learning and austere rule. It is not to be confused with the slightly older abbey in Wales on the site of Bangor Cathedral.
Clandeboye Park
Stadium
Clandeboye Park is a football stadium in Bangor, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of NIFL Premiership side Bangor FC and is intended to be the temporary home of fellow NIFL Championship side and local rivals Ards FC.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bangor and Newtownards.
Bangor
Photo: P.khiao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bangor is a town on the south shore of Belfast Lough, in County Down. It was a holiday resort from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century but is now chiefly a commuter town for Belfast. In 2021 it had a population of 64,000.
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".
Kilcooley estate
Suburb
Kilcooley estate is a housing estate owned by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive on the outskirts of Bangor, Northern Ireland. The residents of the area are predominantly Protestant, and the area has strong links with loyalism.
Balloo Wetland Nature Reserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.6366° or 54° 38′ 12″ northLongitude
-5.6707° or 5° 40′ 15″ westOperator
Ulster Wildlife / Ards and Noth Down Borough CouncilOpen location code
9C6PJ8PH+JPOpenStreetMap ID
way 1146016772OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Conlig and Balloo Retail Park.
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Highlights include Eddie Irvine Sports and Department of Education.
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