Somme Heritage Centre
Somme Heritage Centre is a museum in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. Somme Heritage Centre is situated nearby to the ruins Windmill Stump, as well as near BCDR Railway Bridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Newtownards Airport and Movilla Abbey.
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 2½ miles south of Somme Heritage Centre.
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 Somme Heritage Centre.
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 4,000 feet northwest of Somme Heritage Centre.
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 Somme Heritage Centre.
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.
Somme Heritage Centre
- Type: Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.61453° or 54° 36′ 52″ northLongitude
-5.68193° or 5° 40′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C6PJ879+R6OpenStreetMap ID
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Windmill Stump and BCDR Railway Bridge.
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