Grey Point Fort
Grey Point Fort is a historic site in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. Grey Point Fort is situated nearby to the church Saint John the Baptist, as well as near the golf course Helen’s Bay Golf Club.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Helen’s Bay railway station and Carnalea railway station.
Helen’s Bay railway station
Railway station
Photo: Michael Parry, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Helen's Bay railway station serves Helen's Bay as well as the nearby village of Crawfordsburn in the townland of Ballygrot, County Down, Northern Ireland. Helen’s Bay railway station is situated 3,700 feet south of Grey Point Fort.
Carnalea railway station
Railway station
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carnalea railway station is located in the townland of Carnalea in northwest Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was first opened by the B.C.D.R. on its present site at Station Walk on 1 June 1877 with only an up platform, and a brake van as an office. Carnalea railway station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Grey Point Fort.
Seahill railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seahill railway station is located in the townland of Ballyrobert in the Seahill area of Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. The station was opened on 4 April 1966. Seahill railway station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Grey Point Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilcooley estate and Bangor.
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 2½ miles southeast of Grey Point Fort.
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.
Carrickfergus
Photo: Adam Bishop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carrickfergus is a large town 12 miles northeast of Belfast, historically in County Antrim. It grew up around the 12th-century Norman castle that is now the centre of its tourism business.
Grey Point Fort
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Categories: tourism and historic site
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.67629° or 54° 40′ 35″ northLongitude
-5.74118° or 5° 44′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C6PM7G5+GGOpenStreetMap ID
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tourism=attraction
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