Movilla Abbey Church
Movilla Abbey Church is a church in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland which is located on Movilla Road. Movilla Abbey Church is situated nearby to the church Beacon, as well as near Movilla Cemetery.- Email: office@movillaabbeychurch.com
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican and Methodist
- Address: 63 Movilla Road, Newtownards, BT23 8EZ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Movilla Abbey and Newtownards Airport.
Movilla Abbey
Church
Photo: Dennis Reynolds, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Movilla Abbey in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, is believed to have been one of Ulster's and Ireland's most important monasteries. Movilla should not be confused with Moville in County Donegal. Movilla Abbey is situated 730 feet northwest of Movilla Abbey Church.
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.
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 2 miles southwest of Movilla Abbey Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newtownards and Kilcooley estate.
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. Kilcooley estate is situated 4 miles north of Movilla Abbey Church.
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 4½ miles southwest of Movilla Abbey Church.
Movilla Abbey Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.59489° or 54° 35′ 42″ northLongitude
-5.67152° or 5° 40′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C6PH8VH+X9OpenStreetMap ID
way 1474862665OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=methodist
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