Movilla Cemetery
Movilla Cemetery is a cemetery in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland which is located on Old Movilla Road. Movilla Cemetery is situated nearby to Movilla Abbey Church, as well as near the church Beacon.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 1,000 feet north of Movilla Cemetery.
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.
Regent House School
School
Regent House School is a co-educational, controlled grammar school in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. The school comprises two parts: the grammar school and the preparatory department. Regent House School is situated 1¼ miles west of Movilla Cemetery.
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 Cemetery.
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 4 miles southwest of Movilla Cemetery.
Movilla Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Address: Old Movilla Road, Newtownards
- Category: burial
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.59317° or 54° 35′ 35″ northLongitude
-5.67477° or 5° 40′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C6PH8VG+73OpenStreetMap ID
way 38116571OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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