Cloughy Rocks nature reserve
Cloughy Rocks nature reserve is a nature reserve in Newry, Northern Ireland. Cloughy Rocks nature reserve is situated nearby to the locality Acre McCricket, as well as near the hamlet Kilclief.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Ward and Exploris.
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.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strangford and Portaferry.
Strangford
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
Cloughy Rocks nature reserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.3561° or 54° 21′ 22″ northLongitude
-5.5469° or 5° 32′ 49″ westInception
July 1st, 1976Open location code
9C6P9F43+C6OpenStreetMap ID
way 1210012302OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Acre McCricket and Castle Flannan.
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Highlights include Cloghy Beacon and Sandy Island.
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