Whitespots Country Park
Whitespots Country Park is a parking area in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. Whitespots Country Park is situated nearby to the museum Somme Heritage Centre, as well as near the ruins Windmill Stump.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 1¼ miles south of Whitespots Country Park.
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. Newtownards Airport is situated 2 miles south of Whitespots Country Park.
Helen’s Tower
Tower
Photo: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Helen's Tower is a 19th-century folly and lookout tower in Conlig, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was built by 5th Lord Dufferin and Clandeboye and named for his mother, Helen. Helen’s Tower is situated 1 mile northwest of Whitespots Country Park.
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 2½ miles north of Whitespots Country Park.
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.
Whitespots Country Park
- Type: Parking area
- Category: transportation
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.61379° or 54° 36′ 50″ northLongitude
-5.68167° or 5° 40′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C6PJ879+G8OpenStreetMap ID
way 255451309OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parking
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